[Redelia Shaw]

This assignment taught me the standard conventions used in horror films and the importance of incorporating this roadmap into our screenplays.

1. The Visitor, directed by Justin P. Lange, tells the story of Robert Burrows, a British man who relocates to his wife’s childhood home and discovers a sinister and dark part of himself he never knew existed, revealed through his image in various portraits.
2. Although Robert seems adored by many in this small town, a few people know the truth about him, and they disappear or die soon after every interaction with him. These characters tread in fear after meeting him.
3. The setting is isolated to this small town and his wife’s childhood home.
4. People die painfully, as one woman is killed by a serpent (snake), another is eaten alive by a swarm of locusts, and the third man is nailed to a tree.
5. The villain of this film is an entity of which Robert is the firstborn son and direct descendent.
6. Robert feels himself going crazy as people disappear and die around him. He has nightmares and hallucinations of himself as the entity when he looks in the mirror. His goal is to get him and his pregnant wife away safely. Only to discover his wife is really his sister and he is the lord of the Dark World.
7. The entity (Visitor) is captured in numerous photos and images next to the most iconic people from some of the most gruesome historical events we all wish we could forget, including Hitler, Leopold in the Congo, and the Cambodian genocide. Getting eaten by locusts and nailed to a tree are not common ways to die.
8. The sins of a father are visited upon the son unless he chooses a different way. This film is about the power of choice.

The Biblical metaphors in The Visitor made the horror film more interesting to me because it discusses the impact of generational curses.

[Redelia Shaw]

1. Redelia Shaw

2. 2 feature-length screenplays and two short films.

3. I would like to have a solid outline for a horror film script.

4. I make amazing French Toast.

[Redelia Shaw]

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