Tag: Zack Long

Kelly Warner returns with this week's movie; Ishiro Honda's Matango (1963), one of Kelly's favorites. Zack had the movie confused with Horrors of Malformed...

Brettro Culture's Brett the Wiese joins host Zack Long to talk about the 1987 anime-horror OVA Wicked City while Kelly Warner is away. A...

Do you remember how you discovered your favorite TV show? I do. https://youtu.be/w7mefwmxkwQ Friday nights growing up were special. I would go with Dad into town...

Kelly Warner is away on personal business for the time being, so Zack Long is joined by the wonderful Andrew Roebuck to talk about...

In this week's episode, Zack and Kelly are joined by one of Scritophobic's original writers, author and professor Chris Vander Kaay! Our guest chose...

Welcome back to another session of Fear Academy. This time around is going to be a little different, in that the book we’re looking...

This week's episode concludes One Missed Pod's look at season one of Ju-On: Origins, a dense, dense show. Kelly and Zack discuss the last...

Tune into a new episode of One Missed Pod and listen in as Zack Long and Kelly Warner take you on an in-depth, extra...

On this episode of One Missed Pod, Zack and Kelly discover the true meaning of "technical difficulties." Covering Zack's favorite Japanese horror movie, Onibaba,...

https://youtu.be/dvhL6Ujb37I Ugetsu (1953) is up this time around. A classic of Japanese cinema, Kelly and Zack dive into this masterpiece to explore both the film...

This week the topic of discussion is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse (2001, AKA Kairo), a movie that is equal parts about a ghost apocalypse and...

Sometimes we can discover fantastic resources for writing while just kicking back and relaxing. That's what happened to me when I can up with...

This week's a Kelly pick and she's selected one of the craziest Japanese horror-comedies ever put to film: George Iida's Battle Heater, a movie...

You can tell this week was a Zack pick by the dark subject matter in Guilty of Romance (2011). This film by legendary director...

From missed calls to Toho tokusatsu insanity, One Missed Pod is back with a new episode. This week Zack Long and Kelly Warner are...

Scriptophobic editors Zack Long and Kelly Warner are massive Japanese horror fans. From the earliest silent films (A Page of Madness) to the latest...

Welcome back Scream Scholars, sorry for the extended break. Though considering the times, I’m sure you understand. For today’s class, we will be looking...

Welcome back, fellow fear scholars, to another lecture here at Fear Academy. Today’s topic is on James Rose’s book Beyond Hammer: British Horror Cinema...

As I was preparing to launch this column, I was fortunate enough to be approached about reviewing a new book called Beyond Empowertainment: Feminist...

Welcome to the first semester of Fear Academy, Scriptophobic's newest column. I'm editor-in-chief, Zack Long, and I'm excited to be bringing all you Scream...

I’m almost done writing Scream Writing: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing the Horror Screenplay and that means I’m beginning to gear up research on...

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...

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....

Greetings fellow Scream Writers! Way back in June, Kelly Warner wrote about “The Expectations of Blood and Gore” and looked at the different approaches...

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...