Fangoria and Full Moon have joined forces for a new take on Stuart Gordon’s 1995 horror flick Castle Freak – a favorite of mine from the Full Moon library – and one of the producers is one of the stars of the original film, horror icon Barbara Crampton. In a new chat with Movie Web, Crampton teases that the new version of Castle Freak isn’t exactly a remake.
“First of all, it’s not a remake, it’s a reimagining,” Crampton told the site. “I only say that because I just want people to know the story is completely different. We have a completely different premise for the story. The characters are all different. There are a few similarities. There is a freak. There is a castle. There is a character named Rebecca and there’s a character named John, but who they are and their relationship is completely different, and we have a whole new cast of characters.”
Filming has wrapped on Castle Freak, and Crampton expects an early-mid 2020 release.
The story follows recently-blinded Rebecca, her boyfriend John, and their friends as they travel to Albania to manage Rebecca’s sudden inheritance of a castle from her long-lost-mother. Once there, they learn that Rebecca’s family harbored dark secrets with potentially cosmic implications. As mysterious happenings and horrific murders begin to occur, Rebecca must unravel her family’s own mysterious history before she too falls prey to… the CASTLE FREAK.
SFX Makeup Artist Tate Steinsiek (Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, Satanic Panic) will make his feature debut directing the script written by Kathy Charles (The Kings of Maine). Italian maestro Fabio Frizzi (Zombi 2, The Beyond) will compose an original score for the movie.
The cast includes Emily Sweet, Elisha Pratt, Omar Brunson, Clair Catherine, Jake Horowitz, Chris Galust and Kika Magalhães.