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 – I did not enjoy the first half, I’m referring to these as first half and second...
Write to Reel

Providing a step in the write direction

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.

Join our established screenwriting community

Dedicated to expanding the skills of all interested screenwriters

Most Popular

The Whale – Social Issues Implemented at Just Right?

An excerpt from my script review for The Whale which will be available 12/27/22: 2.) Plot Stability Was this the overwhelmingly best story I’ve read all year? No. However, I do feel like the project was more than...

Totally Killer – The Cap’n looks at Horror Comedy!

If you’re looking for a horror comedy this month, Amazon Prime has you covered. https://youtu.be/vNm3VPPKEQI After watching the trailer for this teen 80’s time traveling slasher, I was not amused. The humor did not...

Horror Month 2022 – Week 2!

Grimcutty – I do like the concept of this one, where parents have so much anxiety over their kids, they manifest this boogeyman who attacks them, making them worry even more for their...

Elemental – Too Heavy-Handed?

An excerpt from my script review for Elemental (2023) which will be available 11/21/23: 2.) Plot Stability It started off well enough. The idea of these two fire elementals going to Elemental City for a...

Vengeance – Painfully…funny?

An excerpt from my script review for Vengeance which will be available 08/15/22: 2.) Plot Stability Carrying through on that Michael Scott/Ryan Howard love child idea… Remember those early episodes of The Office that can really only...

Horror Month 2022 – Week 4!

Slayers – Let this be a warning to you, if you start a movie and see 10 different production companies that produced it pop up on the screen, just turn the movie off immediately....

Horror Month 2023 – The Preshow!

Another year, another October, which means another steady stream of horror movies getting reviewed. A little something I like to call “Horror Month”. If you don’t know, I’ll be watching and reviewing movies...

Amsterdam – Cashing in on Swifties before it was cool?

An excerpt from my script review for Amsterdam which will be available 02/12/24: 2.) Plot Stability It’s the day after the Super Bowl (hopefully Travis Kelce hasn't dumped her, or vice versa), and if...

Movie Reviews