New Yeti Horror Flick
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 24th, 2009
Sam Raimi (Drag Me To Hell, Warcraft, a future Spider-Man) appears all set to produce Yetis in the forthcoming new horror movie Refuge, to be directed by Corin Hardy from screenwriter Tom De Ville. The original pitch was from Hardy.
Hollywood Reporter states that the plot, “centers on a remote town terrorized by a Yeti, the mythological creature native to the mountains of the Himalayas.” (Let’s hope they discover the Yeti is a “legendary” creature and not a “mythological” one before this process is finished.)
Raimi shares producing with Jason Blum, Nathan Kahane and Steven Schneider. According to reports, it seems Blum’s Blumhouse Productions is creating a short of Refuge, to use as a late-stage proof-of-concept piece, something Hardy can use to “refine his vision even as the script is being developed.” The short, like the feature, will come together under the supervision of Hardy and De Ville.
Let’s just hope that the new movie shows the Yetis as they truly are reported by the eyewitnesses, that is reddish brown to black, and not as seen in popular culture, all white.
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Thanks for news of this from various media outlets, all brought to my attention by Henry Stokes, Patrick Huyghe, and Jim Boyd, among others.
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Usually I am not too wild about Yeti horror flicks. But I can’t think of anywhere else I’d rather have this project be than in Raimi’s capable hands. If this premise is going to work at all, he’ll be the one to find a way, I’m sure.
I’d like the creatures to be the color as they are really reported too. The sad thing is, people would see the movie and complain because it is “not what a real Yeti looks like!” Groan.
I was unaware that Ikkakumon from Digimon would have any connection to the Yeti, but I see him in the toy case anyhow.
Will Loren be a technical advisor on the film?
I agree with MM, with Sam Raimi on this project I have some hope for it to be fun at least.
i’m so going to see this one in theaters with friends with pop corn with pleasure.