Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Leading the charge is The Black Phone, from director Scott Derrickson and Austin screenwriter C. Robert Cargill, whose previous..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Doctor Strange

The Doctor is out, far out

"...Directed by: Scott Derrickson. Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Urban Legends: Final Cut

"...the fault lies with scriptwriters Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson (Hellraiser V). Set in the gleefully self-reflexive universe..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Kingcast Finds the Personal Stories of Stephen King Fans

Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler make for the podcast's skeleton crew

"...more in the can, host and Stephen King obsessive Scott Wampler estimates that he's probably talked about the novels..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...has reunited with fellow Austinite Ethan Hawke and director Scott Derrickson – the team behind 2012's Sinister – to..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Black Phone

Ethan Hawke is a villain for the ages in this brilliant horror

"...Directed by: Scott Derrickson. Starring: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Deliver Us From Evil

A police officer and a priest team battle supernatural forces in this horror thriller from the director of Sinister.

"...Directed by: Scott Derrickson. Starring: Eric Bana, Édgar Ramírez, Olivia Munn, Joel..."

July 11, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sinister

Mix a doomed house with found footage and supernatural explanations and you have a horror movie that borrows smartly and has a strong lead in Ethan Hawke as a conflicted true-crime writer.

"...Directed by: Scott Derrickson. Starring: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Michael..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Derrickson’s film, based on a real event in which a priest was charged with negligent homicide because of a death that occurred during an exorcism, flirts with relevance and assorted hot-button topics but fails to amount to much more than an overlong exercise in Jesuit Theosophy 101, played against the backdrop of Law & Order.

"...Directed by: Scott Derrickson. Starring: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Jennifer..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

C. Robert Cargill’s Journey From Writing About Film to Making Blockbusters

Something sinister, something strange from Dr. Strange scribe

"...of Rust. With his longtime friend and collaborator, director Scott Derrickson, he scripted Blumhouse's found footage inversion Sinister, and..."

June 15, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Day the Earth Stood Still

This dull, unnecessary remake of the 1951 science-fiction classic features Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly in a wooden cautionary tale.

"...Directed by: Scott Derrickson. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Sam Raimi makes the most Sam Raimi Marvel film imaginable

"...on to spearhead the newest Doctor Strange project after Scott Derrickson, director of Strange’s first solo adventure, left over..."

May 6, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Sinister 2

Round 2 for this supernatural horror franchise

"...Foy, replacing previous helmer Scott Derrickson, can’t top the unnerving disquiet that made the..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Sinister': Local Boy Makes Evil

Cargill's 'Sinister' premieres at SXSW

"...75 minutes late and wrapping up only after a Scott Weinberg-moderated Q&A took us all the way to 4am...."

March 11, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Cargill Gets Strange

Local author revealed to be Marvel's hidden scripter

"...Directed by Scott Derrickson, who co-wrote 2012 shocker Sinister with Cargill, the..."

Dec. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: V/H/S/85

Found footage anthology finds a future by pushing the rules

"...The biggest experiments come from directors Scott Derrickson (The Black Phone) and Mike P. Nelson (Wrong..."

Sept. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As the Guardians of the Galaxy gather once more, every MCU film reviewed

"...and proves that not all heroes are perfect. Rudd's Scott Lang is the hapless good guy who finds out..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets 'Looper' For Second Wave

Stage two sees newbie Joseph Gordon-Levitt join FF veterans

"...Sinister (2012) D: Scott Derrickson, 110 min Sinister is a frightening new thriller..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...'21 survivors, Gigi Saul Guerrero (Bingo Hell) and and Scott Derrickson (The Black Phone) team up as part of..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

C. Robert Cargill and Elijah Wood to Explore Serial Killer Ted Bundy in No Man of God

Film will delve into the killer's conversations with the FBI

"...The news was broken yesterday by Deadline that the..."

June 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Black Phone

Cargill, Hawke, and Derrickson reunite for throwback horror

"...Luckily, he knows writer C. Robert Cargill and director Scott Derrickson. They found Hawke's adeptness with exploring tragic flaws..."

Oct. 4, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Sinister

Robert Cargill's creepy collaboration with Ethan Hawke hits Netflix

"...interview, but the gist is that he and director Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) were among the..."

May 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Film News: Zellweger, Linklater, Bujalski, Oh My!

Plus AFF gets an NEA grant and ... Cats 2?

"...producer" to his résumé, as he and longtime collaborator Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Dr. Strange) have produced My Valentine, the..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

"...Sinister we all knew that the disturbing duo of Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill were adept at torturing..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Riding With Joe Carnahan and Latinx Superhero El Chicano

The action innovator on film, politics, the Coens, Blumhouse and more

"...he's also been very blessed to have people like Scott Derrickson and Robert Cargill, Jame Wan, guys that made..."

May 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

C. Robert Cargill Nominated for Clarke Award

Dr. Strange co-writer up for SF lit's biggest award

"...he also co-wrote Marvel's Doctor Strange, and was director Scott Derrickson's on-set collaborator during shooting. The pair had previously..."

May 2, 2018 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Let's All Go to the Movies

Skip the multiplex: Austin has a better idea

"...as Bong Joon-ho's Parasite, Rian Johnson's Knives Out, and Scott Derrickson's The Black Phone...."

March 3, 2017 Screens Post

Things That Go Bump in the Blumhouse

As "Oculus" opens, producer Jason Blum on suburbs and franchises

"...loves it. Mike loves it, Cargill and (Sinister director) Scott Derrickson love it. James Wan and Leigh Whannell (Insidious:..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Sinister' Times A-Coming

Austin-linked horror getting film fest action

"...Co-scripted with Scott Derrickson (director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose and..."

July 8, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker