It’s been a long, long time since Sam Raimi had a little fun with the genre. While his Evil Dead series turned slapstick, his Ghost House Pictures produced a blistering remake that socked the audience right in the face. He’s also been behind several great genre offerings from Don’t Breathe to Crawl.
Next up, he’s once again blending horror and comedy with You’re Dead Helene, which is based on Michiel Blanchart’s award-winning short film (pictured), which he wrote and directed, says Deadline.
TriStar Pictures has acquired the rights to the supernatural romantic comedy, which is being produced by Raimi and Rob Tapert at Ghost House and Michaël Goldberg and Boris Van Gils at Playbox Pictures. Caellum Allan will oversee the project for TriStar Pictures. Romel Adam will oversee for Ghost House.
“The film is touching and terrifying. Michiel is one of the few modern directors that can balance humor and terror, and he does it in an exciting new way,” said Raimi.
“Currently in consideration for the 2022 Academy Awards Shortlist, the live action short film is produced by Daylight Films and Formosa Productions, is supported by Canal+, FWB and Region Grand Est, and has played at numerous prestigious film festivals around the world including Rhode Island International Film Festival (won Oscar qualifying Grand Prize), Clermont Ferrand, Sitges (won Best Short Film), Austin Fantastic Fest (won the Short Fuse Award), and the Gerardmer Film Festival (won the Grand Prize).”
