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...
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Oasis

Hi all. Good morning and happy Saturday. I'm going to get this out of the way early. As you know, our author today, Randall Hahn, wrote a gem of a script called Gideon,...

The Big Short – Breaking Walls and Making Cameos

An excerpt from my script review for The Big Short which will be available 12/21/15: 4.) Dialogue and Description Breaking the 4th wall in a story is generally frowned upon, especially if it’s not...

Birdman – Script Analysis

An excerpt from my script review for Birdman which will be available 11/17/14: 3.) Quality of Characters Matt vs. Riggan Found it very interesting how they were more or less two peas in the same...

Killer Klowns from Outer Space – Revisit the Capn’s Mixed Up Childhood.

Every year for horror month since I’ve been reviewing movies for the site, I always like to showcase at least one older film that people either love or hate. This year I...

Script Links 4-23-12

Hi all, and a new week with more links. We're cutting down to 4 scripts a week (which should be a nice balance) as Roy especially is putting so much free...

Write to Reals: Killers of the Flower Moon – Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Killers of the Flower Moon which will be available 12/11/23: What Worked An Important Subject - The treatment of the Osage people and how their tribe was attacked...

Bad Moms – Cookie Cutter Plot?

An excerpt from my script review for Bad Moms which will be available 08/09/16: 2.) Plot Stability Blake’s Beats. 3 Act Structure. Whatever. This comedy script proves you can do the whole “cookie cutter” plot...

The Days Never Know

Hi all. It's two weeks in a row that I've been lucky enough to start Wednesday with fast moving scripts. This week it's: The Days Never Know by Taylor McCleve Logline - With their ten-year high...

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