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...

Resident Evil (2026) A Deconstructed Video Game Movie Adaptation

I would have liked to review this movie on the start of Horror Month, but Sony had other plans, I guess. You could say I’m a longtime Resident Evil game fan, going all...

It Waits – Description that kills…your reader’s interest.

An excerpt from my script review for It Waits which will be available 09/22/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description The main thing we’re going to cover here is reviewing the amateur tendencies to include what...

28 Years Later – Not as bad as everyone says?

An excerpt from my script review for 28 Years Later which will be available 09/02/26: 2.) Plot Stability Truth be told I probably should have seen or read the second installment before the third. By...
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Those Who Wish Me Dead – Characters We Care About

An excerpt from my script review for Those Who Wish Me Dead which will be available 05/17/21: 3.) Quality of Characters Hannah. She had this self destructive streak that seems to go beyond her tragic...

Arkansas – Creating Fun Criminals

An excerpt from my script review for Arkansas which will be available 08/03/20: 3.) Quality of Characters Easily the highlight of this script. “What is the most interesting way your character can say that?” The above...

The Green Knight – Cool shots don’t make plot!

An excerpt from my script review for The Green Knight which will be available 08/02/21: 4.) Dialogue and Description No notes on the dialogue, because there wasn’t much of it. When the boss asked me...

HORROR MONTH 2022 WEEKLY WRAP-UP: PreHorror Month

It's that time of year again, time to get spooky, so sit back and relax, possibly crap them pants, because HORROR MONTH has officially started! I'll be doing 3 more full reviews of...

Knock at the Cabin – A simple, decent “contained” idea.

An excerpt from my script review for Knock at the Cabin which will be available 02/06/23: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Two things this script has going for it right off the bat. First, it’s...

The Kitchen – Breaking Old Female Stereotypes?

An excerpt from my script review for The Kitchen which will be available 08/19/19: 2.) Plot Stability Again, it had a very all female Godfather 2 vibe, which didn’t concern me aside from one fact. The women...

What Could Have Been – Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon

An excerpt from my script review for Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon which will be available 09/15/25: 2.) Plot Stability Admittedly I did minimal research before reading this script so as not to persuade my...

The Hills Have Eyes 2 – …not great.

An excerpt from my script review for The Hills Have Eyes 2 which will be available 04/23/24: 2.) Plot Stability Again…think Predator but a bunch of influencers before there was influencing. We’re going to pit these strong,...

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