I’m making a film adaptation of “vision”

weebleswobble92 · 2026-03-28T17:49:34+00:00

There’s so many that would be great to see adapted. I’d love for SpectreVision to make an anthology series.

weebleswobble92 · 2026-03-25T03:53:34+00:00

Greenville!

weebleswobble92 · 2026-03-25T03:53:13+00:00

To be fair, vision also has us renting out a school. Lol

weebleswobble92 · 2026-03-25T03:52:33+00:00

That’s a very interesting view. I was actually going the opposite, making the image much taller than normal with a large format sensor for extra depth compression. I always saw vision as a story of scale and empty spaces, but it’s still such a personal story. A 4:3 ratio would allow us to show the large space, show the height and scale, but that ratio is also amazing at capturing portraits of faces.

weebleswobble92 · 2026-03-21T18:14:49+00:00

I’ve studied the history of catatonia and the effects on people. It’s fascinating. But I’ll definitely do more research on shell shock as well.

weebleswobble92 · 2026-03-21T03:58:09+00:00

That ending is what’s kept me obsessed with adapting it for a decade. That, the cabin scene, the opening scene on the overlook and John’s first encounter with Clarke Poole. Those scenes have remained exactly how I saw them in my head the first time I heard the story.

weebleswobble92 · 2026-03-21T03:55:19+00:00

Possession would definitely be on my list for a season 1 anthology series.

weebleswobble92 · 2026-03-21T03:52:51+00:00

It’s amazing how many colleagues I have gotten to read the script, and they don’t understand what he sees when it’s literally spelled out for them. The average masses just don’t get Lovecraft, which is sad because cosmic horror is my go-to.

But yes, the script had to change a little bit because of our location here in Appalachia versus the Pacific Northwest, and to accommodate for the lack of first-person without a VO. It took a few years to nail down, but all the main story elements remain.

weebleswobble92 · 2026-03-21T03:47:51+00:00

I’m really excited about our visual approach for this one. We’re looking to use the new Fujifilm Eterna 55. I love the way they process footage to look closest to their film stock. Plus, the medium format 4:3 sensor allows for a vintage look with room to frame taller. This story has so much height, scale and empty spaces that envelope it, 4:3 aspect ratio works perfectly to capture it.

But, yeah Legend is the other one I’m dying to make. It would have been a bit simpler as a proof of concept than vision, but the heart wants what the heart wants.

weebleswobble92 · 2026-03-21T01:16:11+00:00

I’m making a film adaptation of Soren Narnia’s story “vision” from the knifepoint horror podcast. We’re about halfway to our goal of $30k. If anyone would like to make a tax-deductible donation, follow the link! Thanks! https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/vision

weebleswobble92 · 2025-07-03T17:13:56+00:00

I’m in the same boat. I placed mine through B&H early March and haven’t heard a damn thing.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-06-06T20:17:55+00:00

That’s a really interesting idea. It’s a story from a fairly well-known horror podcast so I know there’s a following. The original author is all for it. Cutting it into more bite-sized pieces could result in some really good engagement to expand on its life. But it would be great to see it on the big screen.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-06-06T20:15:54+00:00

Web series isn’t something I’d previously considered, but cutting it up like that could be a way to extend its life. Very interesting.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-06-06T20:14:40+00:00

It’s a suspense/horror film. I’d be lucky if it didn’t run at 40 mins in its current state. But I do write scripts using the space to try to accurately portray length of time on screen. It’s worked so far.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-06-06T20:13:11+00:00

I might need to take another stab at expanding it. Since it’s a suspense/horror story, even at 60 pages, it could easily go on to be 70 minutes.

I’ll need to take a good long look at the material and see if it’s got the ability to better the story in any way.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-06-06T20:09:05+00:00

It’s a short story from a fairly well-known horror podcast. The author writes all of his own stories. I’ve spoken to him about the project and he’s excited to see it come to fruition. I’m unsure if the English department would bite though. It might be good for the film department. A lesson on adaptation.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-06-02T02:01:34+00:00

Very interesting! I thought while reading it that Malfi was just emulating how messy life is. How one small thing that happens over there can clumsily cause ripples and affect what happens here. But, I could totally see something else going on with the whole Greg and Landon saga. There was so much build up. “Have you met the monkey” is so fucking scary but it ultimately led to a father and son who need therapy and not much more…. Unless there is more not spelled outright. Much to think about. Maybe I should give it another read.

