Pick a new Title for TRAPPED

[DjfunkmasterG]

While spending the whole weekend filming the thought of changing the films title has once again has crossed my mind. So I am going to put a list of titles up for a vote and let you, the members of homepage of the dead choose the title of my newest Living Dead film.

If you don't like the choice type in a name in reply, if I dig it I will give you a special thanks in the credits.

I am leaning towards: ASCENSION of the LIVING DEAD

if we go with DOMINATION of the LIVING DEAD...

The Movies title would start slowing fading in just saying "NATION of the LIVING" When it comes in to full view it would say "DOMINATION of the LIVING DEAD"
the Tagline would then be... "a Nation of the Living... DOMINATED by the DEAD"

[livingdeadboy]

Trapped is an awesome title already man, leave it be in my opinion.

[MinionZombie]

I say keep it as "Trapped".

The "of the Living Dead" angle seems a bit...I duno...perhaps a tad obvious? I'm not sure.

I like the tagline idea for Domination, but again I'm not sure, Domination to me would suggest a massive ruck, like huge scale goings on...like "300", but with zombies.

Also there is an indie zombie flick already called "Siege of the Dead", so...

And "Rise of the Living Dead", to me at least, sounds close to "Return of the Living Dead"...

Maybe I'm being picky, I duno, but I think "Trapped" is the most suitable.

Or maybe riff on "Trapped" with a zombie inflection, like...

"Trapped By The Dead" (or maybe "Trapped With The (Un)Dead")

[LouCipherr]

WTF?! Dude, put down the crack pipe! :lol:


KEEP IT TRAPPED! :p


The "of the Living Dead" angle seems a bit...I duno...perhaps a tad obvious?

*points to MZ* What he said.

[MinionZombie]

Also, the "of the Living Dead" thing is also done...a lot.

The other words like "Rise" and "Ascension" and "Domination" all suggest something huge, whereas I think "Trapped" (or indeed my riff on it, or even "Trapped By Death"...something like that) suits what will be on screen better methinks.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Ok Gentlemen,

I see your POV, however, UNTITLED ZOMBIE PROJECT is not finished filming yet and you are only seeing one side of the equation. Wait until I do the 5 days worth of insert shots that need to be done and if I get the $$$$ my second cop ambush sequence.


I will let you three see the film before anyone else then tell me one of my newer suggested titles doesn't fit better.

The title and story may look small, but the scope of UNTITLED ZOMBIE PROJECT, is far from it. :D

Remember I see things in a very EPIC way.

[LouCipherr]

UNTITLED ZOMBIE PROJECT?! :finger:

:lol:

It revolves mostly around what? People "trapped" in a theater! :p

Or, we could always take Dave Cooperman's suggestion and call it "Matinee Buffet" :lol: :lol: :D

KEEP IT TRAPPED, DAMMIT!

[MinionZombie]

True enough Dj, wise words indeed. From what I personally know of the film at least, "Trapped" makes most sense.

I guess it has to be what is best for the bulk of the content on screen, and what the title immediately might suggest to people, the last thing you'd want is a title that sells the film differently than it is...whether we like it or not, I guess there are 'book cover deciders' out there...

Hmmm...

Well I certainly look forward to seeing "Untitled Zombie Project" anyway! :)

[Danny]

dude, just keep it as trapped as any film with "living dead" in the title in the last 20 years hasnt exactly been well recieved, plus like lou says, its about people trapped, it does what it says on the tin and you get more props for makeing a zombie film that doesnt have dead in the title.;)

[LouCipherr]

dude, just keep it as trapped as any film with "living dead" in the title in the last 20 years hasnt exactly been well recieved, plus like lou says, its about people trapped, it does what it says on the tin and you get more props for makeing a zombie film that doesnt have dead in the title.;)

*points at hellsing* What he said, too. :p

[bassman]

Definitely leave it named Trapped....

[Danny]

i notice youve voted yourself for domination of the dead. my view on that is:

1- "of the dead" may make people think your trying to associate the film with romero and have it ride on that.

2- shouldnt it be domniation BY the dead, domination OF the dead means someone else is dominating the zombies..... which brings up images in my head i never wanted to see.

[Mike70]

how bout simply "ascension" without the rest?

[capncnut]

Or instead of 'Siege', what about 'Besieged'?

[Danny]

^ thats not bad.

if only becuase theres GOTTA be more than one film out called trapped allready.

[capncnut]

if only becuase theres GOTTA be more than one film out called trapped allready.
Indeed, there are movies out there already named Trapped, Acension and Besieged. That said, there was a computer game titled Deadlands too. :D

[SRP76]

I can throw some wannabe titles out there. May not be what you're looking for, but it's fun for me.

