An idea to flesh out

Ever seen a horror movie where there's always some unknown, nigh not-revealed monster?
What about if there were a horror movie where there was no horrorterror, no hell fiend that traipses about in the shadows, no pact with the devil, no axe/chainsaw/machete wielding maniac, no zombies/aliens that attack, none of that.
What if there was a horror movie where the thing that scares is amnesia?
Could that be a thing that might work?

Is that the plot of several love stories?

Is that the plot of several love stories?

Well, I figure it's an overplayed plot hook/device in so many other genres, why not mix it with the most (in my opinion) contrived genre of film?
Plus, no one'd expect it, or rather, they'd expect more and never get it.

Not really, a film like that would be about person scared by their own memories (or lack of, in this case)
I personally can't see how a film like that could be scary, because any possible scary things would be in past tense.

Perhaps if they were in a scary situation, but they kept forgetting what was happening, but that idea was already used in the recent series of Doctor Who... so...

I'm not so sure it hasn't been done before. It sounds really familiar and I can't think of why.

Maybe it was a Doctor Who episode.

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Well, sh'it to me. I don't watch Doctor who, so I wouldn't know. >_>

Yeah, in the latest series there was a scary looking enemy called "The Silence", and their main thing was that anyone who looked at them would immediately forget they existed as soon as they looked away, so they could be running for their for life, but as soon as they looked away they would forget why they were running and get killed

I'm not so sure it hasn't been done before. It sounds really familiar and I can't think of why.

Maybe it was a Doctor Who episode.

I can't tell if this is a reference or legitimate forgetfulness.

Yeah, in the latest series there was a scary looking enemy called "The Silence", and their main thing was that anyone who looked at them would immediately forget they existed as soon as they looked away, so they could be running for their for life, but as soon as they looked away they would forget why they were running and get killed

Meh, I was thinking more along the lines of a guy who constantly experiences periods of blackouts throughout his life, which eventually drive him mad and cause him to develop MPD.

What if there was a horror movie where the thing that scares is amnesia?

David Schreiner in Gross Anatomy (1989)

[video=youtube;Sb3Ikfa7gR8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=Sb3Ikfa7gR8[/video]

Filmatized Amnesia:The Dark Descent

GO

Filmatized Amnesia:The Dark Descent

GO

The game...essentially is a film? Interactive film, I suppose? Given that you're never actively fighting with so much as passively interacting with enemies. Loved it regardless.

Filmatized Amnesia:The Dark Descent

GO

The game...essentially is a film? Interactive film, I suppose? Given that you're never actively fighting with so much as passively interacting with enemies. Loved it regardless.

YES. This sprung to my mind as well as I read the thread. And as for Doctor Who, for some reason "Silence In The Library" sprung to my mind first instead of the Silence. Maybe a hellish mix of Amnesia and a dash of Slenderman? And to justify his blackouts, make it a medical condition he never knew he had.

For some reason Dead Space 2 sprung into my head more instead of Amnesia.

Reminds me of Memento, but that really wasn't a horror movie.

What if the lost memories manifest themselves as a murderous spirit, bent on hunting you down?

What if the lost memories manifest themselves as a murderous spirit, bent on hunting you down?

Notice the whole "manifests as a spirit" in your post?
Yeah, want to avoid that.

I've only sat on the side while watching someone play Amnesiaark Descent, but something similar to that, yes.

Notice the whole "manifests as a spirit" in your post?
Yeah, want to avoid that.

I've only sat on the side while watching someone play Amnesiaark Descent, but something similar to that, yes.

Well, it's an idea.

How about it appears to manifest as "something", but it's just your mind (and fear) screwing with you and there's actually nothing there? It could represent a downward spiral into insanity; the more insane you get, the clearer the "something" becomes, and it eventually "kills" you (though you probably die of heart failure or something. inb4 Death Note) if you don't get over it/regain your memories.

Reminds me of Memento, but that really wasn't a horror movie.

this, was trying to remember the name of this movie, was pretty good, but definitively not horror.

Well, it's an idea.

How about it appears to manifest as "something", but it's just your mind (and fear) screwing with you and there's actually nothing there? It could represent a downward spiral into insanity; the more insane you get, the clearer the "something" becomes, and it eventually "kills" you (though you probably die of heart failure or something. inb4 Death Note) if you don't get over it/regain your memories.

Am I the only one who knows the plot of Dead Space 2? Because this sounds exactly like the plot of Dead Space 2.