What do we call this film?
Andrew and I have been trying to decide on a title for the forthcoming movie. Our bad guy is someone dressed in a parka with the hood up, hiding his face. He stands on the street at night, completely unmoving, pointing at his intended victim from a distance. First, we tried to come up with a title based on the antagonist’s unnerving stillness and on the creepy way he appears closer night after night. On the table we have …
- Night After Night
- Someone in the Night
- Still Fear
- Six Degrees of Fear
- Level 6
- The Approaching Fear
No good. Concepts like “stillness” and “advancing” simply aren’t potent enough. Then we thought, the film is all about getting increasingly scared night after night. So …
- Dread Level
- Fearometer
- Terminal Fear
- The Ascent of Fear
- The Scale of Fear
- Fear Grade
The bottom two appealed to us most from this batch. Then I got the idea of using the word “dread” to put a new spin on catchphrases containing the word “dead.”
- The Dread of Night
- The Dread Man
- Dread Man Walking
- Dread Rising
Andrew came up with that last one, and I feel it’s the best option so far. Okay, it’s only catchy because there was a videogame called Dead Rising, but maybe that’s all the justification we need. Mind you, with Google putting the whole world in one basket, it’s disappointing to discover all four of those titles already in use for something. I welcome any further suggestions for a title.
By the way, it was Andy who came up with all the silly ones. Well, actually, I take the credit for Fearometer.
February 14, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Nyctophobia= Fear of the Dark (although does just cause the Iron MAdien song to cycle constantly in my head!)
February 14, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Terminal Fear - if the point is to terrify someone to death
February 14, 2008 at 8:36 pm
If the guy stands and stares, how about “If Looks Could Kill” from your above list i think “The Dread of Night” is the best so far. Good luck with the film and look forward to seeing the finished product, I’ve no doubt, it will be another classic!
February 15, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Its great news that your starting up again, just don’t scare Betty and Maurice ok, lol
February 16, 2008 at 4:13 pm
It’s hard to come up with a title without knowing the full story, but here’s my 2P’s worth, though I’m not being totally serious with some of them.
THE DREAD ZONE
BOYZ IN THE HOODIE
CLOSER TONIGHT
PARKA-LIFE
FROM THE NIGHT
NEARER FEAR
February 16, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Thanks for your suggestions, everyone, but I think we’ve got it now: Dread Beckoning!
I think not.
February 18, 2008 at 2:20 am
Heres a few:-
WANTED!
UNWELCOME
FEAR STALKER
THE NIGHT WATCHER
TRAPPED BY FEAR
March 27, 2008 at 2:37 am
I’ve got your title…
Night Terror
a friend of mine suffers from it. Sees a person in his room at night, end of the bed. Halfway between sleep and awake but can’t move.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_terror
March 27, 2008 at 10:22 pm
I like this a lot, Eddie. Actually, I also quite like the Latin variant Pavor Nocturnus, too. I have a thing about Latin/Greek titles, as you probably know.
March 27, 2008 at 10:35 pm
i was thinking that too. the meaning of Night Terror is apt for your subject but the Latin is much more interesting sounding
April 2, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I take it all back, ‘Fearometer’ is by far the most awesome title….