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Alex Aja Telling “Campfire” Horror Stories in VR
In probably the most cliche of wraparounds, a new horror anthology is in the works that stem from stories being told around a campfire. Two horror legends will bring the stories to life…in VR!
French filmmaker and horror veteran Alex Aja is behind “Campfire Creepers” that is arriving from Oculus and multi-faceted VR (virtual reality) studio Future.
Casey Cooper Johnson and Martin Andersen co-created the show with Aja and wrote the first season.
The live-action anthology series, directed and produced by Alexandre Aja, responsible for horror hits like The Hills Have Eyes, High Tension, Mirrors, Horns, and Piranha 3D:
“Invites the viewer to join the fire circle at Camp Coyote as a group of campers take turns telling scary stories, each one leading you on an immersive ride into your darkest childhood fears.”
Inspired by cult classics like Creepshow and “Tales from the Crypt”, “Campfire Creepers” is one of the first pieces of episodic immersive content that seeks to draw in more mainstream viewers into VR.
One of the episodes includes a guest appearance by Robert Englund, known for his legendary turn as Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare On Elm Street films.
In each episode Alexandre Aja and Future Lighthouse will push the VR storytelling limits of what has been done before, utilizing new camera movements, editing, macro shots, etc., always playing with what could be possible to bring more chills to the viewer’s experience.
Campfire Creepers is currently filming and first episodes will be released this Halloween exclusively in the Oculus Store.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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