Screenplay Junkie

Originally titled "Stem", "Upgrade" (2018) is a phenomenal underrated low budget sci-fi film by Australian writer/director Leigh Whannell. Starring Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Harrison Gilbertson, Benedict Hardie, and Betty Gabriel, the story is about technophobic mechanic Grey who turns to using a computer implant called Stem after his world is turned upside down. Tune in as we discuss trivia, main differences between the screenplay version and film, talk about Grey and why he's an interesting character, this fresh approach to a revenge story, and much more!

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Keep the change, ya filthy animals! "Home Alone" (1990) is an iconic Christmas film written by comedy machine John Hughes, directed by Chris Columbus, and stars the most famous child actor on the planet, Macaulay Culkin. Tune in as we talk Christmas music, the film's Chicago ties, interesting movie trivia, some script scene & character differences, and countdown Kevin's top ten boobytraps!

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Rian Johnson's "Knives Out" (2019) is a whodunit murder mystery with a loaded cast that stars Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Christopher Plummer, Jaeden Martell, and Frank Oz. In this week's episode we hit the theater for a movie review, and play detective to figure out the culprit. Listen in as we play a game of 'People Watching or Peeping Tom?', make predictions before seeing the film, and discuss the movie as a whole. Haven't seen it yet? No problem. This episode is spoiler free until 23:30!

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"Rear Window" (1954) is a classic film with a great premise about a wheelchair-bound photographer who begins to suspect that his neighbor has committed murder. Directed by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock, it stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, and Raymond Burr. But did you know it's based on a short story? Listen in as we compare the film to Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder", the creation of the apartment set, Hitchcock's directing tactics, themes of masculinity and marriage, murders that inspired the film version, and a 2007 movie that is quite similiar.

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For the fourth installment and conclusion of the Fright Fest mini series, we take a look at "Scream" (1996), the horror film that changed the formula of the slasher genre. Directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, "Scream" has a packed cast of Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, and Henry Winkler. Tune in as we discuss trivia, the typical rules of horror/slasher films, where the ghostaface costume came from, Blockbuster, and more!

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George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) is the zombie film that started it all. Tune in as we discuss the story of how a group of inexperienced filmmakers were able to make one of the most important and influential horror movies of all time, discuss a lot of great trivia, and interesting story elements!

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Directed by James Wan, "The Conjuring" (2013) is a paranormal horror film that stars Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, and Lili Taylor. Based on a true story, the film follows paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren as they work to help a family, the Perrons, who are being terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Tune in as we talk trivia, briefly comment on the original script, discuss and analyze the supposed facts of the true story, and more about this haunting film!

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"Idle Hands" is a goofy 1999 horror/comedy about a teenage slacker whose hand becomes possessed with murderous intent. Starring Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Jessica Alba, Elden Henson, and Vivica A. Fox, the film was not received well at the box office when it was released. Generally liked by the audience who has seen it, "Idle Hands" is regarded as an underrated product in the horror/comedy genre. Listen in to the first installation of the Fright Fest series as we compare and contrast the final film to an early script version, discuss which 90s punk rock band stars make cameos, ponder the extraordinary life of being a hand model, and more!

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"The Waterboy" is a 1998 sports comedy that stars Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, and Henry Winkler about a 31 year old waterboy working for a Louisiana college football team, Bobby Boucher, who discovers he has an unreal tackling ability. Listed as the highest grossing sports comedy ever, it also held the record for the highest grossing sports film for a stretch of time until it was beaten. Listen in as we discuss a packed amount of interesting trivia, the whacky character arcs of main characters, our favorite of Bobby's tackling visions, where Bobby would have placed in the 2001 NFL draft over a real player, why Bobby is a Madden create-a-player, and much more!

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"Buried" (2010) is a low budget, claustrophobic inducing, limited location film that stars Ryan Reynolds about a man held for ransom in a buried coffin. Taking place entirely within the small space of a coffin, there's no movie like it. Listen in as we explain why this story defies the mainstream conventional screenplay formula, talk trivia, and more!

Created by Drew Hellmich
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