While I’ve certainly heard of THE ASPHYX – the 1972 British horror film about ghosts and immortality – it’s always escaped my grasp. It’s something of a rare item, one of those flicks only seen by the purists. (And though I consider myself one, I still haven’t been able to get my hands on this sucker.) Perhaps now that a remake is in the works, it will become widely available in the near future.
Yes, indeed: Black & Blue Films (the company behind DEAD CERT) has acquired the rights to remake the film, and will get it underway next summer.
The story concerns a 19th-century amateur scientist and dabbler in psychic phenomena whose experiments in the new art of photography lead him to discover the Asphyx: an apparition that appears suddenly in the moment before death. He postulates that if the Asphyx can be trapped it may render a creature immortal. He begins humbly, experimenting first with a guinea pig but soon progresses to members of his own family.
So it’s essentially a cautionary tale about the dangers of studying photography… And trying to capture a demon. I can dig it. THE ASPHYX will be written and directed by Matthew McGuchan and shall begin shooting in London in June. Already attached is Alison Doody, whom you’ll remember as the hot Nazi in INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (pictured below; still hot).
We’ll get you more info as it comes down the pipeline.
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