Okay, so, a couple of months ago I stumbled upon this movie idea called “The Dare.” Sounds interesting, right? I thought so too. I got curious and decided to give it a try myself.
It all started when I was having a chat with my wife. She was complaining that I wasn’t spending enough time at home. It got me thinking, and that’s when this whole “dare” thing came into play.
So I started this project. I decided I’d be like this guy, Jay, a dad with two kids. I planned everything out, how I’d be preparing my kids for bed when suddenly, a masked intruder would break into our house. Crazy, right? Then, I’d somehow end up in this room with three other strangers. I started imagining being stuck in some kind of a dirty dungeon. No idea how I got there, but yeah, that was the setup in my head.
I even started making my own little changes to the plot. I thought maybe I could add some kind of a childhood event that would come back to haunt us as adults. Something we did as kids that we thought was harmless but would have consequences later on. So I’m thinking, and I start writing a scene where some childhood prank goes wrong. I’m trying to link it to the present where these four strangers are forced to relive this cruel game.
- First, I imagined being abducted from my house, just like in the synopsis I read.
- Then, I started working on the idea of waking up in a dirty dungeon with strangers.
- Next, I added a twist – a childhood prank gone wrong that comes back to haunt us.
I was also experimenting with different character developments. I thought, what if each character has their own story? I split the focus, trying to develop each one, kind of like a coming-of-age or teen drama but in a horror setting.
I read somewhere that this story is a bit like a Stockholm syndrome horror story, and honestly, that gave me some wild ideas. I started writing scenes that were pretty intense, full of gore. I really went all out trying to make the scenes as vivid as possible. I wanted the readers to really feel the tension and fear.
Putting it all together
So, I spent weeks working on this. Writing, rewriting, throwing away ideas, and then picking them back up. It was a mess, honestly, but a fun mess. I even got my wife involved, asking for her feedback, and she gave me some pretty good suggestions, which I tried to incorporate.
In the end, I had this story. It was rough, unpolished, and probably full of plot holes, but it was mine. It was my version of “The Dare,” and I was pretty proud of what I had accomplished. It wasn’t perfect, but it was a start. And who knows, maybe someday I’ll revisit it and turn it into something even better. But for now, it remains a fun little project that I did out of boredom and a little bit of spousal pressure.
And that, my friends, is the story of how I tried to tackle “The Dare.”
