Tag: Script-to-Screen

The TV glowed in the center of the room, reflecting the visage of a stern looking news anchor going on about something I had...

After the cereal had grown soggy and the orange juice was long gone, the final credits rolled on the morning’s last cartoon. Still, the...

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...

Even as a child, with no knowledge or interest in the more horrific stories that the world had to offer me, I was aware...

The bulk of my experience with horror as a kid can be summed up by all of the unreasonably disconcerting VHS covers I nervously...

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...

I have a confession: I didn’t always get horror. You see, the horror genre and I have a long, sordid relationship. Sure, everything is all...

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...

The day the Hollywood Video finally opened its doors was a notable one in the small town where I grew up. Over the months leading...

It was late and it was snowing. I was wrapped in a blanket that smelled sort of funny, you know, a musty sort of...

“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...

I had been hearing about Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010) for over a year when it finally hit Netflix in late 2011....

Creating something, regardless of your canvas of choice, is a frustrating, tumultuous process. The act requires sacrifice, both of self and ideology, resulting in...

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...

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...

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 placed the DVD down on the table excitedly, bright yellow and featuring the jutting out visage of a forlorn looking zombie. I had...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Horror, deep in its dark heart, is about forcing characters to confront the unimaginable: the killer with a knife, the book that raises the...

Like most kids born in the early to mid-80s, I grew up knowing the name Steven Spielberg. My cousins and I wore out my...

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...

Welcome back to Everything but Bone! This week we are going to be examining one of the most polarizing horror films of 2016, Nicolas Winding...