The three genres I chose to research in my previous blogs, horror, thriller, and mystery, were genres I thought were closest to my pitch, or at least where I saw my pitch going. While I'm a big fan of thrillers and mysteries, I'm not too fond of horror movies. The suspense and slight mystery, slight horror aspect of thrillers always has me excited to curl up on the couch with some popcorn for the next 90 minutes. I feel as though I can watch a good thriller with anyone, be it family or friends. Mystery films are very hit or miss for me. I believe a good mystery movie should be believable, intriguing, and have at least one good twist. Whenever one of these criteria are not met, I typically find myself bored with the movie. Lack of believability makes the writers seem sloppy or uncaring. Without the intrigue there's no reason to be invested in the case, it might as well stay a mystery. Finally, a bad twist can sour the whole experience. I've sat through over an hour wort...
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