Bob Clark’s comedy horror flick ‘Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things’ is set to get the remake treatment. All round horror icon Tom Savini (‘Dawn of the Dead’) is lined up to direct and if anyone knows his stuff about zombies then it’s this guy! Savini (below) will direct from a script penned by ‘Death Valley’ director Drew Daywalt who recently bought us SyFy’s lacklustre fantasy horror project ‘Leprechaun’s Revenge’. This will be the first full feature directing gig that Savini has touched since 1990’s remake of ‘Night of the Living Dead’. Shooting will kick off a little later this year and the production will be helped on its way by both Fangoria Entertainment and Anchor Bay Entertainment.
Here’s the synopsis rundown for Bob Clark’s 1973 original:
“Five young actors and their artistic director come to a desolate and nearly forgotten burial island, complete with a morbid history of MURDER, RAPE, CURSES and DEMONS. Alan Ormsby, the brilliant but bizarre Director of the company, has brought them to this foreboding place to dabble in witchcraft; specifically to dig up a fresh corpse and use it in a ritual ceremony which is supposed to raise the dead from their graves. It seems as though Alan has really gathered his “children” here, only to play a practical joke on them and then to party the rest of the night away. However, the joke’s on Alan. His bizarre ritual ceremony really does raise the dead from their graves…only they’re in no mood to party!”
Tom Savini Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things
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