Kim Ho
Guest"There are absolutely two horrors in Sinners, but like they run in tandem and like the kind of almost. Two final climaxes or confrontations um uh is the film managing those those dual antagonists."
— Kim Ho | DZ-121: Escalating Antagonism in SINNERS
2025
DZ-122: Escalating Antagonism Across Genres
How can you apply horror ideas to action and comedy?
Listen to learn how thinking of your hero as the horror (for your villains) makes your script dynamic.
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In this episode Chas, Stu and guest Kim Ho continue their exploration into the power(s) of antagonism and how focusing on them can develop story… →
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AI✦Stu, Chas, and Kim use TOMBS to reveal how antagonistic forces work across genres--showing that thinking of your hero as the horror for your villains creates dynamic escalation in action, horror, and comedy alike.✦
DZ-121: Escalating Antagonism in SINNERS
How do the antagonistic forces in your story escalate distinctly from the protagonists’ journey?
Listen if you want to stregthen your story by focusing on the antagonistic forces in your script
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We often struggle to develop the middle stages of a story. Could this be because we focus on our protagonists’ journeys and plot structure more than on how the antagonistic powers are awakened, wronged, discovered, gathering strength and revealing themselves… →
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AI✦Kim Ho introduces TOMBS (Transgression-Omens-Manifestation-Banishment-Slumber) as a generative story cycle from the MOTHERSHIP RPG that can develop your antagonistic forces independently from your protagonist's arc.✦
Films:
Sinners (2025)
"When we talk about these acts or stages that there isn’t always a neat kind of delineation between them."
— Kim Ho | DZ-121: Escalating Antagonism in SINNERS