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Why I Don’t Use the Term “Torture Porn” — And Prefer “Karma Porn” Instead
By Thomas Fenton Let’s get one thing straight: I’ve worked in the trenches of the horror genre. I’ve seen it evolve, splinter, get...
Jun 243 min read


Blog Post: “Why Jaws Is the Best Three-Act Movie of All Time”
By Thomas Fenton Today is the anniversary June 20th, 1975, makes it 50 years since the release of Jaws. I thought I'd celebrate by...
Jun 202 min read


Getting a Grip on the film industry
Before I ever typed Fade In , pitched a story, or sat across from a producer in a development meeting, I was a grip. I was the person...
May 213 min read


What I Think a Horror Film Is
By Thomas Fenton Over the years, I’ve had the privilege (and occasional torment) of crawling through the blood-soaked trenches of...
May 162 min read


Write or Wrong
By Thomas Fenton In the vast landscape of creative endeavors, few pursuits are as captivating and transformative as the craft of...
Apr 12, 20242 min read


So why are you teaching an online screenwriting course?
The simple answer is this, I enjoy teaching. When you work as much as I do it’s all about the deadlines. It’s all about making producers hap
Jan 28, 20211 min read


My love of screenwriting and wanting to be a screenwriter
The first time I was ever scared at the movies (so I was told) was when Ebenezer Scrooge fell through the bottomless grave that led into...
Jan 28, 20214 min read
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