The Running Man – Still a classic.

An excerpt from my script review for The Running Man which will be available 11/19/25: 2.) Plot Stability With a few minor exceptions, this script follows the 1987 version of the film pretty closely. One...

Prey – Can you reboot an original?

An excerpt from my script review for Prey which will be available 11/10/25: 2.) Plot Stability This came out during that magical time after Covid that the Cap’n and I were so fond of. Theaters...

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...
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Express 3way – Small Town Murder Mystery

Our beloved 3way had some time on his hands, and wanted to weigh in on the Blood List's 2018 Fresh Blood script Small Town Murder Mystery: Genre: Horror / Thriller Logline: Journalism student, Carly...

Ghost Stories – Anthologies, Twists, and…A new Human/Chicken Hybrid?

It has been two long weeks since my last review. I’m sure you’ve all been protesting in the streets. Well, calm down, everything is okay now. Because I’m back! Even though I...

Write to Reals: Double Feature – Nocturne and Evil Eye (Part 2)

Hey Everyone! Back again with my reviews of the final two Amazon Studios / Blumhouse films for Horror Month! Nocturne (2020) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104485..._=nv_sr_srsg_0 Logline: An incredibly gifted pianist makes a Faustian bargain to overtake her older sister at...

Hereditary – Does the script live up to all the glowing film reviews?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Hereditary which will be available 06/10/18: What Needs Work 6. Pg. 21 - The support group speech to give exposition is kind of lazy. Think of more...

X-Men: Dark Phoenix – Really the worst X-men Movie?

I don’t know about you, but superhero fatigue has finally started to set in. The last thing I wanted to do last weekend was go to the theater to see yet another...

Write to Reals: Mercy Black Film Review!

Here we go, ladies and gentlemen, back with another horror film review for you! This time, we have a piece called Mercy Black, which I was planning to rent on Amazon, until it came...

Freaky – “Give us the same, only different” done right?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Freaky which will be available 11/16/20: Writer / Director Christopher Landon has made a career out of “Give Me The Same, But Different!” pitches. Don’t believe me?...

Chappaquiddick – The Kennedy Love Triangle You Weren’t Expecting!

An excerpt from my script review for Chappaquiddick which will be available 05/14/18: 3.) Quality of Characters Good old fashioned love triangle. And I’m not talking romance, but bromance! Joey Gargan loves Ted Kennedy who loves...

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