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Every year, on October 1st, I have a ritual. I light some candles. I plug in the jack o’lantern beside my couch. I watch as the timer on my outdoor decorations clicks over, illuminating my...

This week’s Scream Writing is going to be a little bit different. If you follow me on Twitter, then you know that I’m a big fan not just of horror movies and screenwriting but...

In the summer of 1977, New York City was suffering after a year of young people being murdered. An unknown man - a human monster - prowled the night, looking for couples alone in...

Reality is a funny thing It all boils down to perspective, doesn’t it? Each person builds their world-view based on what surrounds them, which in time becomes their reality. Still, even then, most seek out...

This week Scriptophobic is joined by Andrew Bellware to answer some Scream Writing Questions, explore the art of screenwriting, and dig into the love of sci-fi and genre. What first got you interested in screenwriting? I first...

Gerard Johnson’s 2009 indie film Tony is about a meek Englishman living alone in a flat on a council housing estate and harbouring dark secrets. This unassuming man comes off initially as a depressing...

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...

You Shamed Me It was early summer in 2009. Friday night. I was sitting in a movie theater, as I was prone to do and I was excited. No, scratch that… ecstatic. I was there...

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...

In North America, the name John Bunting isn’t particularly well known. But in Australia, his name continues to instil a sense of dread in those who were alive during his gruesome streak of murders,...

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...

I placed the DVD down on the table excitedly, bright yellow and featuring the jutting out visage of a forlorn looking zombie. I had watched Dawn of the Dead (1978) only the night before...

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...

People love real stories about death, murder, and all varieties of human atrocities. This predilection for tragedy extends all the way back into the era of the Ancient Greek poets, right up to present...

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...

One fateful sleepover in the summer of 1998, my friend Erich opened his father’s VHS cabinet and invited the group of us to peer inside and make a selection. It was late by then,...

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...

Since the heyday of the big four - Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and Chucky - slasher movie fans have continually searched for the next great villain. That’s not to say there haven’t...

Global Worming I arrived at the movie theater about 45 minutes early. I was energized. Excited. It was Friday night, opening night, and I was certain every other horror fan was feeling the same way....

I know that by now I have written a lot on PTSD and its portrayal in film. In Gerald’s Game (2017) and Strange Circus (2005), I explored the themes that resonated with me on...

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...

We are moving in a different direction for Everything But Bone this week as we journey into Edgar Wright’s masterpiece Hot Fuzz (2007). While it can be categorized as an action film, I believe...

When 10 Rillington Place was released in 1971 the disturbing sting of serial killer John Reginald Christie was still lingering in the United Kingdom’s social consciousness. Only five years prior, Timothy Evans - who...

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...