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‘Elm Street’ Writer Reveals ‘Inhuman’ Anime/Live-Action Genre Film!

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14 years ago

April 30, 2010

On the heels of A Nightmare on Elm Street arriving in theaters, writer Eric Heisserer not only has his vision of The Thing coming to life, but he’s also penning the fifth Final Destination film for New Line Cinema. We caught up with the up-and-coming genre writer who reveals to Bloody Disgusting TWO new projects that he’s been hard at work on. Read on for the details.
INHUMAN:

“[This is a] script in development limbo over at Fox,” Heisserer tells Bloody Disgusting. “Set in Tokyo, it’s about an American FBI profiler on loan, after a killer who seems to be staging his kills exactly like pages from a monster manga. But the profiler discovers that the kills have been happening before the manga is even published, and the evidence on the scenes start to point to one answer: This is a real monster doing the killing.” He continues, “What made it high-concept enough for Fox was the way it switched between anime and live-action. When you’re in the killer’s/mosnter’s POV, the world is anime.”

That worked well in Kill Bill. I’d be excited to see a full film with that mix.

Hideo Nakata (Ringu, The Ring Two) has been tapped to direct.

THE OCCUPANTS:

“This was originally called The Dionaea House, picked up back in 2005 by Warners with Heyday producing,” Heisserer explains. “Based on the online epistolary story I wrote, http://www.dionaea-house.com. We were two weeks from shooting when Warners pulled the plug on it. Eventually I learned it was because ATL was the same budget and bombed, and someone at Warners was worried a horror movie would fare just as poorly. Either way, that script got me a lot of meetings, including the one for Nightmare. Currently it’s dead, but every now and then someone considers resurrecting it.”

Peter Cornwell (The Haunting in Connecticut) will be directing.

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‘Dancing Village: The Curse Begins’ – Exclusive Clip and Images Begin a Gruesome Indonesian Nightmare

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2 hours ago

April 24, 2024

John Squires

Indonesian filmmaker Kimo Stamboel (Macabre, Headshot, The Queen of Black Magic) is back in the director’s chair for MD Pictures’ Badarawuhi Di Desa Penari (aka Dancing Village: The Curse Begins), a prequel to the Indonesian box office hit KKN Curse Of The Dancing Village. Lionsgate brings the film to U.S. theaters on April 26.

While you wait, whet your appetite for gruesome horror with a gnarly exclusive clip from Dancing Village: The Curse Begins below, along with a gallery of bloody exclusive images.

In the horror prequel, “A shaman instructs Mila to return a mystical bracelet, the Kawaturih, to the ‘Dancing Village,’ a remote site on the easternmost tip of Java Island. Joined by her cousin, Yuda, and his friends Jito and Arya, Mila arrives on the island only to discover that the village elder has passed away, and that the new guardian, Mbah Buyut, isn’t present.

“Various strange and eerie events occur while awaiting Mbah Buyut’s return, including Mila being visited by Badarawuhi, a mysterious, mythical being who rules the village. When she decides to return the Kawaturih without the help of Mgah Buyut, Mila threatens the village’s safety, and she must join a ritual to select the new ‘Dawuh,’ a cursed soul forced to dance for the rest of her life.”

Kimo Stamboel directs from a screenplay by Lele Laila.

Aulia Sarah, Maudy Effrosina, Jourdy Pranata, Moh. Iqbal Sulaiman, Ardit Erwandha, Claresta Taufan, Diding Boneng, Aming Sugandhi, Dinda Kanyadewi, Pipien Putri, Maryam Supraba, Bimasena, Putri Permata, Baiq Vania Estiningtyas Sagita, and Baiq Nathania Elvaretta star.

KKN Curse Of The Dancing Village was the highest grossing film in Indonesian box office history when initially released in 2022. Its prequel is the first film made for IMAX ever produced in Southeast Asia and in 2024, it will be one of only five films made for IMAX productions worldwide. Manoj Punjabi produces the upcoming Indonesian horror prequel.