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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old Fezziwig" data-source="post: 152400" data-attributes="member: 59">Just watched this last night...Spoilers.....If you made Cyrus into an NPC (I'm assuming you would), then he, as well as his little sidekick (the other woman, not the woman playing Maggie and not Shannon Elizabeth), would need much stronger motivations than they were assigned in the movie.  I never felt threatened by them, which is a bit problematic, given that they were the villains.  The ghosts could use strong motivations, too.  I thought the best part of the DVD was the little extra where they talked about the Ghosts' backstories.  That was kind of neat.The whole Deus ex Machina bit, where Cyrus's little sidekick saves the family and brings them to the library, would have to go.  I would also keep the Psychic out of the house, or make him less of a guide type character — otherwise, he'll steal all the thunder from the PCs, inasmuch as I think  it would work better if the PCs could figure out what was going on as opposed to being told.  I felt at points like I was watching a checkers game last night as I watched the movie.  The characters felt like little plot pieces that were being shuffled around to make things happen that the screenwriter wanted to have happen......End spoilersAnyhow, I guess this is all to say that I'd probably use the idea of the ghosts and the house, but I would toss the characters pretty much out the window and start from scratch.  I didn't find the film compelling when I watched it last night, and I think without severe modification, it could really fall flat as an adventure.  Not once during the movie did I feel like the characters were in danger — this is problematic for a horror movie.  If you can make it more threatening, involve the PCs in the process of discovery, and emphasize more of the backstory, I'd think you'd have a winner.  If you decide to use it, do let me know how it turns out, as I'm curious to see how you work it.As for the film and any Lovecraftian elements that it could have, I don't really see it, it just doesn't have that flair.I don't think anyone's brought this up yet, and if they have, I apologize, but Rosemary's Baby could certainly be modified into a CoC adventure (I think).  This movie scares the hell out of me.  Spoiler.....I mean, if you replace Satan with Cthulhu or another beastie from Lovecraft, and make the Satan Worshippers into Cultists, it could be pretty neat.  I wouldn't even think you would need to make the Rosemary character a woman — imagine the shock when a man finds out that he's holding the spawn of Cthulhu inside of him?.....End spoilersHope this helps,tKL</blockquote>

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