Vampires VS Zombies
RichievSingularity
When the military quarantines a zombie infested Seattle, a ruthless Vampire and his crew must team with a ragtag band of humans to secure the old church they are trapped in or be overrun.
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There a spec floating around that has a big buzz, and it’s the same idea. A Zombie movie, but the twist is it’s about a Vampire. The story tugs on the heart strings, as the Vampire finds a human he wants to save, thus going against what he is.
Okay.
To my mind, the novelty of the story — the hook — isn’t the invasion. It’s the unnatural relationship between humans and vampires forged out of necessity.
And if played correctly, I can see the makings of a franchise. Based upon what I read in the trades, stories of this genre are more marketable if they have franchise potential. The Twilight franchise was built upon a love relationship between a vampire and a human. Why can’t your story be the beginning of a beautiful friendship between a vampire and a human? An odd couple who time and again, despite their differences, must partner up to “save the world” from zombies… aliens… witches.. demons — the potential enemy list for franchise episodes is unlimited!
And I don’t see why the MC can’t be a vampire. Vampires are potentially more interesting than humans — they intrinsically have more internal and external conflicts to deal with, do they not? And vampires were once human, too.
Anyway, the invasion, per se, doesn’t hook my interest. But the potential for a beautiful franchise friendship? I hope you give it some serious development.
Nir, you make a great point. I do think it could work if one of the humans was the lead. Maybe a human who’s mother or father had been killed by a vampire.
DPG, Ruthless was used because he is a vampire who would normally eat humans but now, for the sake of survival, must play nice. (and over the course of the movie learn to respect humans)
Mixing Zombies and Vampires is a great idea the two have had a long standing trend each in film and this may be a fresh take on the now very tired tropes.
I can’t but help and empathise with the humans though. It seams that your choice of MC comes across as a convenience more than anything.
Why not make it about the humans? Pick a leader amongst them and let him or her need to fight both enemies. The humans are a source of food for zombies and vampires alike they have the most at stake with the biggest obstacles, their story sounds more interesting.
Hope this helps.
Oh.
I didn’t know Z’s also attacked V’s. Learn something new every century.
As for the character flaw: ruthless doesn’t really strike me as on point to your setup; that is to say, a weakness that is congruent, a good fit to the situation, one that will create all kinds of complications with the unnatural alliance. Indeed, ruthlessness may be an asset, a character strength the vampire will need to prevail.
It seems to me that a go-to candidate fro the character flaw would be the vampires’ blood lust, their insatiable hunger for homo sapien hemoglobin. Their overwhelming temptation to tap carotid arteries continually threatens to undermine their alliance with humans, jeopardize their own survival.
Can’t think of how to compress that into a concise logline, yet. But fwiw.
They are trapped and there are simply too many zombies, if the Vampires and Humans don’t work together they will die.
Well, I’m a little vague on the evolution of Z’s and V’s in modern myth and culture, but why would vampires want to — why MUST they — help humans? What is their stake in the fight? The only reason I can reason I can think of is a matter of self-interest, not altruism: the Z’s threaten the V’s primary (or preferred) source of blood.
Whatever, how about setting the story in Boston instead, make the working title “The Boston Z Party”?
Great point Lucius 🙂
The church location is to make it harder on them, they are surrounded by zombies and forced into a church, and their only allies is their food.
There are crosses there is pain but outside the church is sure death.
So you’re going to make up your own vampire rules and have them able to enter churches?
Are they going to sparkle in the daylight, too?
Great points Press: Here is a try using your suggestions to see how it looks.
“When the military quarantines a zombie infested Seattle, a ruthless Vampire must team with a ragtag band of humans to secure their old church sanctuary or be overrun.”
This definitely would be the sort of movie I’d watch.
Could you trim out “and his crew”, or are they important characters?
Something like “… to secure an old church or be overrun.” might be a way to shorten the end.
So, good movie idea, I’d like to see it a bit more concise.
Cheers!