Tag: Script Analysis
Rachel Unleashes Her Rage in Carrie 2
I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with movie trailers. On the one hand, they can be exciting, short-film quality creations, enticing me to see...
Written in Blood: Introducing the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow (1999)
As were most teenagers in the late 90s, I was a Tim Burton fan. It was hard not to be given his striking aesthetic...
Primeval Surgery in The Ruins (2008)
In my fledgling days of horror fandom, browsing the new release aisle at the local retailers was a weekly tradition. Every Tuesday, I would...
Facing Down a Mack Truck: Severen in Near Dark (1987)
At first glance, I thought I was staring at a copy of Twilight (2008).
The pale, brooding face staring down from the top right corner...
Babysitting Jud in Pet Sematary (1989)
Even as a child, with no knowledge or interest in the more horrific stories that the world had to offer me, I was aware...
Drenched in Blood: Exploring the Vampires of Waxwork (1988)
The bulk of my experience with horror as a kid can be summed up by all of the unreasonably disconcerting VHS covers I nervously...
All Hell Breaks Loose: The Monster Massacre of The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Horror movie tropes are a funny thing.
On the one hand, they’re sort of comforting. Like an old friend, showing up to chat and have...
Zombie VS Shark, What Else Needs to be Said?
I’m not ashamed to admit that as a budding horror fan, my first obsession— my first love— was zombie flicks.
George A. Romero’s Night of...
Don’t Get Them Wet: Birthing Adorable Monstrosities in Gremlins (1984)
It was late and it was snowing. I was wrapped in a blanket that smelled sort of funny, you know, a musty sort of...
Clowning Around in Krampus (2015)
“He left me, as a reminder of what happens when hope is lost, when belief is forgotten, and the Christmas spirit dies.”
Now, I know...
Blood, Laughs and Yard Work in Tucker and Dale VS. Evil (2010)
I had been hearing about Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010) for over a year when it finally hit Netflix in late 2011....
Speaking the Curse to Drag Me to Hell (2009)
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...
Choking on Day of the Dead (1985)
I placed the DVD down on the table excitedly, bright yellow and featuring the jutting out visage of a forlorn looking zombie. I had...
Opening a Door on Scream (1996)
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...
Bath Invaders from Outer Space in James Gunn’s Slither (2006)
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...
The Resurrection of Uncle Frank in Hellraiser (1987)
To Hell and Back
Most of my days in college were a constant struggle between going to class and doing the work I knew I...
The Dangers of Sitting Too Close to the TV in A Nightmare on Elm...
Freddy's Big Break
Many years passed between my introduction to Freddy Krueger and my subsequent foray into the remainder of the franchise. I was a...
Restricted Point of View in The Invitation
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...
Bucking Traditional Wisdom and Forging a Sonic Scape in Oz Perkins’ The Blackcoat’s Daughter...
Welcome to the very first Scream Writing, your one stop shop for advice on writing the horror screenplay. Today we’re going to be talking about...