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Dee Snider‘s new horror film, which he’s each writing and directing, will begin pre-production in June.
The TWISTED SISTER frontman, who beforehand wrote and starred within the cult 1998 horror film “Strangeland”, provided a timeline for his new undertaking in a tweet earlier right this moment. He wrote: “Wanna speak about a significant distraction? My subsequent scary film (I wrote & I am directing) is inexperienced lit & begins pre-production in 4 weeks! In between I’ve bought 3 week pre-planned trip (two years in the past earlier than covid, cancelled twice). After I get dwelling I depart subsequent day! Sure/Yikes!”
Lower than two years in the past, Snider revealed that he was planning to direct a horror film from a script he wrote, titled “My Enemy’s Enemy”. The movie is predicated on a real-life crime spree that occurred in his native Lengthy Island, New York in 1982.
“I had my film that was supposed to enter manufacturing and there are particular enterprise features of that that even now are nonetheless slowly transferring ahead as a result of there are particular issues that you could nonetheless put in place,” he informed PopMatters on the time. “You’ll be able to nonetheless slowly work by means of manufacturing parts and every part. I’ve additionally been requested to put in writing a reimagining of one other traditional ’80s horror movie that I can not point out by title. I used to be engaged on the therapy for that. That is been greenlit, in order that they’re placing collectively offers with that and I will begin writing the screenplay.”
Snider went on to say that there are some highly effective folks within the movie trade who assume he’s “the subsequent Rob Zombie, the rock star-turned-horror author/director/creator. That is why they’re funding me for these two films and their plan is to show me into that,” he mentioned. “I’m able to be became that. This can be a place that I have been dabbling in and writing in for a lot of, a few years. With my screenplay writing, I am now firing on all cylinders. That is a really main half.”
Dee added that he enjoys being inventive with out entering into the highlight as a singer or actor.
“I actually like that a part of not being onstage, not being in entrance of the digicam, not being out in entrance, simply being the inventive pressure behind as a result of it is so liberating to me,” he mentioned. “So long as I can create it on the web page and an actor/actress can characterize it convincingly, I may be anyone. I am so free to be any age, any shade, any intercourse with the written phrase. It is one thing I am actually striving towards. I do not plan on being on stage performing for the remainder of my days.”
Snider beforehand informed the playing and steel present “Steel On line casino Dwell” about “My Enemy’s Enemy”: “‘My Enemy’s Enemy’ is powerfully disturbing. Individuals mentioned to me, after ‘Strangeland’, why did not I do one thing else, and I mentioned ‘trigger I did not have an concept; I did not wanna simply do one thing typical. And there was a criminal offense dedicated the place I grew up on Lengthy Island in 1982. It is thought-about probably the most horrible of crimes within the historical past of the world the place I grew up. Every of the folks convicted bought 365 years in jail — every — for the crime. And I took that story, and I mentioned, ‘Effectively, what if…?’ And I am being very common, ‘trigger I do not wanna give away an excessive amount of at this level. However I mentioned, ‘What if when this crime was taking place, a Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees confirmed up — somebody who was extra evil. And ‘My Enemy’s Enemy’ is about, can we be part of one another, after we’re enemies, to combat a larger enemy? In case you’ve simply had horrible issues carried out to you by folks, however may you’re employed with them to combat any person who was much more horrible. So it is based mostly on a real story, however then I simply went with what I name the X issue and go into fantasy world. So I feel individuals are gonna be very disturbed, however they’re gonna take pleasure in it.”
Wanna speak about a significant distraction? My subsequent scary film (I wrote & I am directing) is inexperienced lit & begins pre-production in 4 weeks! In between I’ve bought 3 week pre-planned trip (two years in the past earlier than covid, cancelled twice). After I get dwelling I depart subsequent day! Sure/Yikes!
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) May 9, 2022
