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Revisiting “VENT!: The Online Magazine for Disgruntled Filmmakers”

Way back in 1997, after I had completed producing my one and so far only feature film on a $60,000 budget, I launched a semi-popular website called VENT! It focused on the flourishing world of…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on May 1, 2016July 20, 2022
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Interview with James Burns, author of LET’S GO TO HELL: SCATTERED MEMORIES OF THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS

The Butthole Surfers were the most important band I listened to during my formative teen years. They were my Beatles, my Grateful Dead, my One Direction(?). From the first time I heard frontman Gibby Haynes…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on August 29, 2015July 20, 2022
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ADULT VIDEO: A Small Town Story

Ah, memories! Here’s a personal anecdote about some small town sordidness: I remember when I first saw it. I was coming home on the Long Island Railroad after visiting a friend at the School of…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on July 8, 2015July 20, 2022
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Centralia: The Black Diamond of Columbia County!

The Hottest Tourist Spot in Central Pennsylvania There are no welcome signs (excepting the town line markers) greeting visitors today to Centralia, PA, but there needn’t be any. Upon entering the historic coal mining borough,…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on June 8, 2015July 20, 2022
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UGLYVILLE: Writing an Untypical Young Adult Book

My new novella UGLYVILLE has just been released, and, like my debut novel DEAD SIZE, I once again can’t really tell you who the audience is for it. A Young Adult book perhaps… if the…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on May 26, 2015July 20, 2022
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Sawney’s Top 10 Favorite Films of All Time

As a lifelong movie buff, choosing my top 10 favorite films was really, really, really difficult. I gave myself some rules: no honorable mentions and I had to pick films that stand on their own,…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on May 15, 2015July 21, 2022
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Sawney’s Top 10 Favorite Horror Films (Easter Edition)

In observance of the second scariest holiday of the year (zombie Jesus is coming for us all!), here are my 10+ favorite horror films of all time. This is by no means an exhaustive list…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on April 5, 2015March 24, 2023
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Sawney’s Top 10 Favorite Comedy Films

Since I haven’t posted anything on this site in a while, and I am quite fond of lists, I decided to share my top ten favorite comedy films. There are many I regretfully had to…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on March 8, 2015July 21, 2022
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Flash Fiction: A Hole Away from Home

In recognition of me starting my Masters program in Writing Studies, a piece of flash fiction(?) from my early years as a writer. Recently, while sifting through some ancient papers of mine, I found this…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on August 22, 2014July 21, 2022
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WHAT HAS TWO HEADS Sci-Fi Horror Anthology Authors (Part 4)

In anticipation of the release of Dark Park Publishing’s Sci-Fi Horror anthology WHAT HAS TWO HEADS, TEN EYES, AND TERRIFYING TABLE MANNERS?, I proudly present the last of the authors featured in the book: EVAN…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on May 22, 2014July 21, 2022
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Recent Posts

  • From the VENT! Vault: Interview with Filmmaker Larry Fessenden
  • Sawney Hatton’s Recommended Books to Read by Contemporary Authors
  • DEAD SIZE: The Lost Ending
  • Shaved Gerbil Blues: A Short Script by Sawney Hatton
  • The Details in THE DEVIL’S DELINQUENTS, a Satanic Panic Story
  • Lest We Forget: A Grimly Amusing Anecdote
  • Recycled Writing: From Script to Book
  • WTF Am I Reading?: Sawney’s Twisted Short Stories
  • 10 Favorite Books That Burrowed Into My Brain
  • Revisiting “VENT!”: Famous Filmmakers Origin Stories
  • Revisiting “VENT!: The Online Magazine for Disgruntled Filmmakers”
  • Interview with James Burns, author of LET’S GO TO HELL: SCATTERED MEMORIES OF THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS
  • ADULT VIDEO: A Small Town Story
  • Centralia: The Black Diamond of Columbia County!
  • UGLYVILLE: Writing an Untypical Young Adult Book

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