So:

"Dinner and a Movie" (no, not really. Ignore that one.:p)


To a Theater Near You

From the Inside

The End

Held Over

Quarter to Nine

Exit

Risk

Sanctuary

Getting Out

Lords of Nowhere

The Moat

Freedom of Despair

Walls

Captives

The Zoo

2 Miles

......those have popped into my head. See what you think.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Lou and I were coming up with titles last night, but we were more or less goofing on other titles.

"Zombie Movie Matinee"

"Just another zombie movie with 6 people stuck in a theater with no real chance of survival, but you will spend the $14.00 to find out anyway whether they live or die, or if this movie sucks or rules."

"Zombies Surround A Building"

"People hide from Zombies"

"Just another Zombie Movie"

"From the guy who brought you Deadlands: The Rising comes a film much better than Deadlands: The Rising"

We went on for an hour like this... but...

Ascension was my first choice when I started thinking new titles. Trapped pretty much fits the story of the movie to an extent, but the fact a slew of films are named Trapped makes it an issue for me, not too mention the fact the film looks a lot bigger in scope than the title would suggest.

Most people figured I would film it in a very claustrophobic style, but I didn't. I kept saying to my DP.. "They may be stuck here, but I don't want it to feel like the walls are closing in on them too much, they need a bit of room to breathe."

After shooting with Jim Krut and the rest of the government based cast, I sat there dumping the footage into my PC for editing, and while cutting some of it I said to myself "Trapped isn't going to work as a title". If the movie was just about the people stuck in the theater Trapped would work, but since I show the origins of how it all starts I figured the title needed to be changed.

I spent 3 hours seraching the Thesaurus and dictionary for ways to use words like RISE, RISING, RETURN, FALL, in a horror movie title.

The reason I keep going back to DOMINATION of the LIVING DEAD, is because when the title appeared on screen in the new teaser I made as is slowly fills the screen it starts by saying "NATION of the LIVING" then once the last zombie footage passes by it speeds up to say DOMINATION of the LIVING DEAD.

I will concede that the "of the Living Dead" does sound a bit tiring, but it isn't easy to find titles for zombie films.

Some of the other titles Lou and I did talk about on a more serious note were.

Deadlands 2: Resurrection
Deadlands 2: Trapped
plain old "Ascension"

I remember when Lou got excited on one title... Deadlands: The Ascension

I sort of killed that momentum because it is just another way of saying Deadlands: The Rising.

The way I figure it is I will get a new name for the film before I release and if nothing tickles my fancy by the time the film is finished I will toss a coin and one side will be TRAPPED :dead: and the other side will either be ASCENSION: The Rise of the Dead, or something else that fits closely to how the story works.

[MinionZombie]

Hellsing saying the "of"/"by" thing in connection with Domination did make me think...

Or how about "Dead Domination" - Dead Nation becomes Dead Domination...I duno, something along those lines, it avoids the "of the living" thing.

Ultimately, a title just has to kick ass and be memorable and get across the right vibe which most suits what is actually on screen...*scratches chin*...hmmmm..

[DjfunkmasterG]

That what I feel too MZ, but although TRAPPED gets the point across, it doesn't have that punchy vibe.

[LouCipherr]

I say we go with:


DEADLANDS 2: YOU FU*KING NAME IT


:lol:

with all this confusion around the title, "Matinee Buffet" is starting to sound good now... :lol: :lol:

How about

Deadlands 2: FEATURE PRESENTATION

:lol:

Trapped still does fit. The center of the story revolves around the theater. I still dig "Ascension" but like you said, that's just another way of saying "rising" so I dunno.. I really do like that word though. Ascension.

It does have a ring to it.

[MinionZombie]

I say we go with:


DEADLANDS 2: YOU FU*KING NAME IT


:lol:

with all this confusion around the title, "Matinee Buffet" is starting to sound good now... :lol: :lol:

How about

Deadlands 2: FEATURE PRESENTATION

:lol:

Trapped still does fit. The center of the story revolves around the theater. I still dig "Ascension" but like you said, that's just another way of saying "rising" so I dunno.. I really do like that word though. Ascension.

It does have a ring to it.
But this isn't Deadlands 2 though right? So, er...:confused:

[LouCipherr]

It's not that it's leaning 'twards "deadlands 2: something-or-other" but, the idea hasn't been completely discounted, either.

Don't worry MZ, I'm confused too. :lol:

The one thing that's really cool is Dj has a great tagline for the movie - but it's just.. the title has to fit the movie and go along with that tag line.

