Pitch of idea for horror movie.

In order to link it to a young demographic my idea for a horror trailer would be focused on a group of teenagers around 16-19. The story would begin with the disappearance of one of the members of the group of friends at a location such as the forest. There will be mystery and a sense of unanswered questions and vagueness around the disappearance that add to the horror and confusion of the case.

At first the teenagers naturally pester the police to help, however the police’s ignorance of the situation or lack of care drives the members to take it upon themselves and go find their friend. The organise camping out in the forest that their friend went missing and decide to videotape it for evidence and to track what is going on. This lead to an idea and development about using POV shots a lot, similar to that of the Blair Witch Project.

After camping for a bit the members slowly fan out in the hope of finding something to explain where their friend is. They find small hints of things such as old police tape and old clothes but can’t explain either and struggle to link them to their friend. After much confusion slowly other members of the group start to go missing in the forest resulting in fear of the un known for the remaining characters and tension in the audience.

The force that is taking them will never truly be unveiled in the film, however there will be suggestions of a variety of things such as shadows and hidden faces to suggest both a supernatural explanation and a human explanation, adding again to the mystery.

The film would conclude with one remaining character (more likely female) trapped and lost after all her friends have been taken or murdered by whatever force is at work in the forest. For this ending, a suitable ‘Blair Witch’ close up could be used to create identification with the audience as well as an interesting way to end a film.