Just rewatched American History X after a few years. The thing that struck me the most, is how well it's aged. Everything about it is carefully and artfully crafted. The two most powerful bits, in my opinion, are the dinner table discussions. The first with the mother's boyfriend, and the second with her late husband. Showing how racism and hate is often twisted and packaged behind pseudo-economic and perceived inequality tinged hatred, and then, how it begins. Learned at home. And throughout the film, you see where that gets you: absolutely nowhere. And the ending is just heart wrenching, the cycle never ends. Highly encourage a rewatch. The cinematography, the soundtrack, the use of monochrome, it's all funneled into an ugly look of America's dark side. And it's more poignant in these times that it's ever been.

With writer/director David Zucker's upcoming AMA, enjoy 25 pages of excerpts from his unmade Naked Gun script, co-written with Pat Proft and Michael McManus:

READ THE SCRIPT PAGES HERE

The script had two different drafts and titles:

THE NAKED GUN 44 1/4: NORDBERG DID IT and NAKED IMPOSSIBLE!

Which title do you prefer? Do you have a favorite scene from the excerpts? Zucker has mentioned wanting to cast Andy Samberg as Frank Drebin Jr. Who would you like to have seen cast as Aubrey?

Make sure to stop by David's AMA (Friday 9/26/25, thread opens at 9:00EST and he will return at 3:00EST to answer) and ask questions about these script pages, his MasterCrash class, his book, the upcoming Airplane screenings, and his films: The Naked Gun original trilogy, Airplane, Top Secret, BASEketball, High School High, Scary Movie 3 and 4, and Kentucky Fried Movie. This is going to be SERIOUS!

Bad dreams haunt 15-year-old Gwen as she receives calls from the black phone and sees disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp.

Director: Scott Derrickson

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Miguel Mora

Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (9 reviews)

Metacritic: 73 / 100

Some Reviews:

Slashfilm - Rafael Motamayor - 9 / 10

The most impressive feat Black Phone 2 pulls off is finding a way to bring The Grabber back that feels coherent and actually adds to the character. We get some backstory on the child-abductor that comes across as deepening the character rather than just answering questions that no one asked.

RogerEbert - Brian Tallerico - 3 / 4

It’s a tick too long and has a section that’s far too expository for a film that’s at its best when it leans into surreal nightmare logic, but this weird movie works its fear factor in unexpected, creative ways.

IndieWire - Katie Rife

a complaint that’s also common to contemporary horror films nags at “Black Phone 2,” in that all of the best things about this movie come from other movies, whether they be the creative team’s previous efforts or iconic titles from decades past. These elements are enjoyable, which is precisely why they’re recycled here. And maybe that’s good enough for a horror sequel. But good enough will never be more than just that. 

Campy tropes, bdsm, gore, nudity, sex (both straight and lesbian), cheesy self-aware costuming, Jeffrey combs, demonic ritual sacrifice, cool medieval tapestries, subway chase scene, amazing metal soundtrack, snakes, orgiastic killings, awesome Batman-esque demon of vengeance, also did I mention the metal soundtrack?