Their biggest influences are Alice Sebold, Nora Ephron, Shirley Jackson, Agatha Christie, Gillian Flynn, Fran Walsh, Melissa Mathison, Stephen King, Thomas Harris, Dennis Lehane, Clive Barker, Aaron Sorkin, Neil Gaiman, John Logan, Shane Black, Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Darabont, David Fincher, Andrew Kevin Walker, Pete Docter, Richard Matheson, and Brian De Palma.