Post 48 Hours + B Movie Titles

Last weekend was 48 Hours, and Squidwig Productions had a blast creating our ocean creature riddled short YES I CAN!, starring our favourite 11 year old Mikayla Pratley. Our heat is on Tuesday, and it’ll be cool to see whether having the least stressful 48 Hours ever translates to the end product on the big screen.

We made the choice to do 98% of the shoot of our ‘Against the Odds’ genre film in our lounge, despite the large scope story we went with. With a tiny team and very little equipment, it ended up being an excellent choice for us as we didn’t have to lose time looking for and getting to and from other locations.

The result? Fun! Tons of fun. It was a rad weekend. Limitations bred creativity, and our lounge has yet to recover from all the weird, home-made art department stuff we put it through.

The following week, however, was not so fun. With a messy house and a ton of other work to do, it’s been good to do some sweet, sweet nothing on Saturday and some writin’ today.

I’m in the mood to write some B movie titles (*cough* when am I ever not? *cough*). Here’s a bunch...

B MOVIES TITLES:

WITCHES ON WHEELS: This one is about an all-witch gang who have swapped out brooms for motorcycles. They definitely have black cats riding with them, potentially in tiny sidecars.

DEPTH PERCEPTION: An ex-deepsea diver returns to the sea to hunt for the elusive giant squid that took her left eye and left her for dead. Alternative title: TIDES! TERROR! TENTACLES!

SHE-BOGAN: This one is inspired by a friend’s Facebook status calling someone who was rude to her a SHE-BOGAN. I suspect this movie would be about a bogan lady who gets Hulk like abilities but loses none of her bogan charm. There would be someone crushed by the force of a thousand ugg boots.

FLESH EATIN’ FERRETS or FEAST OF THE FERRETS: A family Christmas goes terrible wrong when their home is invaded by flesh eatin’ ferrets. In-laws who hate each other must work together to defend themselves from slinky horrors.

PUSTULES OF THE PACIFIC: A fishing trawler in the Pacific Ocean is hit by a mysterious disease that starts out as gross pustules, then moves out to crew members jumping overboard, then has them return as fish-like hybrid creatures. Could also potentially be a period piece - PUSTULE PIRATES - a ship carrying settlers to New Zealand is attacked by a band of crazed pustule covered half-squid-half-pirate creatures.  

I’m clearly still stuck in an oceanic frame of mind. Better go have fish and chips for tea.