During his work as a blogging critic, Cargill met various directors, which occasionally led to small roles in independent productions. His first review for the blog was of Jon Favreau's movie, Made. He began writing for Ain't It Cool News under the name Massawyrm in May 2001. While working for Guerilla Films, Cargill began spending time with Ain't It Cool News' Eric Vespe (AKA 'Quint' on the site), which landed him a job on Ain't It Cool's "Indie Indie Column," a previously abandoned post. Career Film critic Ĭargill wrote his first article in 2000, when he volunteered to write a review of the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for a website called "Guerilla Films." His article managed to get the highest amount of traffic of over 50,000 hits, "a HUGE deal" at the time, which secured him the job to write more reviews. He held several jobs prior to writing, including video store clerk and travel agent. He is a frequent writing collaborator of Scott Derrickson.Ĭargill was raised in a military family, growing up on army bases around the United States.
He is best known for writing the films Sinister (2012), Sinister 2 (2015), Doctor Strange (2016), and The Black Phone (2021). Cargill currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife. Christopher Robert Cargill (born September 8, 1975) is an American screenwriter, novelist, podcast host, and former film critic known under the pseudonyms Massawyrm (on Ain't It Cool News) and Carlyle (on ).
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