Prior to getting this gig, I had done a story on DEAD AND GONE (not to be confused or related to DEAD & BURIED or DEAD & BREAKFAST). Although the film has a relatively unknown cast (other than former Evanescence frontman Ben Moody), it does sport composer Harry Manfredini (of FRIDAY THE 13TH fame), so that’s a plus. Here’s the synopsis from the official site:
Poor Jack was a kept man. Now he must care for Frankie alone, because they have run out of money. This dilapidated cabin is all they have left. The redneck brothers that live nearby are pretty eccentric, but seem harmless enough. Jack flirts with Kate Eidson, the local constable, a woman who has such bad memories of the war in Iraq she won’t even carry a gun.
Jack is a fish out of water. Everything in nature scares him. He starts to imagine things and comes to believe Frankie is up and moving around. She’s rude, crude and taunts him relentlessly. Jack starts to come unraveled–and eventually decides to smother his wife.
But Frankie won’t die.
Is Frankie some kind of monster, or is Jack just insane? Is the cabin haunted, or is it all of the above?
Although terrifying, ‘Dead and Gone’ is also wildly funny. Director Yossi Sasson says: “When I read this script for the first time, everything flowed like greased lightning. It felt like ‘Twin Peaks’ in the first act and a contemporary ‘Evil Dead’ from there on out. I loved it immediately.”
Screenwriter Shannon comments, “I adored EC Comics as a kid, and have always had a soft spot for intense, yet darkly funny 1980’s horror films. I just tried to write a movie that I would love to see.”
Right now, the film is in pre-production, although the Official Site does sport quite a lot of content from the last time I saw it. We’ll keep you posted on any new developments as they arise.