Every great horror story needs something or someone to fear. Whether it’s a masked killer stalking victims in the night, a ghost haunting an old house, a creature lurking beneath the water, or a ...

When we talk about classic horror movies, we usually list the same titles year after year. Horror movies like The Exorcist, John Carpenter’s Halloween, John Carpenter’s The Thing, The Shining, A ...

What's your favorite scary movie? No, this isn't the start of a blog about Scream, but rather a deeper look into the subgenres of horror. Rarely is there a movie that falls right into the genre of ...

If you were a lonely, ostracized, slightly stinky fisherwoman in a nondescript medieval village, and you really wanted a man, what would you do? Your first answer probably wouldn't be to turn to a ...

Digger (Tom Cruise) is an eccentric billionaire whose oil drilling company has put the world at risk of a catastrophic environmental disaster. Now, it falls on him to use his influence and powers of ...

In "What to Expect in a General Meeting," I laid out what a general is: a professional introduction between a writer and ...

One of the easiest ways to improve the pacing of your screenplay is to stop writing the beginning and ending of every scene. This is all about entering scenes late and exiting them early. It's a ...

Audiences want to know more about the characters that intrigue them most. With the recent release of the trailer for Carrie, this latest TV version of the Stephen King novel will dive deeper into the ...

In Practical Magic 2, Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian (Nicole Kidman) must stick together through trials and triumphs to save Sally's daughter from both a family curse and a mystical threat. And ...

Scottish writer-director Louis Paxton set out to write a contained first feature that could be shot with limited characters on an ultra-low budget. But after researching the history and myths of the ...

Best of the Best is a new dance comedy about two childhood best friends, Maya and Anjali (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia), who join UCLA's competitive Bollywood-fusion dance team while Maya ...

Your manager tells you someone at a production company read your spec script and wants to schedule a meeting with you. However, they’re not producing your script, and there isn’t an open writing ...