School of Fear
Emmy-nominated writer/director and founder of the Daywalt Fear Factory, Drew Daywalt explores what terrifies us and why, and the anatomy of translating those collective nightmares into the on-screen scares we love. Follow him on Twitter @DrewDaywalt.
04/15/2010 - 4:00pm
Haunted houses. What is it about the dead still hanging about that fascinates us so much? And what is it about creaky old locations that brings out the superstitious in even the staunchest atheist?
For my part, MORE
04/08/2010 - 8:42pm
After I have a character and a horror concept as the engine for a film, (whether it's a short film or a feature), I always like to look at what I consider to be the four fundamental tenants of creating MORE
04/02/2010 - 1:02pm
Inspiration for writing anything is a slippery thing, let alone writing horror. For every writer you ask about what inspires them, you'll no doubt get a totally different answer. For me it always starts with " MORE
03/26/2010 - 1:01pm
This week's School of Fear is actually the second half of the feature I started LAST week where in I started compiling a top ten list of shots/camera tactics that we use in horror to create tension and fear in MORE
03/18/2010 - 1:59pm
A question I always get about my filmmaking is "How can you create something so scary?" You FEEL it. That's how.
In Horror, the great filmmakers are always scaredy cats. And think about it, who better to MORE
03/10/2010 - 6:58pm
I would love to see Peter Cushing take Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers down like a pair of bitches. And I know he could do it too, if only he weren't, ya know, dead. Rest in Final Peace, Peter... or not? MORE
03/03/2010 - 6:35pm
Horror storytelling. What is it?
It's fantasy, that's what it is. And to be more specific, it's escapist fantasy. In horror you get to involve yourself in the worst shit imaginable, and not only live to tell MORE
02/24/2010 - 7:09pm
Time for School. Literally. You wanna make your own horror films? Awesome, but you better do what all the greats have done before you and study the masters. There's a handful of them, but I'm going to start with MORE