Paul Feig, Sam Raimi staff up for possession horror comedy

Paul Feig and Sam Raimi are teaming as much as produce the possession horror comedy Suburban Hell, primarily based on a novel by Maureen Kilmer

It’s nonetheless not clear when or if Common Photos goes to let director Paul Feig (Ghostbusters: Reply the Name) transfer ahead along with his Common Monsters undertaking Dark Army – however as an alternative of simply ready round for that, Feig is teaming up with style legend Sam Raimi for a horror comedy known as Suburban Hell! Feig can be producing the film via his firm Feigco Leisure whereas Raimi produces via his firm Ghost Home.

Based mostly on a novel by Maureen Kilmer, Suburban Hell will inform the story of a tight-knit group of suburban mothers whose friendship is put to the final word check when one in every of them turns into possessed by an evil spirit.

The outline of Kilmer’s novel (decide up a duplicate HERE) gives some extra data: Amy Foster considers herself fortunate. After she left the town and moved to the suburbs, she discovered her place rapidly with neighbors Liz, Jess, and Melissa, snarking collectively from the outskirts of the PTA crowd. One evening throughout their month-to-month wine get-together, the crew concoct a plan for a clubhouse She Shed in Liz’s yard—an area for simply them, no spouses or youngsters allowed. However the evening after they christen the She Shed, issues begin to really feel . . . off. They didn’t anticipate Liz’s little home-improvement undertaking to launch a demonic drive that turns their quiet enclave into one thing out of a nightmare. And that’s earlier than the householders’ affiliation will get wind of it. Even the calmest mothers can’t justify the unusual burn marks, self-moving dolls, and horrible smells surrounding their possessed good friend, Liz. Collectively, Amy, Jess, and Melissa should struggle the evil spirit to avoid wasting Liz and the neighborhood . . . earlier than the suburbs go utterly to hell.

Deadline reviews that Joanna Calo, co-showrunner of the FX collection The Bear, is writing the screenplay. It’s not clear if Feig intends to direct the film, however he can be producing it alongside Raimi, Feigco’s Laura Fischer, and Ghost Home’s Rob Tapert. Romel Adam and Jose Cañas can be overseeing the undertaking for Ghost Home. Legendary Leisure can be within the combine.

On condition that Feig is concerned, we are able to most likely anticipate Suburban Hell to lean additional into comedy territory than into the realm of comedy. Whereas discussing Darkish Military, Feig has made it clear that he’s not a fan of horror, specifying that Darkish Military could be a “monster film” slightly than a “horror film”.

How does Suburban Hell sound to you? Have you ever learn the Maureen Kilmer novel, and are you wanting ahead to seeing the story delivered to the display screen? Tell us by leaving a remark beneath. I hadn’t heard of the novel earlier than the film announcement, however I’ll undoubtedly be checking it out now. And I’ll be wanting ahead to the film, as a result of I watch something with Raimi’s identify on it.