Halloween is the time of year when watching scary movies is a must. From Scream and The Exorcist to Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Friday the 13th, 'tis the season to turn off the lights and turn ...

There were nearly 500 new U.S. produced scripted shows that premiered in 2025, reported by The Wrap with around 10% considered horror or supernatural thriller. That leaves a lot of options to consider ...

Carrie has been around for over 50 years. Stephen King's first published novel became a classic horror movie, along with subsequent films, sequels, and reboots. Why remake it again? That's a question ...

When the Avengers assembled to face Thanos in the final battle of Avengers: Endgame, theaters erupted. Few scenes are as crowd-pleasing as the moment reinforcements arrive to save the day at the last ...

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

Alfred Hitchcock once described audiences experiencing a horror movie in a fascinating way. "The audience is like a giant organ that you and I are playing. At one moment we play this note, and get ...

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 ...

Thrillers are built on escalation. A great thriller should feel a lot like a great roller coaster ride. The experience isn’t one continuous drop at the same speed. There are climbs, falls, twists, ...

Horror stories usually begin with the simple question of, “What scares you?” Sometimes, all that comes to mind is a visual of a clown at night walking towards you on the street, or a slithering snake ...

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey ihas hit the silver screen and inevitably will become one of the biggest and best movies of 2026. Whether the adaptation of one of two major epics attributed to Homer ...

Text messages have become a part of everyday life, which means they have also become a common occurrence in most contemporary-set screenplays. Characters flirt through texts, deliver crucial ...