Afterward

By Robert Martin

You might ask yourself, after reading this story, where I got the concept for such an idea. Well, back in 2002, I actually had a brain storm for a really good movie idea... entitled "A Night At The Bate's Motel." The story was slightly different than the one you see here.

For instance, the original concept wasn't even Dangertainment 2. That didn't come to me until Early November 2003. Instead, I had some rather different yet amusing ideas for a script that I planned to write.

Originally, rather than there being just six people, there was eight. All the characters were going to be my friends; Rob, Diane, Joe, Trish, Kevin, his ex girlfriend Rachel, Bob and Stephanie.

The love interest characters, Rob and Diane, which was me and then time girlfriend Diane Kanner, became Jeremy and Jenny. And the plot was this; Rob has just turned twenty-one years old, and wants to have a big birthday bash. So, he rents out a entire hotel... the old Bates Motel. Somehow, Jason pops into the picture, and basically kills off every kid, except Rob and Diane, whom remain the survivors.

The ending you have read was, in fact, the basic idea of the original ending I had. However, I had Rob and Diane burning Jason in the hotel room, rather than having him get hit by a car.

Another thing that was changed, was a few alternate scenes I planned for the original "Night at The Bates Hotel," including a scene where Rob sings a song to his girlfriend.

I had actually comiced (made into a comic strip) parts of the story, but I'm no artists, trust me. One day, I may put those drawings up on the internet... they include some rather gory death scenes, including a head decapitation, impalement through spikes, and several other scenes that were later, by myself, deemed unnecessary gore factor.

Also, there was involvement with outside forces, which included Diane visiting the sheriff station.

I also had a few ideas for cameo appearances from some horror actors. In one of the earlier scenes, I had Angus Scrimm in a cameo role as the "Caretaker" of the hotel.

If you're not familiar with who that is, he played the Tall Man in the film "Phantasm," a movie I highly recommend you check out when you have some spare time. You can probably find the feature packed DVD in your rental store.

In an interaction with Rob, I had a bit of a scripted scene. And, here it is;

Rob

Hello sir. A creepy, Tall Looking Man turns around, and looks to him.

Caretaker

Hello, boy. Has a strong, hoarse voice.

Rob

A bit freaked out I was the one who rented out the hotel for the evening, and I was wondering, since I had eight people, if I could get a discount.

Caretaker

Places on a rather scary smile Ahh, you play a good game, boy. But the game is finished; now you pay full price! Caretaker's one eye brown slowly lifts up. The group is freaked.

Rob

Yes, Gulp sir.

This interaction is a bit of a comedy part to the film, for those who have seen Phantasm. I wanted to add a bit of mild humor to the piece, but allow it to not stray too far off of the central story. However, I decided to drop it. First, I don't know what is really all that funny, and secondly, this is a horror story, not a comedy. It was an unneeded addition that was dropped.

Another cameo I had in mind was a small scene, between Diane and the sheriff, with a small appearance by Robert Englund, who plays the infamous Freddy Krueger in the "Nightmare On Elm Street" film series.

She would tell him about how her friends all turned up missing. She would proclaim, "God, what is wrong with you?"

Robert Englund would shoot around, pointing his thumb over to the sheriff, and saying, "This is God." This was another in joke scripted for horror fans. As Robert had said the same line as Freddy Krueger in the first Nightmare On Elm Street installment.

Another appearance would be by Brad Doriff, as Charles, a inmate at the police station. If you don't know, Brad played Chucky from "Child's Play," and his characters name was "Charles Lee Ray." He would look to Diane, and say, "Hey... wanna play a game?" He would then laugh, as the sheriff threw a coffee mug at the cell.

"Shut it, Charles," he would tell him.

There was also a small fight between the Deputy (Englund) and Jason. I had somehow given The Deputy four knives, which he put between his fingers, and fought Jason off with. He would die, as would the Caretaker.

The last thing, was a part of the story I had scripted for the opening of the comic. It introduced two people; a trucker, and a person hitchhiking his way to Crystal Lake, to "See the man, Jason Voorhees."

The trucker intoduced the entire story of Jason, as they went to Crystal Lake. This hitchhiker would also be killed.

Now, for some rather... interesting tidbits on this story...

The professor mentioned in chapter one, Laskey, is the name from the Television series "Saved By The Bell: The College Years," with a character named Jeremiah Laskey, whom dated Kelly for a section of the series.

(Note, in chapter 3, those screen names are made up, and if anyone has them, I apologize. It was just for entertainment use).

When the mention "InterCorp" all throughout the story, its an illusion to a series of stories a wrote, where InterCorp was a leading supplier of weapons and technology.

There are 14 or 15 of the stories, and one is currently available on its title is "The Gundam Project: Episode 1: The Darkness Arises."

All of the characters in the story are based on my ideas. The only characters named lifted from a real person, was Keith, whom was a former friend, whom I had some trouble dealings with.

Ashleys death, which I am sure I didn't explore enough, was that she was too vain. Earlier in the story, she fixes her make up with a compact and a small mirror. Later, her death would come while she brushed her hair.

Shaniqua's death scene, where Dirk found her, was to mirror the end of the original Psycho, but with a major twist, as you can read in the story.

And, in the Epilogue, when it says Norman is in "Forest Green Cemetary," it was a hommage to my favorite Friday the 13th film; Jason Lives.

Forest Green was the new name for Crystal Lake, so people would forget what happened to it. This was the only mention of it throughout the entire series.

Now, earlier this evening, I was checking out another fan fiction, or well, a story, written by author named William Paterson, more commonly known as Eric Morse, back during the nineties, he wrote four Friday the 13th Junior novels; Mothers Day, Jason's Curse, The Carnival, and Road Trip. It was an idea I had a LONG time ago that I never got to, and he did before me. It was a crossover between the Friday the 13th TV Series and the movies. Since he's already ahead by 8 chapters (this is an online novel, you can find it by a little web search), I decided against doing it.

Now, my point is, he had a small note he'd written, about how most writers use an outline before they begin to write, and then, write their story. Stephen King has never used an outline in any novel he's written. However, Paterson has, and for that story, which is titled "The Mask of Jason Voorhees," he decided not to, and it is far too difficult for him.

Now, he's a published novelist, and I am not.

And I can honestly say I've never written a complete outline for any story I've written, I just wrote. It gives me an edge above the rest, I could brag, but I won't. Too much of your time has been wasted.

Just to let you know, I wrote this story as a fan fiction, not a novel. Much like its predecessor, Halloween: Reborn, I realize it may be flawed, and filled with continuity errors. But, I really hope you enjoy reading it, as much as I did writing it.

Also, look forward into the future; Dangertainment Episode 3 will be coming soon...

Sincerely,

Robert Martin

Thursday, November 20, 2003 5:56AM EST

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