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Creepiest Horror Movies on Max
September 23, 2024
The creepiest horror movies on Max — that's the rebranded name for HBO Max — are right here on this list,…
George Clooney Acting Advice Cucalorus
November 18, 2020
George Clooney has lovely insights on acting; Sean Duskin finally returns with The Nest; watch secret movies with the Cucalorus Film…
Firestarter
April 1, 2020
Here are Stephen King movies that feel more believable than what's happening now. We skipped the ones that could obviously…
June 10, 2019
Sitting at his dining room table surrounded by his family’s paintings and drawings, Eli Wallach shared this career-spanning conversation with…
October 16, 2017
Our inaugural list of The World's 15 Bloody Best Genre Fests will be your guide through the abyss of the…
September 19, 2017
The Plant and Payoff is a technique in screenwriting that offers added depth and meaning to two or more moments in a…
June 12, 2017
The Nude features a female nude model working in a completely exposed state, making both the image quality and the…
April 22, 2017
In this video, Jack Nicholson’s body of work is drawn up as a fascinating case study of how on-screen rage…
January 26, 2017
It’s impossible to ignore the political context in which more than 300 visiting filmmakers like myself attended Cucalorus in 2016.
November 29, 2016
The very early moments in this scene from The Eyes of My Mother were inspired by something that actually happened…
October 17, 2016
Is your story strong enough to go the distance? Avoid flaws that may doom your work to failure by taking…
October 10, 2016
Your screenplay's theme is foundational DNA on which its plot, characters, scenes and everything else hang. Hammer it home using…
September 13, 2016
Our movie Operation Avalanche is set in an alternate 1967, with two CIA agent protagonists who have to fake the…
May 12, 2016
Crafting horror screenplays goes beyond telling a story. The genre must tap into the audience’s collective fears in order to…
April 1, 2016
Noted genre aficionado Nicolas Winding Refn names his 10 favorite horror films, in no particular order.
March 8, 2016
Stanley Kubrick stands as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. From his groundbreaking work in Paths of
October 28, 2013
Halloween is right around the corner and to celebrate, MovieMaker is going to be posting spook-tacular articles from our archives…
April 1, 2011
Whenever a new horror film emerges, there seem to be two schools of thought in terms of attendance: “I can’t