You need to be flexible, get rid of scenes, change story events, lose unnecessary characters or in the case of the early draft of A Quiet Place, change the entire opening of the film. It is so important to not be attached to every idea you have written. The second reason to read it is the screenplay is a great lesson in draft to draft development and rewriting. This subjective technique makes the reader feel like they are creeping up to the shed with John. It creates a dramatic build, like putting a pause in an oral story.Ĭontinuing the build of tension and anticipation. In fact some pages are so sparse they only have a few words. The initial draft is some 65 pages long and the description of action is sparse yet effective. The first is its unconventional use of the form. There are two reasons to study this screenplay. Most of the scenes contain no dialogue so the visuals carry the story. The film has some incredible sequences and genuine edge of the seat thrills. Whilst A Quiet Place isn’t a classic or in the same league as the other films on this list, it is probably the best theatrically released horror film of 2018 and was a box office hit, making $330 million. Psycho presented audiences with a terrifying new reality:Įven though a person looks like us, acts like us and appears normal they can in fact be a monster! Prior to Psycho mainstream horror films were mostly about symbolic but fictitious monsters like The screenplay of Psycho changed the course of horror films with it’s realistic horror of depicting a normal man functioning in society who is a crazed killer. However Hitchcock did turn what could have been a somewhat benign event into an experience of sheer terror assisted by Bernard Herman’s shrieking score.īut like all great films Psycho started with a great script and Bloch and Stefano wrote some groundbreaking moments that were totally unconventional at the time and became classics.Īt the midpoint the writers killed off the protagonist and the story climax is one of the great twists/revelations in cinema history.
Unfortunately all the great moments in cinema are attributed to the director not the writer. It certainly has stood the test of time and still packs a real punch more than 50 years later.Īdapted from Robert Bloch’s creepy novel of the same name the screenplay contains arguably the most infamous moment in cinema history. Many argue Alfred Hitchcock’s mega classic is the greatest film ever made. What is there to say about Psycho that hasn’t already been said? The audience isn’t quite sure what happened and are forced to wait until the terrifying end of the film to have the mystery answered. The final moment of the sequence is a mysterious and scary occurrence. It opens with two high school girls talking in their room about boys and the discussion shifts to an urban myth about a cursed tape that if you watch it you die 7 days later. It’s very simple but details the films premise perfectly and foreshadows many events. The sequence contains all the elements expected in a horror film It goes for 6 pages and sets up the entire story. The script is worth reading for the opening sequence alone. The Ring has been hugely influential in the genre and copied many times since. It’s certainly one of the scariest movies.īut most importantly it’s a gripping story. The Ring is possibly the best ghost horror film ever made. The American remake of The Ring is surprisingly good but nothing beats the original. Here are the 11 best horror screenplays you must read.
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So for all those aspiring to write a scary movie it’s time to go to Horror Night School and learn from the masters and unlock the secrets to this incredibly successful and enduring genre. They’re often hugely successful at the box office and are cheap to produce as they don’t require star actors, can be shot on minimal locations, sometimes just a single oneĬheap gritty production techniques enhance the scary atmosphere With the advent of internet streaming, more scary movies are being made than ever. The horror genre has been consistently popular since the early days of cinema. It’s certainly the fastest and most fun method. Reading screenplays is one of the best ways to improve your craft as a screenwriter. Here is my list of the 11 best horror screenplays you have to read to become a better writer.
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