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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Write to Reals: Doctor Sleep on the Big Screen

It has been the year of Stephen King! We have had so many of his stories turned into films and television shows in just 2019 alone. I thought some were really good: In...

Write to Reals – The Baytown Disco: You’re Ignorance is Unbelievable

An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Baytown Disco which will be available 03/22/18: What Needs Work Before I start, I think 116 pages is too long for an action/comedy. Especially because the...

The Predator – Respect Your Reader, Please!

An excerpt from my script review for The Predator (2018) which will be available 09/17/18: 4.) Dialogue and Description Typical Shane Black description and dialogue. Some of it works, some of it doesn’t. One good trait...

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw – A Fun Spin-off?

You know summer has officially kicked off when a new Fast & Furious blockbuster hits theaters. The question however is, is the first spinoff film for the long and never ending franchise...

Godzilla vs. Kong – Just turn your brain off?

The first thing that grabbed my attention was Adam Wingard’s name as the director popping up in the opening credits. I thought, huh, now that’s an interesting choice. He’s never done anything...

Maleficent – In regards to Snow White and Disney “live action”…

An excerpt from my script review for Maleficent which will be available 03/31/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea So this one came up as the Boss and I were discussing the new “live action”...

Tesla – Is your script a duplicate idea?

An excerpt from my script review for Tesla which will be available 09/14/20: 1.) Marketability of the Idea The Current War. I can remember watching something on the History Channel (maybe The Men Who Built America)...

Wrath of Man – Unfortunately not THAT one…

An excerpt from my script review for Wrath of Man which will be available 10/04/21: 1.) Marketability of the IdeaThank God for Guy Ritchie dialogue.A few weeks back, I was waiting for the...

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