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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What Could Have Been – Whedon’s Wonder Woman

An excerpt from our "What Could Have Been" series and script review for Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman which will be available 06/05/17: 2.) Plot Stability I’m reminded of a story Kevin Smith tells when...

Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood – The Origins of Captain Peachfuzz

I had plans to break this review up into 2 reviews, one half talking about all of Quentin Tarantino’s other films and saving the second half for my official review of Once...

What Could Have Been Pt. 3: Nautica Script

An excerpt from my script review for Nautica which will be available 2/23/15: 2.) Plot Stability Very sound plot. Like I mentioned above, I was kept on my toes the entire time trying to figure...

Blackhat – Avoiding Dialogue Stereotypes

An excerpt from my script review for Blackhat which will be available 05/03/16: 4.) Dialogue and Description Overall the dialogue wasn’t bad, except for one major exception. Lien. Stereotyping Dialogue Chen was Chinese, but it’s cited he...

Victor Frankenstein – Another Landis Gem?

An excerpt from my script review for Victor Frankenstein which will be available 12/01/15: 4.) Dialogue and Description One thing that wow’ed me here was a single exchange…page 28: ALISTAIR (beat, awkwardly) Inspector, I’ve been meaning to say...I,...

Flatliners – Importance of Well Paced Plot

An excerpt from my script review for Flatliners which will be available 10/09/17: 2.) Plot Stability This was one of those that scripts that, even at over 100 pages, I didn’t constantly check what...

Theory of Everything – Script Analysis

An excerpt from my script review for The Theory of Everything which will be available 12/02/14: 3.) Quality of Characters Stephen. Introduced as an awkward, yet charming, individual. Enjoyed him very much for most of the...

It Comes At Night – Horror Thrillers should be spooky…and thrilling!

An excerpt from my script review for It Comes At Night which will be available 07/17/17: 3.) Quality of Characters Thrillers require one main thing…tension between characters. Post-apocalyptic horror thrillers? Tension between characters while fighting for...

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