Post by HorrorBob on Oct 25, 2008 22:45:10 GMT -5
Terry M. West reports that Media Blasters has optioned the film adaptation rights to his novel, DREG, and that West himself has been tapped to deliver the first draft of the screenplay. DREG, described as a psychological werewolf novel, saw print in 2003. A previous preview comic drawn by Glenn Chadbourne brought attention to the character before the novel ever saw print.
“DREG has been floating around for awhile, and has developed a cool little following, largely in part to Glenn’s interpretation of the character,” West said. “DREG was optioned off and on by a few companies through the years, and now I am very excited about seeing DREG finally brought to life on the screen. Media Blaster’s Carl Morano read the novel while we were shooting Flesh for the Beast and approached me last year about putting it together for Fever Dreams. DREG is ambitious, and Carl has encouraged me to adapt the screenplay balls to the walls. It’s going to be fun. DREG is a weird hybrid of fairy tale, good old-fashioned horror and suspense.”
West, now getting back into the business after a hiatus to welcome his son, Terrence, into the world, has a couple of other projects lined up. Besides a starring role in Alan Rowe Kelly’s upcoming DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT remake (not to mention Kelly’s controversial short, A FAR CRY FROM HOME, which stars Terry as a homicidal, homophobic tent preacher, which is currently making the festival rounds), West is also putting the finishing touches on a remastered, recut edition of his debut film, BLOOD FOR THE MUSE.
“Blood for the Muse was the most critically received film I have done, but I was never happy with the technical aspects,” West confides. “The new Omega Edition of Blood for the Muse allows me to go in and make the film the best it can be. It will be offered through Pleasant Storm Entertainment late this year.”
A teaser trailer and preview clips for Blood for the Muse can be seen here:
www.pleasantstorm.com/bftm.htm
West is also currently talking to Hart Fisher’s Crime Pays Inc. about doing the post production chores on HELL’S FURIES, the biker revenge film West shot in Arizona a few years ago. Talks are also going on with the American Horrors company about a possible debut of Hell’s Furies on European cable. Those interested in reading DREG can download the novel in PDF format for free for the next month by clicking on this link: www.terrymwest.com/dreg.pdf
Though he has no say so in the casting of the Media Blasters film, Terry says his choice for the part of DREG would be the actor he envisioned when he wrote the novel.
“Michael Berryman, baby. He’s perfect.”