Originally posted by: Don Vito Corleone
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Just off the top of my head, here is some stuff that they could have added (following up my other post) - spoilers again -:
1) Plant that seed early that Micah screwed over some clients who are out to get him.
Start the noises in the beginning on the OUTSIDE of the house. Have noises that sound like something is tapping the glass in the bedroom at night. Leave stuff on the lawn like mangled mice - was it their cat that killed 5 mice or was it someone who was out to get him?? Show dead insects (like a ton of crickets) floating in his backyard pool. Banging at night should be coming from the outside of the house. Have him call the cops and have him ask them to patrol his street if possible because someone is playing pranks on him. This will throw them for an early loop that also ties in nicely with his fiance having the demon problem.
2) Take out the scene where it scratched his pic. Put in an early scene where someone from his family calls and is shocked to hear his voice. That they just wanted to hear his voice one more time on the recording since they thought he was dead. Inform the audience that his family received a call from *someone* 15 minutes ago who claimed to be the police, informing them he and Katie had just died in a boating accident where the bodies hadn't been found yet. He thinks it's a sick person that's out to get revenge on him and the same people fcking with the outside of the house at night.
2) Let that idea (people out to get Micah) breathe til the middle of the film. That is until stuff starts happening that a human PROBABLY couldn't do without a lot of effort. Like changing the temperature of the house when the thermostat is already set (alternate from high heat to the AC turning on) and the house being completely secure from the outside (show Micah installing a high tech ADT alarm system with motion sensors during the day). Make the noises start from the inside of the house now instead of the outside, just like the movie did. Have him call ADT and ask if any of the sensors had been tripped the night before for a breakin and they say no, there was no motion detected.
3) Make pets start doing crazy stuff like not eat for a week. For example, have the cat in the attic hiss at Katie and stare/glare angrily at both of them at random times during the day. In the scene with the pic in the attic, put the cat there and make the couple wonder how the hell the cat got into the attic when it's completely sealed?? Make the cat do strange things in the bedroom, like stare at them for long periods of time before SHE starts to do it too... WITH the cat. Make fish start dying in the fish tank slowly but surely. Have some of the fish on the kitchen floor dead, and have him think at first that it's the cat. Have them find dead groups of ants in different parts of the house during the day.
4) Have trick or treaters (kids) stop by and act very jovial and lively. Except for one kid. Have him stare at Katie with a hint of malice on his face but not say a word to contrast with the other happy kids. Afterwords, have her ask Micah if he saw this (of course he'll say no...)
5) Cut out the scene where he finds here sleepwalking outside on the swing. Cut out the scene with her cutting herself with the cross. Instead, have him find her in the downstairs bathroom in the dark staring at the mirror with scissors in her hand. Make her stare at him through the mirror with the same hint of malice look the trick or treater kid had toward her. Make him respond with terror because he's never seen this look from her. Then all of a sudden, she's back to normal and acting like she just awoke. Show a slight crack in the mirror that they notice hadn't been there before. Then show that she had cut a very small, intricate pattern in her leg that no human could have done with scissors.
6) In the ouija board scene, don't have him record it. Just show that it's on the kitchen floor when they got home and be in shock.
7) Cut out the stupid powder scene, as well as any scene where physical contact is made aside from something that could have been caused by air blowing (door moving, sheets blowing). Keep all of the footstep noises in the house though.
7) Cut out the scene where she does the demonic voiceover to the camera. Don't give away that she's going to kill him at all. This will tie into my new alternate ending.
8) In the scene at the end: have her screaming downstairs and him running down like before. Have her scream again and have him scream in terror right after she stops. Have the door in the bedroom blow slightly/halfway closed just enough so you can't see the hallway. Have one human pair of footsteps RUN up the stairs very fast and into the upstairs bathroom or bedroom followed by the demon sounding footsteps running right behind them. Have the sound of glass shattering, but you don't know if it's the bathroom or spare bedrooms. End the movie and say on the screen that they were both missing to this day and that police found the house untouched with no sign of how the couple could have left.
What do you think? Anyone on ATOT want to produce a movie like this?
No offense but I don't think any of these ideas would have made it a better movie, just a different and more conventional movie.
Agree 100% with Don. I loved the movie because it lacked the elements that you want added.
I like ambiguity. I like having to use my imagination. In fact, I would have liked a bit more ambiguity, leaving the question of insanity vs. haunting more up to me. But, in the end, I actually liked that the film maker had a point of view and didn't take my vague indie-cop out...
Oh yeah, my wife hated it..
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