What a dream team this is, Dario Argento, Tobe Hooper and Monte Hellman are each taking one film of a horror trilogy. For horror fans, this is a dream team, although Hellman’s credits are more in cult classics than horror.
From Dark Dreams through Twitch, the concept is following hot on the heels of the TV series Masters of Horror where a plethero of top horror directors and writers.
Dario had signed to do a new horror portmanteau picture with Tobe Hooper and Monte Hellman. We all knew he had joined Hooper, John Landis, John Carpenter, Roger Corman, Joe Dante etc. for the 13 one-hour TV series MASTERS OF HORROR. But the so-far-untitled anthology (THREE EVIL EYES?) being financed by Japanese backers was a total surprise. Due to start shooting in September, the terror trilogy has been scripted by Dennis Bartok, programme director of the American Cinematheque and one of those people endlessly thanked on such ‘Making Of’ DVD extras for EVIL DEAD, THE FOG, THE HOWLING and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE.
In regards to Masters of Horror I was on set for a day during Dario Argento’s episode, ‘Jenifer’ and have read the script for that and for Mick Garris’s ‘Chocolate’. If those two episodes are any indication Creepy-esque comic book gore (not that there’s anything wrong with that) is the trend; kind of pulpy. I’m going to see if I can get set visits for a few of the others as well.