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How This Year's Public Domain Entries Could Be Turned Into Horror Films
VarietyStory by Chris WillmanImage from Variety
scrn loglineExploitation filmmakers scour the public domain for classic works to turn into grisly horror movies on a shoestring budget.beat sheet- Director Eli Roth is reportedly eyeing the rights to Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' for his next slasher opus, promising 'a bloodbath like you've never seen'
- Horror maven Jason Blum has snatched up the film rights to Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven,' planning to reimagine the gothic tale as a 'torture porn' franchise
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How This Year's Public Domain Entries Could Be Turned Into Horror Films
VarietyStory by Chris Willman
scrn logline
Exploitation filmmakers scour the public domain for classic works to turn into grisly horror movies on a shoestring budget.
beat sheet
- Director Eli Roth is reportedly eyeing the rights to Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' for his next slasher opus, promising 'a bloodbath like you've never seen'
- Horror maven Jason Blum has snatched up the film rights to Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven,' planning to reimagine the gothic tale as a 'torture porn' franchise
call sheet
Eli Roth, Jason Blum, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Dracula, The Raven