We’ve known for some time that Wes Craven’s new flick, the awkwardly titled 25/8, was in the mold of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and SHOCKER, bringing us an old-fashioned supernatural Craven villain the likes of which we’ve been pining for. Now Universal has dished out the flick’s Official plot synopsis. Read on!
“In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Only one of the kids knows the answer.
Adam “Bug” Heller (Max Thierot) was supposed to die on the bloody night his father went insane. Unaware of his dad’s terrifying crimes, he has been plagued by nightmares since he was a baby. But if Bug hopes to save his friends from the monster that’s returned, he must face an evil that won’t rest…until it finishes the job it began the day he was born.”
We Craven will be at Comic-Con next week, hopefully supplying more info on this potentially chilling thriller. No release date has been set yet, but the consensus seems to be a slot sometime in early ’09. The flick also stars Frank Grillo, Denzel Whitaker, Zena Grey, Danai Jekesai Gurira, and Trevor St. John.