1. Posted: December 8, 2019In:

    When his former ?friends? from his shameful prison past visit him and don?t leave, a family man sets about getting them all back into the dating game – which threatens his own marriage in the process.

    thedarkhorse Samurai

    I had this idea a few years ago.It could be a film or TV show.Title: Lonely Hearts Club.I imagined Kevin Bacon as the everyman family man, the kind of guy who always needs a project or something to fix. Salt-of-the-earth. Midwest type. A rock of stability. However, he's got a hellraiser past. Give hRead more

    I had this idea a few years ago.

    It could be a film or TV show.

    Title: Lonely Hearts Club.

    I imagined Kevin Bacon as the everyman family man, the kind of guy who always needs a project or something to fix. Salt-of-the-earth. Midwest type. A rock of stability. However, he’s got a hellraiser past. Give him a beer and he’s the leader of the pack and worse than any of them.

    Anyways, his kids are off to college and suddenly the house is filled with his old prison “buddies” who he has long outgrown…

    The buddies:

    John Malkovich-type. The eccentric, psychotic, weirdo. Yet he’s oddly philosophical and incredibly intelligent. He is to everyone’s surprise – brilliant with women.

    James Woods-type. The over-caffeinated salesman loser. He’s missing a thumb and he’s banned from Vegas. His daughter refuses to speak to him. Also, he hates the guy his daughter is dating (who is exactly a young him/an avatar of a young him.)

    Ray Liotta-type. A bruiser with a sensitive side and a threat to our hero’s marriage when he gets closer to the wife. (However, he’s secretly homosexual.) He might be a low-level gangster.

    They are all in their own needy and use the hero as a crutch.?

    Though the premise comes across as “You, Me and Dupree”. I wanted to do something more in the vein of Alexander Payne. It’s melancholic. It’s grown-up. It’s about middle-age. More a dramedy. But yeah – there’s zany elements. Think of the guys in “Sideways”.

    Anyways… What do you think?

    Oh and Diane Lane/Elisabeth Shue as the lovely long suffering wife? And Michael Biehn as the eye-patched town sheriff whose got his “good” eye on these “weirdos”.

    And David Hyde Pierce as the next-door-neighbour doctor who desperately wants to be one of the guys.

    ?

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  2. Posted: December 6, 2019In:

    When wanted bank robbers and their hostages, are taken captive and chained together in a lonely cop’s basement, they learn he’s secretly a serial killer, and must work together to escape before becoming his next victim.

    thedarkhorse Samurai

    As a separate note: The logline above is more for writing a first draft as opposed to a marketing one, but yeah - it would be good to get it as lean as possible. I wasn't sure whether to chop off "chained together". Also - I'm thinking of adding another twist in the tale, regarding how they come acrRead more

    As a separate note:

    The logline above is more for writing a first draft as opposed to a marketing one, but yeah – it would be good to get it as lean as possible.

    I wasn’t sure whether to chop off “chained together”.

    Also – I’m thinking of adding another twist in the tale, regarding how they come across a gun with one bullet. (I know – it’s all very play-like, but I’m hoping to do something very character-driven.)

    The bank robbers are the main characters/anti-heroes of the piece (despite getting killed off later on – it’s a horror film, what do you expect?) and that’s why they lead the logline.

    I’m currently working on a short outline for this as well.

    Tell me what you think?

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  3. Posted: November 25, 2019In:

    When the new couple in town, both ex-cons, are suspected of murdering a cop’s daughter, they set out to entrap who they believe is the real perpetrator – before the town’s mass hysteria turns violent.

    thedarkhorse Samurai

    ?Also this adds to the other question, why not just leave? They are new to this town to start anew before shit hits the fan, so why stay here? It might work better if it was their hometown. They're constantly moving - their reputation follows them everywhere. The husband wants to leave. The wife doeRead more

    ?Also this adds to the other question, why not just leave? They are new to this town to start anew before shit hits the fan, so why stay here? It might work better if it was their hometown.

    They’re constantly moving – their reputation follows them everywhere. The husband wants to leave. The wife doesn’t want to run anymore. She wants to stick.

    But yeah – in a logline, I’m not sure if I can quite sell that.

    Thanks for your ideas.

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