After last week's detailed analysis of Gremlins - Rufus set Howard a writing challenge: to write a scary but appropriate-for-children, disney-style story - similar, but not too similar, to Gremlins ...

Mixing horror with comedy is a fine line. Throw in too many laughs, and the scares can be stripped away. Make the plot too dark, and there's no joke funny enough. Movies like An American Werewolf in ...