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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Write to Reals: The Witch in the Window (2018) – Slow Burn Horror Done Right

Now, I know this is not what many would consider a “mainstream’ horror film, as it is a Shudder exclusive (Shudder being a streaming platform that contains only horror… so essentially a...

Encanto – Don’t accidentally make your cast evil!

An excerpt from my script review for Encanto which will be available 02/07/22: 3.) Quality of Characters Here’s where I want to focus most of my time. Mainly on Abuela. The writers inadvertently gave us an...

Write to Reals: Relic (2020)

From IMDB: A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home. Relic, not to be confused with the 1997 film titled THE Relic, was released on VOD...

Write to Reals: The Wind (2019) – What makes a modern Gothic film?

Alright, ladies and gentlemen, back again today with another horror piece that may have slipped under the radar a bit - The Wind. Since it came quietly to VOD, I thought I should place...

Black Panther – Are your script’s visuals “mentally digestible”?

An excerpt from my script review for Black Panther which will be available 01/07/19: 4.) Dialogue and Description This was a very visual dependent project. The issue, for us as novices at least, is that...

Misery – Or “Happy New Year, Writers!”

An excerpt from my script review for Misery which will be available 01/01/20: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Words to paper. Fingers to keyboard. However you want to think about it, consider me your Annie Wilkes...

Terrifier 2 – Fan Funded…Fun?

If there was a horror movie this month, I was most excited to see, it would be Terrifier 2. I’m not the biggest fan of the first film, though I did enjoy...

Jurassic World: Dominion – A big pile of…

I feel like I must be honest with you readers, I fell asleep during the last half of watching this movie. I have a vague idea of what happened, but there are...

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