Jeff Sackman and Michael Baker have announced today that they will be producing a remake of David Cronenberg’s 1975 debut feature SHIVERS which, rather more amusingly, was originally going to be called ‘Orgy Of The Blood Parasites’. The remake will be directed by Rie Rasmussen (HUMAN ZOO), written by Ian Driscoll (SMASH CUT) and will start shooting next February.
Describing the film in a Deadline press release, Rasmussen says:
a genetically-engineered strain of parasites that turn people into violent, compulsive sex-addicts is released into a self-contained luxury apartment complex. The resident doctor attempts to find a cure before the infected, nymphomaniac inhabitants spread their legs – and the parasites. The new Shivers will be updated for today’s social and sexual realities. In a post-HIV world, where people interact through screens rather than skin, the parasite breaks down those digital barriers.
I’m Scandinavian and am very comfortable with sexual expression as a part of a healthy, modern-day reality, and I’ve always loved the underlying social messages in a well-made horror film. The opportunity to reinterpret this film from today’s point of view, adding my own female intuition and life experience was a temptation I couldn’t resist.
While details are pretty much non-existent at this early stage, SHIVERS doesn’t look like it’s going to be a film you’ll bring your kids to. Stay tuned to The Hollywood News for all the juicy information as soon as it arrives.
Source: Deadline
