First Draft

First Draft: Craft Top-Notch Cinematic Scares With These 101 Terrifying Horror Story Prompts

Published by
Ken Miyamoto

31. A monster is terrified by the scary child who lives above his bed.

32. An astronaut jettisoned into the cold of space in a mission gone wrong suddenly appears at the doorstep of his family.

33. A woman answers a phone call only to learn that the voice on the other end is her future self warning her that a killer is looming.

34. A boy realizes that his family has been replaced by aliens.

35. A woman wakes up in an abandoned prison that she cannot escape.

36. A bank robber steals from the small town bank that holds the riches of witches.

37. A door-to-door salesman circa the 1950s visits the wrong house.

38. Deceased soldiers return to their Civil War era homes.

39. Kidnappers abduct the child of a vampire.

40. An innocent circus clown discovers the dark history of the trade.

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Ken Miyamoto

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  • A single picture is a 1,000 words. How easy it is to put words on paper, but hard to make those words stand out on film.
    "Dad answer's phone to find that he is now talking with his daughter who has been bury in the basement for 15 years". "It is also the night of the dead". "The other bodies who also have been bury in the basement are creeping up the stairs".
    Since every 3-5 seconds is a cut the horror is trying to get enough items on film where their are no retakes.

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