![]() While Carpenter did write most of screenplay, producer Debra Hill wrote the dialogue between the three female leads played by Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, and P.J. It is no secret that in most genre screenplays, female characters are underwritten, unsympathetic, and objectified. There are several reasons why Halloween is still a staple in today’s movie culture. John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic is still one of the most successful independent movies of all time, and set the bar for modern horror screenplays. ![]() If you plan on writing your own horror flick in the near future, here’s a list of great screenplays you can learn a thing or two from: A great storyline and characters are the way to start your screenplay but you need to figure out how you will leave your audience unsettled. Horror movies need to tap into the audience’s collective fears and leverage them to make the screenplay successful. Writing a screenplay is no small feat–but writing a horror screenplay requires a unique and specific process where scares and tension are as equally important as plot and character. Halloween is just around the corner and that means binge eating candy in between visits from trick o’ treaters and binge watching late night horror flicks.
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