Black Phone 2 – Did we need it?

I really didn’t think I’d like the first Black Phone movie as much as I did. I don’t know if it was the trailers or the fact it was another Blumhouse film,...

Horror Month 2025: Week 4

Feel free to check out Week 3 and make sure to follow along on Twitter: http://x.com/CPeachfuzz Coyotes - I was hoping for a bit more humor and a lot more gore. Instead, I got annoyed by the...

Halloween Double Feature 2025 (Part 2): Cherry Falls – Editing From Hell?

While trying to come up with a movie to team up with Hank with, I ran into a YouTube video talking about horror movies no one has seen. Usually I’ve seen every...

Halloween Double Feature 2025 (Part 1): Cherry Falls – The greatest slasher you’ve never heard of?

Hi all. Happy Halloween!!! It’s the last day of the month that our beloved Cap’n looks forward to all year long…which also means it’s time for another Halloween Double Feature!!! 1.) Marketability of the Idea The...

Happy Death Day – Should YOU give up on screenwriting?

An excerpt from my script review for Happy Death Day which will be available 10/27/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Groundhog Day, but it’s horror. The main character is brutally murdered each day and every...

Horror Month 2025: Week 3

Feel free to check out Week 2 and make sure to follow along on Twitter: http://x.com/CPeachfuzz The Strangers: Chapter 2 â€“ I did not enjoy the first half, I’m referring to these as first half and second...
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The Equalizer – Script Analysis

An excerpt from my script review for The Equalizer Script which will be available 9/29/14: Want the full review? Follow this link to the Equalizer Script Review. 1.) Marketability of the Idea It's a...

5 Questions for Writing Good Characters

We had a discussion on the forums where Roy and I were asked how we plan out and write our characters. Personally, I didn't have a process, other than writing a character down...

Vote For Our Next Amateur Review!

****Voting ENDS 4/17/15 Hi all, We've narrowed the entries down to the following loglines. Please vote for the project you'd most like to see me review. (Loglines below the poll.) (function...

The Hand Me Down Priest

Hi all, and welcome to a new week here at Write to Reel. The script we're looking at today emphasizes how important it is to look at and have a basic comprehension of...

Touching Blue

Hank here. Headed back to Amazon Studios to check out another script that they seem to be excited about. Today's pick is Touching Blue (which I thought was about someone jumping high and touching...

Flood – Script Review

Hi all. A bit late today, and I apologize, but our youngest is entering that stage where she wakes up regularly at 2am. The wife keeps getting up with her, which I...

American Ultra – Stoners Only?

An excerpt from The Captain's movie review for American Ultra which will be available 8/30/15. Will it be funny enough for his tastes? Mike and Phoebe (Kristen Stewart’s character) are madly in love. They...

Children of Men Script Review

Script - Children of Men by Alfonso Cuarón and Timothy J. Sexton Logline: In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport...

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