High Midnight
Posted by Rodneyon 03. 11. 2008in News Chat
Pet Cemetery director Mary Lambert recently spilled her supple guts to MTV about a new vampire film in the works that’s set in the wild west. We get the scoop from out friends over at MTV:
Mary Lambert’s already got one vampire story airing on FEARnet — “The Dark Path Chronicles” — but the “Pet Semetary” director has another on the way for the big screen.
“High Midnight” is about what would happen if someone like Lucy from Bram Stoker’s Dracula escaped, came to America, went to the Wild West, and opened a ranch, Lambert told MTV News. The story would take place in the same time period, but right after the Civil War, and the town where the vamp finds herself in is run by a sheriff (to be played by William Baldwin) who is a drunk. He teams up with a vampire hunter (to be played by Thomas Kretschmann) to drive the vampire, Dallinserno, off the frontier.
If I had to cast someone for the role of drunk sheriff, there’s a good chance I would bring a Balwin on board. Billy Baldwin would top my personal list of drunk Baldwins, so I couldn’t be happier with their decision. Billy Baldwin has a face that says “I live to party”.
Wild West vampire films are a mash up that I can get behind. Guns, Saloons, Street Justice and the ever-living what more could you ask for in a movie?
I hope there is an uncomfortable sex scene between the drunk Baldwin and the Vampire queen. This would make the film the stuff of legend.
Billy Baldwin, Vampire romancer.
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I enjoyed Pet Cemetery 20 years ago, but is that seriously all they have to promote this director? Has Mary Lambert not made any other (noteworthy) movies in the last 20 years?
Is Pet Cemetery even a notable film 20 years later? I saw it as a child so it made quite an impression on me, but I hardly ever hear it mentioned in any “classic horror” sense like I do with movies such as Exorcist, Alien, The Omen, The Thing, Carrie, Halloween, etc. The movie’s presence seems to have faded over time.
What is the general movie-going experience with Pet Cemetery? Is it a classic or forgettable?