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The Terror on the Toilet
Filed under: Horror », Fandom », Home Entertainment »
When's the last time a short story scared the crap out of you? Japanese author Kôji Suzuki (of the original Dark Water and The Ring) seems to be aiming for as much. According to Dread Central, he has written "Drop," a setting-suitable novella that comes printed on rolls of toilet paper. Each roll comes with multiple copies of the story, so no need for cries of anguish when the tee-pee runs out before the twist is revealed.But seriously, folks, before this metaphor gets too corny and starts to stink, what are some of your favorite short stories that were adapted successfully to the big screen? Can you name any that you think are ripe for a film version? I'm not sure if it's short enough to count, but I'm still waiting on Frank Darabont to give us
Romero in Solitary
Filed under: Horror », Deals », Scripts », 20th Century Fox », Newsstand »
In a collaboration that has horror fans drooling, zombie-king George A. Romero has agreed to both write and direct a screen version of Solitary Isle, a short story by Japanese writer Kôji Suzuki. Though Suzuki's name is nowhere near as familiar to western audiences as Romero's, the films (and remakes) based on his stories -- Dark Water and The Ring -- certainly are. Solitary Isle "chronicles an expedition to a deserted island that turns deadly as the explorers face an unknown force" and, shockingly, doesn't seem to have been made into a movie in Japan yet. Hurry George, hurry! Maybe you can actually make a Japanese horror story into something original in Hollywood!The film is being produced through a collaboration between Hyde Park Entertainment and Kadokawa Pictures to the tune of about $25 million, and will likely be released domestically by Fox via their first-look deal with Hyde Park.
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