Category: Script Reviews

Leprechaun – Avoid Boring “Cat and Mouse” Chase Scenes

An excerpt from my script review for Leprechaun which will be available 03/19/19: 3.) Quality of Characters Monster Rules. This was one aspect of the script I enjoy, particularly in a horror. It’s always a good idea to give...

Triple Frontier – Conflicting Character Arcs

An excerpt from my script review for Triple Frontier which will be available 03/12/19: 3.) Quality of Characters The one thing this script did well was present the argument of murder on one’s own...

What Could Have Been: The Group – An Entirely Eye-Catching Cast?

An excerpt from my script review for The Group (2008 unproduced) which will be available 03/04/19: 3.) Quality of Characters As Reals like to mention my pet peeves, it’s my turn to mention one...

Write to Reals: The Possession of Hannah Grace (aka Cadaver) – Contained horror done right?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) aka Cadaver which will be available 02/27/19: What Worked -- Page 2 - HENRY LEWIS, Lead Pathologist. He’s heavy set and set...

Hunter Killer – Does your script utilize contradicting characters?

An excerpt from my script review for Hunter Killer which will be available 02/25/19: 3.) Quality of Characters Most of us know by now the importance of well drawn, “three dimensional” characters in a stories. These characters should...

The Old Man and the Gun – Format that Values Your Reader’s Time

An excerpt from my script review for The Old Man and the Gun which will be available 02/18/19: 5.) Format If I’m counting them all correctly there were 6 revisions. Now, that’s not a horrible thing, but...

Velvet Buzzsaw – Are we all Morfs?

An excerpt from my script review for Velvet Buzzsaw which will be available 02/11/19: 3.) Quality of Characters First off, poor fucking Coco. I agree with the Cap’n one hundred percent on that and the fact that the...

First Reformed – Intended Plot vs. Plot Reality

An excerpt from my script review for First Reformed which will be available 02/04/19: 2.) Plot Stability Ideas kick around all the time in our heads.  Some good, some bad. The good ones are what drive us to commit...