After penning the Texas Chain Saw Massacre prequel Leatherface and co-writing the excellent Hell Fest, Seth Sherwood is set to make his directorial debut on the horror thriller Boyfriend for indie media company Oakhurst Entertainment and the newly formed BloodList banner, reports Deadline.
The pic follows a bullied teen girl who creates an imaginary perfect boyfriend to impress others… but her dream turns to a nightmare when he becomes real.
“This is a story I’ve been dying to tell for ages. Our teenage years make up such a tiny fraction of our life, and yet somehow, tend to define and shape the decades that follow,” said Sherwood. “Being a teenager is a horror story in and of itself— so taking all those teen insecurities and neuroses and manifesting them in the form of a literal monster is something I find both endlessly fun and terrifying.”
Kailey Marsh, the creator of the annual BloodList, a yearly compilation of most liked dark genre screenplays, is attached to produce.
Shooting begins this summer.