Legendary Horror Filmmaker John Russo Discusses His Films
No need to check your calendars. It’s not yet October. Horror screenwriter, John Russo who put Night Of The Living Dead in every horror movie fan’s library, talks to Creative Screenwriting Magazine about his career, his movies and gives some simple advice to horror filmmakers. How do feel about being branded a “master of horror” […]
“Hell Fest” Can’t Mask Its Genre Clichés
The new film “Hell Fest” isn’t very scary, but it does make for a fairly enjoyable riff on all those middle-of-the-road frighteners that dominated the horror genre in the 80’s. In this one, three couples venture to a traveling theme park dubbed “Hell Fest.” Even a casual horror fan will recognize most of its tropes. […]
Summer of 84 Screenwriters Breathe Fresh Life Into A Serial Killer Movie
In keeping with the current spate of eighties-themed films and TV shows, Summer of 84 is slow-burning thriller film starring Rich Sommer, best known as Harry Crane from Mad Men. Creative Screenwriting stepped out to chat with the screenwriters Matt Leslie and Stephen Smith about their writing process from script to screen. Screenwriter Matt Leslie […]
“Hereditary” is Unsettling Horror That Struggles to Settle on an Ending
Your enjoyment of “Hereditary” may depend on how many horror movies you’ve seen. If you haven’t seen a lot, most of it will shock the ever-loving bejesus out of you. If you have seen quite a few, you might get a kick out of counting all the bits that you’ve seen in other films from […]
“Ghost Stories” is an Ambitious Tale of That Which Haunts
Are ghosts real? That question seems to be the central premise of the new movie “GHOST STORIES” as it starts. Written and directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, and available in the US on VOD, it tees up its premise with a character named Professor Phillip Goodman (Nyman, yet again) who does not believe […]
