Malignant (2021) - Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.
I firmly believe that there are two...
An excerpt from my script review for The Card Counter which will be available 09/13/21:
5.) Format
One tip given to amateur screenwriters is to read professional scripts.
That scripts. Plural.
The issue with just reading...
An excerpt from my script review for Candyman (2021) which will be available 09/07/21:
2.) Plot Stability
Let me reiterate that this review is of an early draft, and although similar to the final product, some...
An excerpt from my script review for Free Guy which will be available 08/23/21:
2.) Plot Stability
This was a well written script.
Was it the best script I’ve ever read? No.
Is it the most...
I guess this is just called The Suicide Squad and not Suicide Squad 2 like I’ve been calling it. This is a sequel and not a reboot, right? I guess the film...
An excerpt from my unproduced script review for The Jungle Cruise which will be available 08/09/21:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Page 84:
MACGREGOR
...Whatever you and that monster
are planning, you won’t catch
Captain Wolfe. He’s a master
mariner....
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This makes the third film based on Stephen King’s work I’ve seen this year. Five if you count his shows The Mist and Mr. Mercedes. As for his films, IT, you already...
Hi all.
We stumbled onto a good list of "don'ts" when pitching your script, but a lot of you have asked what you should do.
When I initially started out, I read a book...
An excerpt from my script review for 1917 which will be available 01/06/20:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we dive into things for this section, it needs to be stated, I enjoyed this script....
Let’s start horror month off early with Haunt, a feature now on VOD and in (a few) theaters that was written and directed by the creators of A Quiet Place and produced by Eli Roth....
An excerpt from my script review for A Nightmare on Elm Street 6 (Unproduced) which will be available 04/27/18:
What Needs Work
...Note - A fun game to play with this script is to...
An excerpt from my script review for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri which will be available 11/20/17:
4.) Dialogue and Description
ANGELA
Oh why are you never on my side,
Robbie?
ROBBIE
I’m always on your side when...
After my Buried review I wanted to take a look at what goes into creating suspense in genres similar to the contained thriller. THEN I remember Roy's forum post on "How...
