burton’s formula
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Transcript of burton’s formula
Burton’s formula:
Protagonist
Stock characters
Icon: objects, backgrounds, stars
Plots and stock situations
Background and decor
Theme:
revenge carjacking
car crash chainsaw
car accident laptop
suspense photograph
personal vendetta race against time
hand grenade pirate broadcasting
militant explosion
bag over head limousine
parking garage booby trap
ambush bus
mercenary cell phone
arms dealer body count
homeless man homelessness
deception money
class differences media coverage
tattoo shot in the throat
near death experience running out of gas
gas mask gas grenade
dune buggy fire
molotov cocktail knife
axe sabotage
latin american f word
ghetto rescue
held at gunpoint hostage
chase sniper rifle
gatling gun ak 47
gunfight revolver
gore blood splatter
blood tracking device
surveillance brutality
violence death
boyfriend girlfriend relationship death of boyfriend
tied to a chair self sacrifice
warrior tough guy
hospital ambulance
emergency broadcast system dystopia
2020s survival
one day shot in the leg
shot in the arm news report
body in a dumpster hanged man
subway exploding car
shootout sniper
corpse sororicide
semi truck blood spatter
siren hit with a baseball bat
character's point of view camera shot night vision goggles
man punching a woman trap
neck breaking shot in the face
mass death mass murder
anti hero hiding in a closet
shot to death shot in the forehead
shot in the head shot in the back
shot in the shoulder shot in the chest
shot in the stomach auction
mansion hunting
burned alive person on fire
hit by a car stabbed to death
stabbed in the chest foot chase
on the run car set on fire
flamethrower kidnapping
apartment apartment building
motorcycle home invasion
bare chested male shotgun
resistance fighter resistance
psychopath film starts with text
no opening credits character repeating someone else's dialogue
teenage daughter waitress
bulletproof vest armored car
stealing a car gang
painted face masked man
assault rifle machine gun
pistol machete
slow motion scene lens flare
ex husband ex wife relationship mother daughter relationship
father daughter relationship los angeles california
year 2023 one night
man with no name second part
written by director survival horror
murder sequel
death of son death of father
surprise ending
Dweliver us from evil
possession priest
police officer demonic possession
confession baptism
pregnant woman apartment
rain reference to jim morrison
reference to the doors knife fight
knife hatchet
mental patient mental hospital
cell phone heavy rain
dead baby bar
flashlight cat
chaos in the dark abusive relationship
argument daughter
husband wife relationship shouting
stuffed animal lock
abduction kidnapping
handcuffs police station
blood covered in blood
bleeding to death dead woman
police car nypd
new york city iraq
dead cat demon
exorcism exorcist
crucifix bare chested male
murder biting
stabbing lion
3rotting corpse writing on a wall
writing on a body police sergeant
death by falling suicide
written by director death of child
based on book
oculus
mirror home office
trauma auction
murder suicide
seeing mother killed shot multiple times
glowing eyes iphone
lantern flickering light
yellow pages spitting blood
biting a light bulb changing a light bulb
red delicious apple sleeper hold
strangle staring into a mirror
argument golf club
animal bite golden retriever
bottle of water house plant
band aid on finger mechanical timer
correlation versus causation face slap
year 1955 year 1904
reference to william tecumseh sherman archival photograph
year 1864 year 1755
video camera anchor
caged animal puppy
biting fingernail woman wearing a negligee
overhead camera shot caesarean scar
released from a mental hospital woman wearing a ponytail
nightmare psychiatric evaluation
antique mirror based on short film
removing a fingernail blood on hand
blood on wall new house
computer programmer lightbulb
gunshot gun
hiding apparition in mirror
scared by a mirror image looking at self in mirror
mirror does not reflect reality loss of mother
loss of father loss of sister
death of sister cracked mirror
chained to a wall chained to wall
fiancee fiance
promise flashback
filmed paranormal event cell phone
stabbed in the neck blood on mouth
blood dog
dead plant plant
paranormal research paranormal
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