Best wishes to these people obviously but I’m WHEEZING at the concept of a standard horror plot starter but the stranded travelers are an entire fully equipped orchestra.
It’s the prequel to every other horror film. Their haunting spirits play the background music.
Oh shoot, that actually would be a really cool concept. The film starts with no thematic music, and as each member of the orchestra is picked off, their instrument joins the soundtrack. Subtly, so you don’t really notice, and the end credits are a full orchestral symphony.
DUUUUUDE
Call that a death note
That entire thing could also be used brilliantly for foreshadowing!
Like, you suddenly notice a string instrument in the background music and you haven’t seen a few of them in a while. And the more musically versed you are, the more you figure it out (like in a mystery novel if you happen to have in-depth knowledge about the current riddle) while the “normal” people can get fooled into twists.
The non-musically versed audience hears a new brass instrument and is like “Oh shit, the dude with the tenor horn is probably dead!”, but then he suddenly appears perfectly fine and one minute later they find the body of the Euphonium player.
And if the orchestra members can hear it as well, then it’s of course another layer cause THEY would probably recognize who is playing. And depending on the director, they could go full ‘Tomato in the Mirror’ and imply they know but Just. Not. Say it. (cause why should they, they all DO KNOW). So they are like “Oh no…. No…!” and start looking for the corpse while the audience is still stuck at “Ok, a violin player, but which???”
immediately after dying you get a brief solo
And since absolutely no music at the beginning would be kinda estranging, I’d suggest one singular instrument and it’s revealed early on that a member of the orchestra recently passed, leading into the reason why they visited the castle in the first place, yaddayaddayadda, the plot commences
Or, alternatively, early on the music is entirely in-universe. We get music playing on the radio, we get a few musicians tuning their instruments, etc. But then the castle, the curse… and it takes them a while to figure what’s happening, and they try to silence the music at first, only then they realize everyone alive is accounted for and not playing. I’d love for it to be a mid-story reveal.
Like, I approve of all variants here, just… that’s the path I’d take that idea.
[image:tweet by Variety: “A Bolivian orchestra has been stranded in a German castle for 73 days during the pandemic. The castle’s woodlands are home to several packs of wolves”. the tweet links to this Variety article.quote-tweet by xoDrVenture: “This sounds like the beginning of Dracula but with more people involved”.]
Allspice(Dried Fruit) - Edible Good for luck, money, and determination. Natural aphrodesiac.
Alyssum(Perennial) - Edible Good for anger management.
Anise(Perennial) - Edible Prevents nightmares, opens your mind, and attracts positivity.
Ash(Deciduous Tree) - Toxic Provides protection on or near water. Can be hung in a doorway to ward off spirits or placed outside the home for protection.
Aster(Perennial) - Edible Good for wish making and romance.
Barley(Annual) - Edible Good for physical healing.
Basil(Annual) - Edible Exorcises negativity, attracts wealth, keeps the peace.
Bay Leaf (Perennial) - Edible Good for psychic energy, clairvoyance, and purification.
Blackberry(Fruit) - Edible Good for abundance, money spells, and health.
Black Pepper (Dried Fruit) - Edible Good for protection, banishing, and cursing.
Bluebell(Perennial) - Toxic Good for courage and lifting spirits.
Buckwheat(Annual) - Edible Prevents poverty.
Camphor(Annual) - Toxic Wards off illnesses.
Caraway(Annual) - Edible Works as an anti-theft and strengthens memory.
Cardamom(Perennial) - Edible Good for love potions, sex and passion.
Catnip(Perennial) - Edible Attracts friendly spirits and good luck, banishes bad habits.
Chamomile(Perennial) - Edible Soothes an upset stomach and provides restful sleep.
Chicory(Perennial) - Edible Remoes obstacles and attracts favors.
Chrysanthemum(Perennia) - Edible Used to honor the dead or dying, provides spiritual protection, associated with sun energy.
If there was one thing Remus could list that he liked about Remy it’d probably be how fun they were. Or… maybe the way they snorted when he told a joke? No it’d definitely be… fucking everything.
God, what was he thinking trying to list just one thing?
