If you lost the person you love most in the world, would it be acceptable to simply disappear without any trace? If so, would it be an act of self-preservation? Or reckless self-sabotage? These are ...

When the Avengers assembled to face Thanos in the final battle of Avengers: Endgame, theaters erupted. Few scenes are as crowd-pleasing as the moment reinforcements arrive to save the day at the last ...

In "What to Expect in a General Meeting," I laid out what a general is: a professional introduction between a writer and ...

Alfred Hitchcock once described audiences experiencing a horror movie in a fascinating way. "The audience is like a giant organ that you and I are playing. At one moment we play this note, and get ...

What's your favorite scary movie? No, this isn't the start of a blog about Scream, but rather a deeper look into the subgenres of horror. Rarely is there a movie that falls right into the genre of ...

If you were a lonely, ostracized, slightly stinky fisherwoman in a nondescript medieval village, and you really wanted a man, what would you do? Your first answer probably wouldn't be to turn to a ...

Digger (Tom Cruise) is an eccentric billionaire whose oil drilling company has put the world at risk of a catastrophic environmental disaster. Now, it falls on him to use his influence and powers of ...

When we talk about classic horror movies, we usually list the same titles year after year. Horror movies like The Exorcist, John Carpenter’s Halloween, John Carpenter’s The Thing, The Shining, A ...

Horror is a very unique genre in the eyes of Hollywood. Unlike other potential Hollywood projects, horror scripts/movies don't need to be packaged with movie stars, big budgets, elaborate special ...

Thrillers are built on escalation. A great thriller should feel a lot like a great roller coaster ride. The experience isn’t one continuous drop at the same speed. There are climbs, falls, twists, ...

When you send your script out, you probably picture the person who'll decide its fate: the manager, agent, producer, or studio executive. But most likely, the first person to read your script is ...