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This is a really short, no fluff, blueprint of how to write a horror script.

A horror film has specific guidelines. If you break also go there a lot of the audience will be disappointed.

This is a really quick, no fluff, blueprint of how to write a horror script.

1. The Hook. Begin with a bang. Step right into a suspense scene. ("Scream" opens with a terrifying sequence with Drew Barrymore on the telephone with a killer)

2. The Flaw. Introduce your hero. Give him a flaw. Ahead of you can put your hero in jeopardy we must care for him. We must want our hero to succeed. So make him human. (In "Indicators" Mel Gibson plays a priest who has lost his faith after his wife died)

3. The Worry. A variant of The Flaw. The hero has a worry. Perhaps a worry of heights, or claustrophobia. (In "Jaws" Roy Scheider has a fear of water. At the end he has to conquer his worry by going out onto the ocean to kill the shark)

four. No Escape. Have your hero at an isolated place where he can't escape the horror. (Like the hotel in "The Shining")

5. Foreplay. Tease the audience. Make them jump at scenes that appear scary -- but turn out to be entirely typical. (Like the cat jumping out of the closet) Give them some much more foreplay ahead of bringing in the actual monster.

6. Evil Attacks. A couple of times for the duration of the middle of the script show how evil the monster can be -- as it attacks its victims.

7. Investigation. The hero investigates, and finds out the truth behind the horror.

eight. Showdown. The final confrontation. The hero has to face both his worry and the monster. The hero makes use of his brain, rather than muscles, to outsmart the monster. (At the end of "The Village" the blind girl tricks the monster to fall into the hole in the ground)

9. Aftermath. Everything's back to the way it was from the beginning -- but the hero has changed for the much better or for the worse. (At the finish of "Signs" Mel Gibson puts on his clerical collar once more -- he got his faith back)

10. Evil Lurks. We see proof that the monster might return somewhere..somehow..in the future..(Virtually all "Friday The 13'th"-motion pictures finish with Jason displaying signs of returning for yet another sequel)

Go for it. Very good luck!