#the painter

Uhm suggestive ig

Mona and Bill as equals. Mona still remains the dominant one but I’d love to see Bill actually be a partner and equal to Mona rather than just a mindless animal, Mona is the brains of the operation while Bill is the muscle, kinda like the fandom’s interpretation of their dynamic in the early days of the Painter and I’d like to see Bill have an actual personality too. Also, get David Howard Thornton to play Bill, that would be SO perfect.

Either downplay The Red Man or remove him entirely. I was never a big fan of the Crimson Cunt and I think he works better as a delusion that Mona has, either in the form of a voice she hears or an alter, or Mona and Bill were indoctrinated into the cult that worships him as children but it’s kept ambiguous if he’s even real or not. Also, Mona is the one who actually makes the goddamn paintings and she does so as offerings to the Vermillion Fellow.

Really lean into the idea of Mona being this eccentric artist who kills and tortures people for artistic inspiration, like a real Otis Driftwood type with a dash of Edward Carver, she can go from being a cold, reserved, intellectual to a hyperactive crack head that’s bouncing off the walls depending on the scene.

Like I was discussing with @bro-ker, give the movie the tone and feel of a late 70’s-early 80’s, grindhouse horror film akin to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Pieces, Maniac, The Crazies etc. with a charmingly low budget feel to it, very atmospheric and slow paced to build tension but still unapologetically gory and exploitive.

Make it a mix of found footage and standard filming, kinda like what the Backrooms did but make the found footage aspect longer than just one scene and more integral to the film’s identity, like the found footage parts should be the highlights of the movie more or less.

Do NOT water down the gory or shocking aspects in order to appeal to a wider audience, they should want the Terrifier audience to come see this film, make it an R rated splatter film that is borderline X rated, make it a big part of the marketing too, like provide moviegoers with Painter themed barf bags when they go see it.

I swear I know all the fandoms inside out!!

Cute, stylized dolls of Mona and Bill reminiscent of 80’s dolls like Rainbow Brite or Strawberry Shortcake, including blood splattered variants (Walmart exclusives). The boxes they come in need to be aesthetically pleasing and filled with little easter eggs too.

Cereal that is a homage to the General Mills monster cereals with Mona and Bill in a 70’s cereal mascot art style on the box, the flavor is cherry and chocolate with marshmallows shaped like knives, teeth, syringes etc. and it turns milk a bloody red.

A The Painter water color activity book, literally a coloring book with illustrations based on scenes from both the movie and the original series (and some original illustrations thrown in too) that comes with a set of paints and paintbrush for peak monamaxxing.

An actual ass VHS tape that can be played in a VCR with all ten episodes of the analog horror cut together into a full length marathon with “new scenes” like a director’s cut kind of thing.

NECA Ultimate styled figures of Mona and Bill with interchangeable heads/hands and a load of accessories unique to them, I’m not much of figurine collector but I WILL buy these and fucking play with them like a little girl and her dollies.

Popcorn bucket shaped like Bill’s head and a drinking cup shaped like a barrel with molded blood and eyeballs dripping from the top that is a reference to The Collins.

Halloween costumes of Mona, Bill and the Red Man but they are designed specifically to invoke those cheap ass, 70’s licensed costumes consisting of a mask and t-shirt themed around the character/property.

A gimmicky album reminiscent of Freddy’s Greatest Hits or Elvira’s Monster Hits composed of both original songs and licensed songs themed around the movie and characters, including an obligatory rap song where Mona raps and it’s way catchier than it has any right to be.

A Mona Lanius Bishoujo statue by Kotobukiya, but they need to keep some of her key features after kawaiifying her, like her receding hairline, cleft lip and bags under her eyes. I also wouldn’t say no to a genderbent Bill one.

heyy!!! I’m so sorry, I haven’t checked the inbox 😭😭 and THANK YOU SM, it truly makes me happy to know that someone genuinely likes my arts (I didn’t even learn how to draw lol) ((I think it’s obvious))

about The Red Man! I think that Mona has paranoid schizophrenia. don’t get me wrong! we can't know for sure, and I don't make diagnoses for anyone, but it's very clear in her case. people with paranoid schizophrenia often complain of delusions and “a humming sound in the walls”.

I don't believe, or don't want to believe, that The Red Man is some kind of devil or smth. I really don't like that idea at all, sorry :(

after all all, The Painter stood out from the very beginning because its plot revolved around ordinary psychopaths rather than the “anomaly”. don’t get me wrong, I respect other analog horrors, but I was particularly drawn to The Painter because it felt more realistic, which is why it scared me the most. that’s exactly why it upsets me so much that everyone seems to prefer theories that The Red Man is either part of a cult or some kind of devil, idk. to me, Mona is just a sick woman, not a member of some cult or anything like that. she’s just a psycho who needs medical help ASAP.