The New Crowned Princes of Horror Write Hellraiser Remake
Some websites are calling them the newest royalty in horror: Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. Says Shock Till You Drop, the writerly duo has "recently signed a deal with The Weinstein Company to pen the upcoming remake of Hellraiser." Their entry into the world of fright flicks was actually through the back door so to speak as the twosome's Feast only proved a bona fide hit after it had been released on DVD. Multi-million dollar enterprises like Saw IV and Saw V have now made them into legitimate stars. And that's not all.
Melton is also writing Midnight Man, which Dunstan is directing. Finally, the pair is doing the writing on the Saw video game. They really have to kick it up a notch for Hellraiser, however. The original will be hard to top since it was written by Clive Barker himself.
All I have to say about this is these boys are representing the University of Iowa so they better be up for the challenge.
I was unimpressed with Feast, I haven't seen Saw IV and nothing else is available by these two so they have a lot to prove. But like I said, they are representing the hometown so I'll be pulling for them.
But then again they are dipping their toes into my most beloved film franchise.
Be warned fellas. I got mad love since you're coming out of my neck of the woods but if you screw this up I won't be wearing the black and gold ever again, it will forever be purple pride!