Scream Writing

We're talked to a lot of great people on Scream Writing Questions but this is the first time that I've been so excited to talk to someone that I'm at a loss for words. Adam...

In years past, apocalyptic scenarios were most commonly seen in cult classics and midnight drive-in movies. These pieces of art could be incredibly influential, sure, but they stood out amongst a crowd of other...

Let's kick off this week's Scream Writing Questions with an episode of Larissa Thomas and Alicia Faucher's delightful web series Allie & Lara Make a Horror Movie to get a taste of the fun to be...

Blank isn’t Horror A recent tweet by Patrick Bromley was infused with palpable sass directed at a review that claim “Hereditary isn’t a horror film. As much as critics would would like to call...

Write, write, write. Scream Writer Harrison Smith boils down his advice until there's no fat left on the bone – just like if it were a screenplay! Today, the writer/director joins Scriptophobic to talk about...

This week we got to talk to Michael J. Kospiah about Scream Writing and the importance of not being afraid to write shitty. Writing is rewriting, as the saying goes (and Kospiah elaborates), so...

Setting the Stage A few days ago I finally broke the plastic on my Blu-ray of It Comes at Night (2017) and sat down for blind watch. I had managed to avoid any spoilers or trailers and...

This week we're chatting with A.D Calvo, Scream Writer and director of Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl (2016), quite possibly my favorite film of 2016 (and it was a year with some damned fine contenders!). In...

Getting Angry I write this on Sunday the 26th of August, 2018. At this time, there is still blood on the floor of a Madden video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida after somebody shot up...

Every Scream Writer we talk to has wonderful advice to share and Manuel Alejandro Anell is no different! Rebelling against what he was taught, exploring the limitless nature of creativity, and letting the characters life...

Greetings fellow Scream Writers! Way back in June, Kelly Warner wrote about “The Expectations of Blood and Gore” and looked at the different approaches – suggestive, built up, bloodbath – that writers can use...

This week Scriptophobic is joined by Tony Newton, writer of Toxic Shlock (2017) and Home Videos (2017). Tony's produced, written, and directed short films that have been in a variety of collections such as 60 Seconds to...

We’re always looking for new, amazing art to inspire us. Your favorite author has a new book coming out, that experimental weirdo director you follow is working on their next film, the musician who...

Reading through this week's questions, I was struck at how much Jamie Nash's answers reminded me of my own thoughts and answers. Scream Writer of Altered (2006), Lovely Molly (2011), the Zombie GoPro segment of V/H/S/2 (2013), Exists (2014),...

There was a moment while I was playing Outlast (2013) that made me scream at the top of my lungs. At 2:30AM. Waking up my neighbours. And getting me a noise complaint. As the...

This week we're joined by Writer-Director William Dickerson. William has been keeping himself busy with a plethora of titles since 2013 and doesn't look to be slowing down any time soon. From his love...

I’ve got kaiju on the brain. At the time of this writing, the Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) SDCC trailer is a hot topic online, there’s a new Godzilla anime on Netflix, I got...

This week Scriptophobic was lucky enough to talk to Scum of the Earth Films's Suri Parmar. Apart from tons of hands on and theoretical training in ScreamWriting, Suri has explored storytelling in prose for New Haven...

Welcome back, Scream Writers. Have you ever noticed that some films are set in locations that feel as much, if not more, of a character than the rest of cast? Just think of The...

Here on Scriptophobic, we believe that studying screenplays and discussing the writing process are of vital importance to a Scream Writer's growth. That's why we here at Scriptophobic are proud to bring you a new...

There’s a moment in No Country for Old Men (2007) where Llewelyn (Josh Brolin) checks into a motel while trying to stay one step ahead of the hounds that are nipping at his heels....

What is reality, anyways? Of all the writing “rules” that the horror genre gets to play around with – see, Break – this is my favorite: Things don’t need to make sense. Now, before you...

Horror, deep in its dark heart, is about forcing characters to confront the unimaginable: the killer with a knife, the book that raises the dead, the alien life-form that shouldn't exist, the haunted house...

Kelly Warner, author of the post-apocalyptic kaiju trilogy In the Shadow of Extinction, wrote about how he feels the advice “write what you know” often gets misinterpreted. I believe a similar piece of writing...

Question Scream Writers: What do Shutter Island (2010), Memento (2000), and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) all have in common? Answer: Each of these films make good use of an “Unreliable Narrator.” That is,...