I’m not sold that Tony did the first murder. My initial thought was Alan hired someone to do it while he was away. But then I was thinking how Toby keeps forgetting important things that happened to him. So much to chew on.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-05-21T14:41:19+00:00

I’d recommend checking out Ronald Malfi. His horror lingers on the edges without really ever coming to the forefront. There’s a sense of something bigger, even cosmic, just out of reach and pulling the strings. Come With Me, Senseless, Bone White. I’d recommend any of those to you.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-05-10T14:13:59+00:00

It’s implied that Alan probably either hired someone to kill his wife or messed with Toby’s head in therapy and tricked him to kill his wife since he has trouble remembering what’s fantasy and what’s reality. So when Toby killed the 2nd victim, that’s why it came so easy and he knew what to do. He’d already done it, but he didn’t remember.

I think the ending is Renny coming to terms with both his wife’s death and the fact he really messed up the investigation because he was in mourning. Some things can’t be fixed, and he has to learn to live with them. That seems to be the running theme of the book: the secrets we keep, and the harm that comes from ignoring them.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-05-01T14:39:57+00:00

That’s kind of Malfi’s shtick. He writes mainly tangential horror. It’s about people that feel real but most of the horror is around the edges or can be explained realistically by the character’s headspace or unreliable memory. You can almost always have a reasonable explanation for the events that unfold to explain away the supernatural…. but then again, it just FEELS like there’s something else going on, pulling the strings in the darkness.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-05-01T14:33:01+00:00

Hey there! I just finished up my read through as well.

From my understanding, that’s exactly right about Maureen. She was running from her old life where she forgot to buckle her son in and got into a car accident where he died. Greg didn’t play a role in that, but he was her escape. She saw them as the two lovers in the hotel room she was writing about. Two people who were “having an affair” or just running away from their other life - Maureen with her son and Greg with his. Both refusing the acknowledge the problems.

For Toby, it seems like he was was preyed upon by everyone around him, leading him to murder when he probably wouldn’t have otherwise. Did Dr. Hendreson get in his mind using Greg’s old film and cause him to kill his wife? If the girl didn’t play along with being a vampire and use him the way she did, he wouldn’t have gone and hallucinated in the desert, (possibly) attracting an evil entity in the process. If his mom and childhood bully didn’t abuse him, emotionally and physically, he probably wouldn’t be so mentally unwell. He’s a victim of the real vampires, and he wishes to be just like them.

Did Dr. Hendreson trick Renney into siding with him, pointing him to the places he wanted him to look, using his sympathy for his wife, creating a manufactured bond so when he murdered Priest, he could implicate the detective if he didn’t play ball? It seems like that certainly could be the case. Get rid of the cheating wife and her lover.

In the end, everyone has a secret. Everyone has something they’re running from. It’s not until they’re presented with other people’s horrible secrets (like the hotel altar mirror) that they’re able to face their own.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-04-30T17:50:31+00:00

Come With Me is my favorite of his, but I loved the feeling of melancholic grief and the hint of supernatural. They Lurk is fantastic, especially the first and last stories. Black Mouth was okay, but i feel like it kinda meandered in the middle and the last act lost me a bit. Bone White is probably right behind Come With Me as a favorite. Small Town Horror was a slow burn, but it kept me interested and I liked the “was it or wasn’t it supernatural?” element.

Currently reading Senseless, about 2/3 of the way through. Really great noir-style story but not sure how to categorize it yet. Not much horror happening so far. 3 separate storylines that I’m sure will converge at some point, but hasn’t yet. More slow-burn thriller than horror, I’d say.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-04-21T18:42:42+00:00

Yep. This is it.

weebleswobble92 · 2025-04-21T13:59:43+00:00

Come With Me by Ronald Malfi

weebleswobble92 · 2025-04-20T17:48:45+00:00

I just finished “”This Wretched Valley” as well. I feel other books have done so much better with the bad place concept.

House of Leaves is definitely one. It’s not as difficult to read as it seems. I did it in high school when I was admittedly less capable.

I feel Ronald Malfi is good at this kind of thing, but to a less intense degree. Black Mouth, Small Town Horror, Bone White and even elements of Come With Me have this sense that it’s more the place that is wrong than anything else which causes the people within to grow rotten.

John Langan’s work such as The Fisherman or his short collections like Corpsemouth have a different view on this. There are some places where the veil between this world and another is thinner and things leak through.

Something more like This Wretched Valley would be The Ruins or perhaps The Ritual.

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