OK. So. After an extraordinarily long hiatus from writing (and thinking in general), I've decided to return to the creation of one or more ideas for a disturbingly accurate depiction of my sick and twisted imagination (accelerated by the tales of several true unsolved mysteries). Being of a naturally inquisitive nature, I began to research "haunted video games" after re-watching 'Stay Alive' and playing 'Rule of Rose' (thanks to Madison), a horror/mystery PS2 delight focused on the disturbing tale of a 'young unlucky girl'. The game focuses on the sadomasochistic children who form 'The Red Crayon Aristocrats'. As the story, set in 1930s England, progresses you find newspaper articles referring to the abductions of children from local parks. The game, disturbing in its highly realistic depictions, was highly intriguing. So, after my failed attempt to search for games that my be "haunted", I looked into specific aspects of the story itself. The first topic on my list was, of course, unsolved disappearances, especially of children. After about a half an hour of sorting through all that Google had to offer, I found the case of the missing Beaumont children from Adelaide, Australia.
About a year ago I researched unsolved missing children cases for another idea I had on the run, and this case became my primary focus. I eventually lost interest in it though and started to pursue other areas of interest. When I stumbled over it again this afternoon I immediately perked up. Of course, the case itself would be a great basis for a screenplay, I don't really want to write anything purely based on a true story, but I definitely want to incorporate aspects of true stories into the work. I would like for this to be as close to realistic as possible, I mean, considering the fact that it will be influenced heavily by my New Orleans Voodoo roots, I'm still shooting for realistically horrifying (but not necessarily blood and guts, but truly twisted... OK, well, maybe a little blood and guts...). I've got a pretty solid story line, but I'm not quite sure how to go about writing it. Wish me luck.
And so the plot thickens...
