Sarah Musnicky
School
California State University Long Beach, El Camino College
Expertise
Horror, Movies, Marine Biology, Chinese Studies
- Sarah is a Rotten Tomatoes Certified Critic.
- She has previously written and/or managed entertainment news sites such as That Hashtag Show, Legion of Leia, ScreenRant, ComingSoon, Vital Thrills, But Why Tho? - A Geek Community, and Nightmarish Conjurings.
- Her short story "Under These Watchful Eyes" will debut in "Rewired: An Anthology of Neurodiverse Horror" in the fall of 2022.
Experience
Sarah has worked as a professional writer since 2016. She got her feet in the water of pop culture news coverage at Legion of Leia and That Hashtag Show, where she learned the ins and outs of running a website, posting news in real-time, and writing reviews. She has since brought her pop-culture savvy and various hyperfixations to her work at ComingSoon, Vital Thrills, But Why Tho? - A Geek Community, and Nightmarish Conjurings. Sarah is currently the Editor-in-Chief at Nightmarish Conjurings, having steadily worked her way up from general contributor since 2018. In 2019, she became a Rotten Tomatoes Certified Critic and has since made a concentrated effort to put a spotlight on indie films to get their ranking on Rotten Tomatoes. Her short story "Under These Watchful Eyes" will debut in "Rewired: An Anthology of Neurodiverse Horror" in the fall of 2022.
Education
Sarah has a Bachelor's in Chinese Studies and an Associate's Degree in English. She is in the process of applying to MFA programs in North America as she pivots to the next stage of her writing life.
Stories By Sarah Musnicky
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While the character inspiration provided the foundation, that was only the start of the process.
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Such a complicated character as Inspector Campbell turned sour after his ward (and the lady he fancied) chose Tommy over him at the end of season 1.
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Bodies Bodies Bodies director Halina Reijn pulled inspiration from an unlikely source: a Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio film banned in the U.S.
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Now it would be impossible to imagine anyone other than Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders, but it wasn't always so for creator Steven Knight.
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Natalie Dormer played Margaery Tyrell in Game of Thrones, right up until the character's fiery demise in season 6.
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Lots of things make Freddy Kreuger an iconic horror villain, but nothing quite beats his signature fedora -- which almost didn't make the cut.
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Anthony and Joe Russo had to shut out the demands of Marvel fans in order to bring the Infinity Saga to a close.
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A Hawkman solo movie? How about a whole Hawkman saga!
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When you're making a big studio movie like Terminator: Dark Fate, you don't always get to cut scenes you don't like.
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The noble Sir Didymus in Labyrinth was inspired by Jim Henson's love for screenwriter Terry Jones' dog, Mitch.
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Dakota Johnson's role in Ben and Kate started with a phone call from her agent asking, "Can you be at Fox in forty-five minutes?"
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Now famous for wielding Thor's hammer, Australian actor Chris Hemsworth recalls how he first bared it all in the F1 racing biopic Rush.