*brain explodes from thinking too hard*

bah, I'll keep working on it..

*wanders off, confuddled*

[bassman]

What about "Deadlands 2: The Trapping"?:lol:

[MinionZombie]

What about "Deadlands 2: The Trapping"?:lol:
Or "Traplands 2: The Deadening!" (yes, with exclamation power :D)

Lou - I'm confuddled alright, do you have to be stoned to understand what's going on in the title discussions or on speed or something? :p

[LouCipherr]

lmfao, good one bassman!


Or "Traplands 2: The Deadening!" (yes, with exclamation power :D)

THAT'S IT! DECISION MADE! Traplands 2: The Deadening

THAT RULES! :lol: :p :D


do you have to be stoned to understand what's going on in the title discussions or on speed or something? :p

Its the coovan, MZ. It's all about the coovan... :D

[MinionZombie]

Ahhhhhh the coovan...

*rubs some into gums*

"Traplands 2: The Deadening!" here we come! :p

[LouCipherr]

*snatches the coovan from MZ and indulges*

Well Dj, you have 7 votes to keep it Trapped, and MZ and I think it should be: Traplands 2: The Deadening!

So what's it gonna be!? :lol:

[DjfunkmasterG]

Traplands: Zombies Surround A Building

[Mike70]

gone with the zombies

a zombie too far

rio zombio

the longest zombie (sounds like a porno title)

the good, the bad and the zombified (have i invented a word here?)

zombie2: the undead in the city

pride and zombidice

sense and zombibility

invasion of the zombie snatchers (sounds like another porno title)

[DjfunkmasterG]

I like, the good, the bad and the zombified. :D

Another title choice I thought up this morning was...


STILLBORN: Ascension of the Dead

[LouCipherr]

scipio might be onto something here...

First, a few Eastwood related:

A Fistfull of Zombies

Dj suggested: A Fistfull of Brains (THIS needs to be made into a short comedy film!!!)

For a Few Zombies More

Heartbreak Zombies

Unrisien

Magnum Zombie or Zombie Force

Every Which Way But Dead

Pale Zombie or Zombie Rider

The Zombies of Madison County

A Perfect Zombie

Honkytonk Zombie

High Planes Zombie

Play Zombie For Me or, Play Dead for Me

Mystic Zombie

Million Dollar Zombie

Two Zombies for Sister Sara

The Zombie of Josey Wales

The Zombie Pool




A few others, movie related:

A Clockwork Zombie

Resident Zombie

Zombiebusters

House of 1000 Zombies

Live Free or Die Zombified

300 (Zombies) Ok, ok, that doesn't work

Revenge of the Zombies



or, we could go more traditional... since "night", "dawn", and "day" are taken, how about:

Afternoon of the Living Dead

Evening of the Living Dead

Brunch of the Living Dead


some others...


Deadlands 2: Dead Planet

Deadlands 2: The World Is Not Enough :lol:

Deadlands 2: Hell Awaits

Deadlands 2: WE'RE F*CKED!



I think I've had too much coovan today.. :lol:

[bassman]

....Here's one. Being that they're in a theater, what about "Reel Dead"?:p

[Danny]

live freee or die zombieifed, considering there trapped thats not bad.:lol:

[DjfunkmasterG]

Eddie Murphy Films:

Beverly Hills Zombie
The Golden Zombie
Trading Zombies
Zombie Nights
The Distinguished Zombie
I, Zombie
Zombie Mansion
Zombies in America
Dreamzombies
Zombie Day Care
Holy Zombie
Zombiefinger
Zombies in Brooklyn
Zombie Defense

Sly Stallone:

Zombie Balboa
Demolition Dead or Demolition Zombie
Nightzombie
First Zombie
John Zombie
Judge Dead
Stop! or my zombie will shoot
Over the Zombie
Zombie Alley
Get Zombie

Bruce Willis

Live Free or Die Zombified
The Sixth Zombie
16 Zombies
Lucky Number Dead
Alpha Zombie
The Whole Ten Zeds
The WHole nine Zeds
Tears of the Dead
The Zombie element
Last Zombie Standing
Zombies: with a Vengence
Nobody's Zombie
Color of Dead
Pulp Zombie
Billy Zombgate
The Last Zombie
Look Who's Shambling
Zombie Hawk


....Here's one. Being that they're in a theater, what about "Reel Dead"?:p
Not bad... :D I like it.


live freee or die zombieifed, considering there trapped thats not bad.:lol:

Actually, I feel like actually trying to produce a short film with a zombiefied John McClane...

