Horror Month 2026 – Week 3

(And don’t forget to check out Week 2 first!) Remember you can follow along with him in real time via X: https://x.com/CPeachfuzz And new this year, he does YouTube Shorts reviews for some of...

Horror Month 2026 – Week 2

(And don't forget to check out Week 1 first!) Remember you can follow along with him in real time via X: https://x.com/CPeachfuzz And new this year, he does YouTube Shorts reviews for some of...

Abigail – If you TELL us she’s a vampire going in, then SHOW us!

An excerpt from my script review for Abigail (2024) which will be available 10/19/26: 2.) Plot Stability Okay, first and foremost I’m just going to come right out and say it… This script takes way...

Horror Month 2026 – Week 1

It's the Capn's favorite time of year!!! Don't forget you can follow along with him in real time via X: https://x.com/CPeachfuzz And new this year, he does YouTube Shorts reviews for some of his...

Motor City: No Dialogue – good storytelling or cheap gimmick?

An excerpt from my script review for Motor City which will be available 10/04/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description You read it in the title of this review… Is the “no dialogue” a worthy storytelling method...

Resident Evil – A Nod to the Fans?

An excerpt from my script review for Resident Evil (2026) which will be available 09/29/26: 2.) Plot Stability After reading the initial portions of the Capn’s review, I paused to see if the script...
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Quarantine – Forget Covid…Worry About Rabies!

An excerpt from my script review for Quarantine (2008) which will be available 04/13/20: 4.) Dialogue and Description The dialogue was fine for this type of project. Would Quarantine win major awards for Best Screenplay? Probably not because it’s not...

The Lighthouse – The HORROR…of masturbation.

An excerpt from my script review for The Lighthouse which will be available 10/28/19: 5.) Format A bit to cover here. First… NOTE: This film must be photographed on black and white 35mm negative. Aspect ratio: 1.19:1 Audio mix: Mono Please…please…please don’t...

Wag the Dog – More Relevant than Ever?

An excerpt from my script review for Wag the Dog which will be available 06/23/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Of course it’s true. I saw it on TV. This is a line that Brean...

Unfriended: Part 2 – Hank’s Take on Screenlife Scripts

An excerpt from my script review for Unfriended which will be available 11/28/22: 1.) Marketability of the Idea First off…never click links in unknown emails or texts! That’s the main lesson from this review! (He says as...

Nobody – Has Good Subtext

An excerpt from my script review for Nobody which will be available 04/19/21: 2.) Plot Stability First of all, my single complaint was that the Russian Mobster angle felt kind of cliché. Thinking of those two previous...

Project Power – Benefits of Being “On the List”

An excerpt from my script review for Project Power which will be available 08/17/20: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Originally titled Power and a former Hit List script, I believe. (Someone somewhere told me it was on...

The Batman – …but is it the BEST Batman?

I’m not entirely sure what DC is doing. Hell, I’m not so sure they know what they’re doing either. They seem to have two separate universes going on at the same time....

Write to Reals: Detroyer (2019) – That’s Nicole Kidman?

Since the Captain is doing a review of John Wick 3 this week (which is freaking great, by the way!) I thought that I might review another action-like piece. OK, full disclosure, this isn't...

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