C. Robert Cargill worked as a waiter, a video store clerk, a travel agent, a camp counselor, an airline reservation agent, a sandwich artist, a day care provider, and a voice actor before commencing his industry career as a freelance writer and film critic with the groundbreaking website Ain't It Cool News. Under the pseudonym Massawyrm, he was there for over a decade. The Austin resident subsequently became a staff writer for film.com and hollywood.com, and co-founded the animated movie review site Spill.com. While pursuing his writing career he appeared on countless podcasts and web shows, and in the occasional local film.
Mr. Cargill pitched the idea for Sinister to his friend, director Scott Derrickson, and they wrote the original screenplay together. The resulting 2012 film earned a Best Motion Picture nomination at the Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival along with six Fright Meter nominations including Best Horror Film; and an Empire Award nomination in the U.K. for Best Horror Film.
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