You could use the ROTLD line Send More Cops when he is trying to get the police to come to naktomi.

[LouCipherr]

:lol:

That would be funny.. actually, think about this: a compilation DVD of a bunch of zombie short parody films, all based on other movies.

We would start with:

A Fistful of Brains - showing 2 zombies having a gunfight and them having issues even operating a gun - one dressed up exactly like Clint Eastwood.

then segue into

Live Free or Die Zombified - "Not sh*t lady, does it sound like I'm ordering brains!?" or "SEND... MORE... COPS..."

then into

Beverly Hills Zombie



:lol: this is a idea in the making!

[Mike70]

would "every which way but dead" co-star a zombie orangutan? if so, we're talking box office dude, box office.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Of course man... Can't have a movie without a zombiefied Orangutan. :elol:

[MinionZombie]

A Fistful of Brains - showing 2 zombies having a gunfight and them having issues even operating a gun - one dressed up exactly like Clint Eastwood.

That's actually a superb idea for a short film, seriously. :)

[DjfunkmasterG]

I have already started a script called The Good The Bad and the Zombified based on Scipio's title suggestion.

[LouCipherr]

I have already started a script called The Good The Bad and the Zombified based on Scipio's title suggestion.

Someone please get him a doctor. I think he's come down with a fever.

:lol: Fistful of Brains :lol:

[DjfunkmasterG]

Thats the sequel

[SRP76]

Well, since we've taken to spoof names, let me join in on the fun.:D

Bub the Barbarian

Ace Ventura: Dead Detective

Dead Will Hunting

The Cannonball Shamble

Eyes Rolled Back

Me, Myself, and Big Daddy

Dead In Black

Zombie Instinct

Secondhand Zombies

Gone Cappin'

Reanimate Beauty

The Dead Stallion

...............

[LouCipherr]

Ace Ventura: Dead Detective

:lol:

And the sequel?

Ace Ventura: When Zombies Call

:lol:

[Mike70]

DJ i sincerely apologize for hijacking your previously serious thread.:p

[LouCipherr]

:lol:

It's all good - with all of this playing around with titles and words, it might just strike up a good idea for the title. :D

[MinionZombie]

:lol:

It's all good - with all of this playing around with titles and words, it might just strike up a good idea for the title. :D
What are you on about? I thought we'd settled on "Traplands 2: The Deadening!"?! :lol::D:lol:

[DjfunkmasterG]

DJ i sincerely apologize for hijacking your previously serious thread.:p

No Sweat, kind of fun, and it ups the post count. :sneaky::shifty:

[bassman]

Just name it Deadlands 2. And then when you make the third it can be all "hip" for the youngsters and be called "D3adlands: The Final Chapter".:p

[LouCipherr]

What are you on about? I thought we'd settled on "Traplands 2: The Deadening!"?! :lol::D:lol:

Oh yeah, that's right. :lol: :lol:


Dj, someone we all know suggested this as a title:

"Return of the night before the dawn of the day of the living dead
from Deadlands: the rising who trapped the poor bastards trying to
escape"

Is that too long? :lol:

[MinionZombie]

lol @ "D3adlands" :D

How about...

"Zombies Eat a Bunch of People"

"Gore, Zombies & That Dude From Dawn of the Dead ... in a Cinema"

...

Ach, I was planning on being funnier...but I'm all joked out...

[Danny]

"manbearpigzombie"


oh yes. i whent there.

[SRP76]

scipio might be onto something here...

First, a few Eastwood related:

A Fistfull of Zombies

Dj suggested: A Fistfull of Brains (THIS needs to be made into a short comedy film!!!)

For a Few Zombies More

Heartbreak Zombies

Unrisien

Magnum Zombie or Zombie Force

Every Which Way But Dead

Pale Zombie or Zombie Rider

The Zombies of Madison County

A Perfect Zombie

Honkytonk Zombie

High Planes Zombie

Play Zombie For Me or, Play Dead for Me

Mystic Zombie

Million Dollar Zombie

Two Zombies for Sister Sara

The Zombie of Josey Wales

The Zombie Pool






Some more from the Squint with Clint collection!:

The Monroeville Sanction

Where Zombies Dare

Sarah's Heroes

Dirty Wooley

Thunderbolt and Flyboy

Space Zombies

Sudden Flesheating

[LouCipherr]

"Gore, Zombies & That Dude From Dawn of the Dead ... in a Cinema"

F*king classic! :lol:


"manbearpigzombie"


oh yes. i whent there.

That's just not right. :lol:

SRP76 - awesome suggestions! I think Clint needs to make more movies so we have more title suggestions... :D