This past weekend Eric Red‘s latest horror film, 100 Feet (review), made its US premiere at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Hollywood, CA. We caught up with the legendary writer-director (The Hitcher, Near Dark), who chats about three of his upcoming projects, along with how he made 100 FEET so effective and scary. Read on for the blurbs on the upcoming projects, or click here for the full incredibly interesting interview with Red.
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Eric Red is back with a force having recently completed his latest project, 100 FEET, which he both write and directed. During an interview with Red, he revealed details on a few of his upcoming projects, one of which had its plug pulled – but could end up back in Red’s lap.

“NIGHTLIFE is a contemporary vampire story that is a front burner project of mine that looks like it may go soon,” he tells us.

“STOPPING POWER was an original script of mine in production last year in Berlin with Jan De Bont directing and John Cusack starring, budgeted at 60 million. Intermedia’s financing fell through the second day of photography and they pulled the plug,” Red reveals. “I may get the script back and direct it myself, see if Cusack is still interested. It’s a big hi-octane car chase thriller but DeBont had it way overbudgeted. I can film it for 20 million, which is how it was written. A car chase action thriller would be a fun change of pace from horror.”

Being that NIGHTLIFE is right around the corner, Red tells us who he’d like to cast in the film.

“Well, this changes from week to week, but since you asked, today… he jokes, “I’d love to cast John Rhys Meyers from “THE TUDORS” as Ethan. He is one of the few young actors with the real sexual edge, charisma and menacing authority to make a great vampire. Rose McGowen is the perfect Stephanie. Don’t know about Vickie. I really like Laura Ramsey, or may go with an unknown. We’ll see.”

being that Vampire films are notoriously bad (sans NEAR DARK), Red talks about his plans for NIGHTLIFE and how it will be different from most blood-draining films.

“NIGHTLIFE is the BASIC INSTINCT of vampire movies.,” he explains. “This one is highly erotic and sexually charged, which is one of the reasons it’s set in modern day San Francisco. The film is very graphic in terms of nudity and gore and deals a lot with the erotic aspects of the vampire mythology in a bracing way. It will be scary, violent, sexy, romantic, and startling and provocative. It treats vampires as if they really existed and avoids the clichés, such as wooden stakes, crosses and garlic, etc. And it will be a lot of fun, as it is, after all, a vampire flick.”

Earlier this week Red revealed that he’s also going to direct OFF SEASON, an adaptation of an early Jack Ketchum novel. Now we’ve got more details…

“I plan to direct a film of Jack Ketchum’s “OFF SEASON” with a script by producer Nick Koff. It’s about a group of people in the woods of remote Maine who face off against a pack of cannibals. The book pretty much set the bar for extreme violence back in the 80’s in its convincing portrayal of cannibalism and terror. But it is a very classical setup and the movie is going to be a 100 percent convincing and horrifically gruesome. Ketchum I have known each other for 30 years and we have been talking about making this film the entire time.

“It’s great for me to direct somebody else’s script, an adaptation of such a good book, and just direct the picture. I never planned to write and direct every film I do, and I love directing good scripts when they send them to me.”

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