HORROR MONTH 2024
It’s finally here! The month we have all been waiting for! Okay, maybe not everybody, but anyone who loves to watch horror movies at least. And I got two big...
An excerpt from my script review for Kicking and Screaming (Untitled Soccer Script) which will be available 10/03/24:
2.) Plot Stability
The main thing we’re going to talk about here is streamlining your script...
An excerpt from my script review for Chimera (aka Ghost Ship) which will be available 09/23/24:
2.) Plot Stability
My thoughts and feelings have been mentioned on this site before, so apologies if you’re...
An excerpt from my script review for Ghost Ship which will be available 09/16/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Getting ready for Halloween and Horror Month, I wanted to do a two part review...
An excerpt from my script review for Ricky Stanicky which will be available 09/09/24:
3.) Quality of Characters
Giving an audience “original” character connections.
In the script there’s this tired “love triangle” between Ted, his...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Alien 3 which will be available 08/20/24:
What Worked
The Length - 96 pages (including the title page) was a pretty solid length for this story. I will...
We break scripts down the Monday after its opening weekend. Read detailed reviews and see what current writers selling scripts are doing right, and sometimes wrong.
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...
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....
Logline: In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves...
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...
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....
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...