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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Jason X – Dueling Review Pt. 1

While I was on vacation, trying to find my own Crystal Lake, two of your favorite reviewers both watched the same film, JASON X. With The Captain being a horror fan, and 3way...

Happy Death Day – Too Tame Thriller?

One last leftover from Horror Month from an extremely disappointed Captain... Hey, kids. Are you sick and tired of seeing those big kids getting in to see R rated slasher horror films? Well...

Script Links 9-17-12

Hi all. Going back to where we started, and visiting two amateur scripts next week. No rhyme or reason to who we picked other than we wanted to get to newer folks...

Why American Sniper Deserves an Oscar Snub…

Hi all. As you can probably tell by the title, I found this script a little less than impressive. Was it a bad? Not really. So what's my problem? It didn't...

Kingsman: The Golden Circle – Good, but not without its flaws…

Sequels. Worst case scenario, they’re pointless cash ins, the first film did well, we might as well try banking on the name recognition. Very rarely are they as good as the first....

The Founder – Come for the hero, stay for the villain.

An excerpt from my script review for The FOunder which will be available 01/23/16: 3.) Quality of Characters It’s interesting that Ray transforms from our “down on his luck” hero to the villain of...

Mountain Fist

Hollah. Today we're heading to the coal lined mountains of Kentucky, where we'll follow a female lead as she tries to save her neighbors from a boy with a crush AND the ability...

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – Script Analysis

An excerpt from my script review for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead which will be available 04/04/16: 5.) Format The non-linear structure of this script really kept my interest, because it jumped back/around...

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