Genre: Action/Thriller Premise: A man wakes up in a hospital, no memory of who he is, with a bullet lodged in his head. Over  the next 48 hours, he learns of his ties to a nefarious pharmaceutical company and the billionaire owner who wants him dead. About: This is an older spec script that sold […]

You have to give it to Hollywood. The town does have a sense of humor. I mean why else would you plop a Taylor Swift concert movie right in the middle of Horror Season? The tall gangly crooner does possess a certain “Ichabod Crane” quality, which may have been the secret sauce to getting her […]

Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror/Drama Premise: Amid a rash of cattle mutilations in the ‘80s, a rural veterinarian holds an alien captive with the desperate hope that its miraculous healing biology can save his terminally ill wife. About: This is the runner-up in the First Page Showdown. If you’re wondering why we’re reviewing the runner-up and not the […]

I stumbled across this video recently while performing a most impressive act of procrastination. I was half-listening at first but as Gervais’s calm soothing British tone gesticulated across me, I found myself subconsciously nodding. I restarted the video and listened more closely. I’m convinced that what Gervais says here is the single most important factor […]

Oooh-oooh-ahh-ahh-ahhhhh. It’s that most gorrrriest time of the year. Which means, in addition to some eyeballs and fresh liver, I shall serve you a horrifying script review. As David Pumpkins would say… any questions?? Genre: Horror Premise: Two young Indian brothers living in England head back to their dying grandmother’s home in a remote part […]