Movie Reviews for Writers: The Darkness

Because you’ve been so good this Halloween season, here’s an extra movie review for writers for your candy bag. Enjoy!

Have you figured out yet that I’m a sucker for indie thrillers and indie horror? Well, this is another that I’m so glad I discovered. It’s a low-budget, but well directed and acted, moody movie with a sort of invisible shout-out to the work of Hammer’s House of Horror.

Lisa and David have booked a working vacation in Ireland so he can work on a business plan and she can begin work on her next book. He is easily distracted by the constant ringing of his cell phone calling him away from her, and she is plagued by the fear that she is an imposter as a writer. 

Lisa: I don’t want to be a one-book wonder.

David: Babe,  you’re book was great. You sold 200,000 copies. That’s no joke for a first-time writer. Just listen to your publicist. Keep writing. Something will come. 

Lisa: Yeah, but rom con wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, and I don’t know, I feel like I have this urge to write something and it is burning, but I have no idea where to start. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I’m not making any sense, am I?

David: Sometimes you just need to be practical. Write for the right market. Write for yourself. Can’t you do both?

Lisa: I just need some inspiration. that house is beautiful. That house is inspiration. I just need to put on my big girl pants and get out my typewriter and start typing. It’ll be legendary. Because I’m legendary.

Does any of this discussion sound familiar? There’s so much to unpack in it. 

The one I really want to zero in on though is this one: I have an urge to write something and it’s burning, but I don’t know where to start. 

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