The Running Man – Still a classic.

An excerpt from my script review for The Running Man which will be available 11/19/25: 2.) Plot Stability With a few minor exceptions, this script follows the 1987 version of the film pretty closely. One...

Prey – Can you reboot an original?

An excerpt from my script review for Prey which will be available 11/10/25: 2.) Plot Stability This came out during that magical time after Covid that the Cap’n and I were so fond of. Theaters...

Black Phone 2 – Did we need it?

I really didn’t think I’d like the first Black Phone movie as much as I did. I don’t know if it was the trailers or the fact it was another Blumhouse film,...

Horror Month 2025: Week 4

Feel free to check out Week 3 and make sure to follow along on Twitter: http://x.com/CPeachfuzz Coyotes - I was hoping for a bit more humor and a lot more gore. Instead, I got annoyed by the...

Halloween Double Feature 2025 (Part 2): Cherry Falls – Editing From Hell?

While trying to come up with a movie to team up with Hank with, I ran into a YouTube video talking about horror movies no one has seen. Usually I’ve seen every...

Halloween Double Feature 2025 (Part 1): Cherry Falls – The greatest slasher you’ve never heard of?

Hi all. Happy Halloween!!! It’s the last day of the month that our beloved Cap’n looks forward to all year long…which also means it’s time for another Halloween Double Feature!!! 1.) Marketability of the Idea The...
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Kidnap – Description the WORKS!

An excerpt from my script review for Kidnap which will be available 08/07/17: 4.) Dialogue and Description The style of description in this script is something worth emulating. Gone are the days where a script...

Overlord – Hell of an end to Horror Month

I would love to tell you all I’ve been super busy the last couple of weeks since Horror Month ended, that’s why I haven’t done a review since Halloween. But honestly, the...

Logan Lucky – Building Support Networks for Your Characters

An excerpt from my script review for Logan Lucky which will be available 08/21/17: 3.) Quality of Characters Build a network of support for your characters. Whether blood relations or not, this genre needs to...

A Quiet Place – Is Your Horror “Practical”?

An excerpt from my script review for A Quiet Place which will be available 04/10/18: 2.) Plot Stability Is your horror “practical”? And we’re not talking about monsters, ghosts, aliens, etc. Audiences suspend their disbelief for...

Wild – Guest Script Review

An excerpt from our guest script review for Wild which will be available 12/31/14: 1.) Marketability of Idea Kudos to Reese Witherspoon and her producing partner Bruna Papandrea. They are batting 1000% after acquiring...

Venom – The Cap’n steals more than just your attention in this one!

I know this isn’t exactly a horror film, but it is about a monster going around eating people, so I say it counts. One thing I can say about the film right...

What Could Have Been Pt. 3: Nautica Script

An excerpt from my script review for Nautica which will be available 2/23/15: 2.) Plot Stability Very sound plot. Like I mentioned above, I was kept on my toes the entire time trying to figure...

Victor Frankenstein – Another Landis Gem?

An excerpt from my script review for Victor Frankenstein which will be available 12/01/15: 4.) Dialogue and Description One thing that wow’ed me here was a single exchange…page 28: ALISTAIR (beat, awkwardly) Inspector, I’ve been meaning to say...I,...

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