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How This Year's Public Domain Entries Could Be Turned Into Horror Films

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Exploitation filmmakers scour the public domain for classic works to turn into grisly horror movies on a shoestring budget.
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  • 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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Eli Roth, Jason Blum, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Dracula, The Raven
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