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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azul" data-source="post: 1798663" data-attributes="member: 11779">This is the second year I'm including a horror-movie themed interlude in our regular D&D campaign.  Last year, the party fought hoards of brain-eating alchemically-created zombies.This year, I'm debating which movie theme to use.  I like the flavour of the slasher movies, but the fatality rate in those movies is too high unless I intend to wipe out most of the party (ressurection is scarce in my campaign).  I'm leaning towards the "devil child" themes (a la Children of the Corn, Rosemary's Baby and the Omen) but I might break it up into two parts - a light hearted campy part (Shawn of the Dead inspired maybe) for the pre-sundown part of the game and a darker, ambiance-laden part for after dark.My game world has a day (winter solstice) where all the dead buried on unconsecrated ground rise for just that night as undead.  These one-night-only undead cannot enter consecrated grounds, so most folks just spend the night on holy ground at all-night religious ceremonies while the living dead howl and moan in the streets until dawn.  Anyone caught outside after dark on that night is in for very bad time...  Anyway, I'm thinking of using this event to set up one or both parts of my halloween night session.  It is only a month or so away in campaign time.</blockquote>