In some more horror news, its been announced that Rob Zombies new film The Lords Of Salem will begin filming in Spring of this year. Alliance Films have partnered with Haunted Movies (including Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli) to distribute several films including James Wan's Insidious and Rob Zombie's The Lords Of Salem.
With filming scheduled to begin spring 2011, Rob Zombie will write and direct THE LORDS OF SALEM. The thriller is set in contemporary Salem, where the inhabitants receive a demonic visit from a 300-year old coven of witches. Zombie’s producing partner Andy Gould will produce alongside Jason Blum, Oren Peli and Steven Schneider. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik and the Alliance / IM Global joint venture are executive producers on both films.
In addition, Nick Palumbo, the man behind Murder, Set, Pieces is gearing up for his next film entitled The Last Gas Station. The film will be set in San Francisco and is described as noir in tone. The synopsis is as follows:
“RT”, unable to cope with his haunted past, lives as a lonely short-order cook by day and a rouge drag racer by night. A fateful encounter allows him to save the life of “Midnight”, a mysterious young woman that lives by her cunning, street smarts...and remarkable beauty. Playing an ominous game of life and death with multiple people, she approaches the deplorable anti-hero “RT”, in a seemingly desperate romantic nature. She offers him a rare opportunity to escape to a new life and redemption – or does she? The truth lies in a ghastly odyssey of madness and murder.
It's certainly nice to see Zombie get back to doing original material. I actually enjoyed his Halloween redux but no one can dispute the fact that the man does do a damn fine job with his own material. Also, it'll be interesting to see what Palumbo comes up with for this film. It seems that he may be getting away from excessive gore and focusing on creating an in depth story here. Here's hoping we see something new and exciting for the horror genre.
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