How to Write a Horror Movie is a close look at an always-popular (but often disrespected) genre. It focuses on the screenplay and acts as a guide to bringing scary ideas to cinematic life using examples from great (and some not-so-great) horror movies.
Author Neal Bell examines how the basic tools of the scriptwriter''s trade - including structure, dialogue, humor, mood, characters, and pace - can work together to embody personal fears that will resonate strongly on screen. Screenplay examples include classic works such as 1943''s I Walked With A Zombie and recent terrifying films that have given the genre renewed attention like writer/director Jordan Peele''s critically acclaimed and financially successful Get Out. Since fear is universal, the book considers films from around the world including the ''found-footage'' [REC] from Spain (2007), the Swedish vampire movie, Let The Right One In (2008) and the Persian-language fi
