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Sam Raimi Producing Horror- Comedy ‘You’re Dead Helene’

by Thomas Tuna
written by Thomas Tuna

Acclaimed horror filmmaker Sam Raimi apparently is looking to lighten it up a bit.

Raimi is wearing the producer’s hat for You’re Dead Helene–described as a supernatural rom-com–that recently was acquired by TriStar Pictures, according to a report on Deadline.

The movie is based on a short film written and directed by Michiel Blanchart, which won Best Short Film at Sitges and the Oscar-qualifying Grand Prize at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. The new feature will be directed by Blanchart and produced by Raimi, Rob Tapert, Michael Goldberg and Boris Van Gils.

You’re Dead Helene–which has yet to announce casting choices or a production schedule–is “touching and terrifying,” Raimi said. “Michiel is one of the few modern directors who can balance humor and terror, and he does it in an exciting, new way.”

Raimi, of course, is well-known to horror fans as the creator of the Evil Dead franchise (writing and directing the original trilogy) and the director of Darkman and the original Spider–Man trilogy. Raimi–who also produced Don’t Breathe and Crawl–is putting the finishing touches on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, due in theaters May 6, 2022.

Keep reading Horror News Network for the latest on You’re Dead Helene.

 

Thomas A. Tuna is a comic book veteran who began his writing career back in the ’70s with Charlton Comics, contributing to such horror titles as Ghost Manor, Haunted, The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves and Ghostly Haunts. Most recently, he has served as a writer and editor (with more than a smattering of horror yarns) for such comic book websites as Hyper Epics and Red Moon Features. Some of his favorite horror flicks include Jaws, Salem’s Lot, Dracula (with Frank Langella) and Blade. His favorite horror comic books? Tomb of Dracula (by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan) and Swamp Thing (by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson).

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