Jamie Nash is a professional screenwriter, book writer and teacher. His credits include Altered, a very under-appreciated alien horror movie written by Jamie and directed by The Blair Witch Project’s Eduardo Sánchez. He also wrote and produced A Ride in the Park the zombie segment in V/H/S/2 and Exists, the 2014 creature feature about bigfoot, and he wrote and directed the audio drama Black Velvet Fairies. Jamie is also author of Save the Cat! Writes Horror, my new favorite book on the craft of horror writing which was built from decades of Jamie’s experience screenwriting, teaching, and studying the genre.

In this episode, Jamie gets into his career history and explores some of the most vital horror screenwriting lessons he’s learned in his career history. You may want to get your note-taking apps ready on this one because Jamie really delivers the goods for writers. Please welcome, Jamie Nash.

Show Notes

Movies and Shows Mentioned

Halloween
The Exorcist
Sinners
Candyman
A Nightmare on Elm Street
V/H/S/2
The Ring
The Sixth Sense
Scream
Get Out
Longlegs
Nosferatu
Barbarian
The Conjuring
The Blair Witch Project
The Shining
The Snowtown Murders
Magic
Poltergeist
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Alien
Dawn of the Dead
Friday the 13th
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Aliens
Highlander
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Lord of the Rings
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Clayface
Send Help
Evil Dead II
Ready or Not
Weapons
Toxic Avenger
Phantoms
Pet Sematary films, original and remake discussed in relation to the book

Books and Resources

Save the Cat! Writes Horror by Jamie Nash
Save the Cat! beat sheet and screenwriting framework
Save the Cat! Writes for TV by Jamie Nash
Danse Macabre by Stephen King
Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King
On Writing by Stephen King
H. P. Lovecraft
Shirley Jackson
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
The Stand by Stephen King
Dean R. Koontz, especially Phantoms
Clive Barker
Peter Straub
Raiders of the Blockbusters podcast
The S From Hell documentary by Rodney Ascher

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