It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a good horror anthology. Being a big fan of ‘Creepshow, ‘Tales From the Darkside,’ and who can forget ‘Tales From The Crypt,’ I have been longing for the day horror fans would be given another worthy horror anthology movie. (Instead we were given ‘Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror’ ICK!)
It turns out that there still may be some hope in having my wish come true. A new horror anthology film called ‘Deadtime Stories’ is being written and directed by Jeff Monahan. It also being presented by one of the masters of horror, George A.Romero.
Cinematical gives us this:
George Romero will be “presenting” the new Deadtime Stories, but the writer/director is actually a guy named Jeff Monahan. (He’s an actor turned director who appeared in Romero’s Two Evil Eyes, The Dark Half and Bruiser, actually.) Apparently two of the three mini-movies are already finished, and the third one is set to shoot in February. BD.com tells us that one is a college-set ghost story called On Sabbath Hill and the other is a story about dangerous Mars soil called Dust.
Before you guys get excited about this project because of George Romero’s involvement, let me remind you that he is only “presenting” the film. How many of you guys have been duped into watching a movie that you thought your favorite director helmed? I bet plenty of people thought ‘Hostel’ was directed by Quentin Tarantino because he presented it. ( I fell victim to Wes Craven Presents ‘Wishmaster’ because of this fact.)
In fact, at a horror convention I attended back in 2004, George A. Romero had explained as to what “presenting” a movie means. (Because he was questioned about his involvement in a video game) In most cases, the director has little to no involvement with the project and primarily gets paid for the usage of their name in front of the movie.
However, since Jeff Monahan has worked with Romero in the past, this could be a genuine collabration here.
Honestly, all I’m concerned about is if this film going to be note-worthy or not. So what are your guys’ thoughts on this? Will you watch ‘Deadtime Stories?’
