Wes Craven’s new Horror project 25/8 has outgrown the “working title” stage and has finally come public with the real title.
My Soul to Take.
Wes Craven broke the news of the title change on his Twitter page, where he mentions that “25/8″ was always just a working title for the film. It stars Max Thierot, Denzel Whitaker, and Shareeka Epps with Thierot as the lead character who is possibly being stalked by his serial killer father sixteen years after his death.
That last part sounds confusing but I have to assume they mean he is being stalked by his serial killer father he thought was dead 16 years ago.
Obviously the phrase was taken from the bedtime prayer, “Now I lay me down to sleep” which returns Craven to the theme of sleeping in his horror films.
Originally the 25/8 was a reference to the 25th of August, a common trait of the killer’s victims – their birthday and the date the serial killer was put to rest. But now word has it that they will not be addressing the date at all in the film.
I want to have faith in Wes Craven and hearing him working on an original slasher flick makes me curious to see if he can get another hit.
