Indie
‘Death House’: Horror Vets Make a Prison Break
Harrison Smith’s Death House, starring Cody Longo and Cortney Palm, has added Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp, Satan’s Playground), Stelio Savante (The Making Of The Mob: New York, Eisenstein In Guanajuato) and Richard Speight Jr. (Supernatural, Band Of Brothers) to their ensemble cast.
Rose, Savante and Speight Jr. also join Danny Trejo (Machete), Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees in several Friday the 13th sequels, Hatchet), Dee Wallace (The Howling, Cujo), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, House of 1,000 Corpses), Cody Longo (Piranha 3D) and several other giants of the genre.
In Death House, “A secret government facility becomes ground zero for the most horrific prison break in the history of mankind.”
The original story is written by the original Leatherface, Gunnar Hansen, with the screenplay written by Harrison Smith.
Produced by Rick Finkelstein and Steven Chase, and brought to the screen by Entertainment Factory.
The independent horror film starts filming in Pennsylvania and California this month.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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