Another day has gone by and it seems we’ve got another story regarding Kevin Smith and his long anticipated horror flick RED STATE. Now we’ve already heard Smith confirm an August start date for RED STATE so what could the director possibly be talking about now? Why the film’s comparison to 1975’s RACE WITH THE DEVIL, starring Peter Fonda and Warren Oates of course. I’ve actually gone ahead and tossed the trailer for RACE WITH THE DEVIL up below, to give you all an idea of what kind of flick we’re talking about here.
Smith opened up to the guys over at Film School Rejects about the religious tones in RED STATE, how it compares to his previous work and what the flick could possibly be about:
““It’s very reminiscent of Race with the Devil. That’s such a favorite movie of mine. When I was a kid it was just such a terrifying notion. It’s where you’re on vacation and you just happen to see some mother fuckers sacrificing a virgin, they kill your dog, and the chase you in your winnebago. There’s nothing more horrifying than that! You can keep your fucking thirty-foot shark, that’s terrifying! It’s certainly not that, but it’s very much in that spirit of people in the wrong place at the wrong time. Instead of going with devil worship we’re going the other direction. It deals with intense religious worship. It’s religious fundamentalism.”
To check out the whole interview head right over HERE. So what do you guys think? These new details shed any hope for RED STATE or what? Hit us with your thoughts below and keep it here for more on RED STATE as we hear it!
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