Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into horror movies that changed your life with filmmaker Matt Harlock, in this engaging episode of 3 [horror] Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Videodrome’s analysis, Being John Malkovich influence, and Raw / Mandy impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Scott also discusses the making of his second feature film BLOCKHEAD, a dark, mind-bending thriller that will enjoy its world premiere at Frightfe...
Aug 21, 2025•51 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives deep into horror screenwriting with Neal Marshall Stevens, author of A Sense of Dread: Getting Under the Skin of Horror Screenwriting . Discover how to craft spine-chilling horror screenplays by tapping into the essence of “A Sense of Dread.” Neal shares expert insights on using biological, psychological, and cultural fears, plus his “Toolbox of Dread” to elevate your scripts. Perfect for aspiring screenwriters, horror filmmakers, and fans of suspensef...
Aug 15, 2025•59 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into horror movies that changed your life with horror filmmakers Toby Poser and John Adams, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore with Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans’ / The Bad news bears’ analysis, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’s / Phantasm’s influence, and The Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’s / Wizard of Oz’s impact on their personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Toby Poser and John Ad...
Aug 13, 2025•45 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with THE OSCARS: What Were They Thinking? Podcast co-host and screenwriter Adam ‘Tex’ Davis in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Jaws’ analysis, Raising Arizona influence, and Taxi Driver’s impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Adam also discusses how he founded THE OSCARS: What Were They Thinking? Podcast with Emmy Award winning comed...
Aug 11, 2025•38 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with CULTPLEX founder Greg Walker in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore The Matrix analysis, The Darjeeling Limited influence, and the Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place’s impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Greg also discusses how he founded CULTPLEX, the home of cult cinema, video games, and cool nerd stuff in Manchester. Through personal ...
Aug 11, 2025•40 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with former literary manager Audrey Knox in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore a Freaky Friday analysis, the Kill Bill: Vol 1 impact, and the The Devil Wears Prada influence on personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Audrey also discusses her FREE 34-page eBook, The Query Email Guidebook for Screenwriters, offering screenwriting query tips to aspiring ...
Aug 04, 2025•44 min
Simon Lancaster on speechwriting techniques in A Few Good Men & Barbie; and Films That Impacted Your Life: Wolf of Wall Street, Wizard of Oz, Goodfellas Discover how speechwriting technique can improve your screenwriting monologues and speeches with host Stuart Wright and speechwriter Simon Lancaster's analysis of two iconic movie speeches: 'You can't handle the truth' from A FEW GOOD MEN and 'Impossible to be a woman' from BARBIE. After that find out films that impacted your life in this ep...
Aug 04, 2025•51 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with Assistant Professor, Dr Steve Jones a film scholar and a leading authority on extreme imagery and the intersections between horror and pornography, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Nightmare On Elm St’s analysis, Horse Feathers influence, and Irreversible’s impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Steve also discusses his book TH...
Jul 09, 2025•59 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with TV Producer, Scott Stenholm, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Backdraft’s analysis, Terms Of Endearment influence, and Apollo 13’s impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Scott also discusses what he describes as cinematic television. Movies That Changed Your Life Find out what TV Producer, Scott Stenholm thinks of the growing t...
May 28, 2025•59 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with freelance producer Mike Hewitt, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Aliens’ analysis, This Is Spinal Tap influence, and Shaun Of The Dead impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Mike also discusses producing the Steppenwolf Limited Edition Blu Ray at Arrow Films. Movies That Changed Your Life Find out about how Mike Hewitt pulled t...
May 21, 2025•40 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with fellow screenwriter Simon Uttley, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Empire Strikes Back analysis, LA Confidential influence, and Shaun Of The Dead impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Simon also discusses how he wrote CLEANER starring Daisy Ridley and Clive Owen Movies That Changed Your Life Find out about how Simon Uttley wro...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with CEO of the Bohemia Group, Susan Ferris, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore The Godfather / The Godfather Part 2 analysis, This Is Spinal Tap influence, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Susan also discusses the difference between a literary manager and an agent Movies That Changed Your Life ...
May 07, 2025•32 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with Daniel Draper, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Distant Voices, Still Lives analysis, The Gleaners And I influence, and Marcela impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Daniel also discusses the making of Liverpool Story: A Portrait Of A City Movies That Changed Your Life Find out about what Daniel Draper, and the lasting impact ...
Apr 30, 2025•50 min
John Currie on Movies That Changed Your Life: Cabaret, Manhattan, Arrival Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with Beeston Film Festival director John Currie, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Cabaret analysis, Manhattan influence, and Arrival impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. John also discusses how he founded the Beeston Film Festival. Movies That Changed Your L...
Apr 03, 2025•41 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with filmmaker Craig Williams, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Eyes Wide Shut analysis, Suspiria influence, and She Killed In Ecstasy impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Craig also discusses making of Welsh language folk horror short film - The Wyrm Of Bwlch Pen Barras Movies That Changed Your Life Find out about how Craig Willi...
Mar 26, 2025•45 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with filmmaker Simon van der Borgh, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Jungle Book analysis, The Great Escape influence, and E.T. impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Simon van der Borgh also discusses writing the book for screenwriters SCENE-WRITING FOR FILM AND TV Movies That Changed Your Life Find out about how and why Simon van ...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Kate van der Borgh about the writing of her debut novel AND HE SHALL APPEARand "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" AND HE SHALL APPEAR is out now https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/and-he-shall-appear-kate-van-der-borgh?variant=40786310365262 GHOSTWATCH (1992) THE SNOWMAN (1982) LAKE MUNGO (2008) "3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE" is a podcast by screenwriter Stuart Wright that explores the transformative powe...
