Today’s writer bets that a very unlikely combo can win over the site’s host. He’s got an uphill battle. Can he pull it off?? Genre: Horror Premise: In the aftermath of a city’s comprehensive AI program experiencing an identity crisis and believing it to be a vampire, a group of resistance fighters with the reluctant […]

Good screenwriting protagonists, Marvel eliminates flashbacks, and Star Wars leaps headfirst into the Sarlacc Pit I believe there’s a good screenwriting lesson to take from this weekend at the box office. Both Heart of the Beast and Primetime did solid, with 20 million bucks each. But, for screenwriting success, it actually doesn’t start at how […]

The genuine blueprint for writing a great screenplay So I was reading this consultation script recently and I really wanted to like it. It had all these elements that I’m into. And the thing is, I did enjoy it. It had some fun moments and I was mostly curious what would happen next. But the […]

One of the most popular movie ideas to come out of the Blood & Ink Pitch Contest finally gets a review! Genre: Horror Logline: New Mexico Territory, 1891: A vengeful Apache is forced to ally with ruthless convicts when a shape-shifting demon turns their prison train into a rolling slaughterhouse bound for Los Angeles. About: […]

Genre: Horror/Thriller Premise: A medical courier delivering an organ to a hospital finds himself pulled into a quickly deteriorating scenario involving a rapidly growing number of monsters and zombies. About: Zach Cregger strikes again, improving on his flawless resume. His Resident Evil film just opened higher than any Resident Evil film in history, with 60 […]