Mar 12, 2025•45 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Director Of Programming for the BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL (BUFF), Nicole McControversy about BUFF some of the processes/approaches used to select films each year and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2025 is March 19-23, 2025 at the Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Full details on their website at https://bostonunderground.org THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN (1985) GROUNDHOG DAY (19...
Mar 05, 2025•42 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Andrea Gibb, the award winning screenwriter of the BBC series MISS AUSTEN about adapting from Gill Hornby’s novel for the small screen and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" MISS AUSTEN is available in the UK on iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0027dz9/miss-austen MY LIFE AS A DOG (1985) WITNESS (1985) THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS (1989) How do I turn my novel into a TV series? "3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ...
Feb 26, 2025•47 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with QUEER AS FOLKLORE author Sacha Coward about the writing of his first book and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" QUEER AS FOLKLORE is out now in hardback. You can find it in all book shops and your local library. The paperback version comes out May 2025 ALIEN (1979) INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) LABYRINTH (1986) "3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE" is a podcast by screenwriter Stuart Wright...
Jan 29, 2025•39 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with NON-STOP ENTERTAINMENT’s Jakob Abrahamsson about the challengers going forward for film distributors and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" For more about NON-STOP ENTERTAINMENT see https://www.nonstopentertainment.com CURSE OF THE DEMON AKA NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957) TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (1986) VIDEODROME (1983) "3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE" is a podcast by screenwriter Stuart Wright that explores the...
Jan 22, 2025•47 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with SECUOYA STUDIOS CEO Brendan Fitzgerald about the ambitions of the Spanish film and TV studio, and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" For more about SECUOYA STUDIOS see https://secuoyastudios.com/en/ PULP FICTIONS (1994) BRAVEHEART (1995) ROMEO + JULIET (1996) "3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE" is a podcast by screenwriter Stuart Wright that explores the transformative power of cinema. From emotional masterpiece...
Jan 15, 2025•44 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with author James Rose about his Devil’s Advocate book about TEXAS CHAIN SAWS MASSACRE and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" Devil’s Advocate book about TEXAS CHAIN SAWS MASSACRE by James Rose has been in circulation since 2013 but copies are still to be found: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781906733643 Look out for James’ liner notes for Second Sights’ LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL WATERSHIP DOWN (1978) JAWS (1...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Amrou Al-Kadhi about their feature film debut LAYLA and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" LAYLA is out now to rent or buy at home https://film.curzon.com/film/layla/#watch BODY ELECTRIC (2017) ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (1999) CINEMA PARADISO "3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE" is a podcast by screenwriter Stuart Wright that explores the transformative power of cinema. From emotional masterpieces to th...
Jan 01, 2025•47 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with filmmaker, animator and now graphic novel author Chris Shepherd about creating his debut graphic ANFIELD ROAD and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" ANFIELD ROAD is out now by Titan Comics https://anfieldroadstory.com/ ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST (1975) MONA LISA (1986) OF TIME AND THE CITY (2008) "3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE" is a podcast by screenwriter Stuart Wright that explores the transformative p...
Dec 04, 2024•46 min
Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with Oscar winning screenwriter Peter Straughan in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore a Cool Hand Luke analysis, the Barry Lyndon impact, and Fargo influence on our personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Peter also discuss how he adapted the Robert Harris novel CONCLAVE for the big screen. Through personal biography and storytelling, discover how thes...
Nov 27, 2024•42 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with leading film researcher Stephen Follows about the epic THE HORROR MOVIE REPORT and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" THE HORROR MOVIE REPORT is out now at https://horrormoviereport.com/ ... Blumhouse called it “the ultimate guide to every horror movie ever made” and said it had “helped us shape how we think about horror.” For Cannes Film Festival 2025, Stephen is offering a 15% discount on the Professional Digital edition for Cannes ...
Nov 20, 2024•50 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with writer/director JONATHAN ECKERSLEY talking about his feature film directorial debut THE STOIC and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" THE STOIC is out now CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) SIDEWAYS (2004) SICARIO (2015) & WITNESS (1985) "3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE" is a podcast by screenwriter Stuart Wright that explores the transformative power of cinema. From emotional masterpieces to thought...
Nov 13, 2024•50 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with president of the Birmingham Film Festival KEVIN MCDONAGH talking about how he co-founded the festival in England’s 2nd city and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" Birmingham Film Festival runs 4 – 17 November at Millennium Point https://www.birminghamfilmfestival.co.uk SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) RETURN OF THE JEDI (1985) "3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE" is a podcast by screenwriter S...
Nov 06, 2024•44 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with MARK HART about starting E17 Rock’n’Roll Book Club founder and how it led to the Music Maps Podcast co-host and "3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life" For the latest E17 Rock’n’Roll Book Club events follow them on EVENTBRITE at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/walthamstow-rock-n-roll-book-club-8617400486 For the MUSIC MAPS PODCAST see https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/musicmaps/ HAMMER HORROR, DRACULA (1958) EVIL ROY SLADE (1972) FIRST VIDEO ...
Sep 25, 2024•48 min
