We’ve got ourselves a double-dose dish on two genre flicks thanks to actor Thomas Dekker (THE SARAH CONNER CHRONICLES), who happens to have a role invested in both. First off, is the horror/humor hybrid ALL ABOUT EVIL which follows a mousy librarian, who has inherited her father’s beloved old movie house, and discovers her inner serial killer — plus a legion of rabid gore fans — when she starts turning out a series of grisly shorts.
Here is what Dekker said of his role: “[I play] a kid named Steven. He’s the guy who has to be normal, because everyone else is so crazy. He’s a horror-obsessed geek which was something easy for me to identify with.” Now get this, Cassandra Peterson (that’s Elivira for those unaware) plays Dekker’s mother in the flick. Here’s his take on that: “She was fantastic because I used to grow up with my dad watching Elvira all of the time. I had never actually seen her as herself. There are a lot of in jokes with her. It’s going to be a really cool movie. I’ve seen some footage edited together and the tone is impossible to describe, which makes it totally unique. It’s as if John Waters directed a gory horror film. It’s a total cult movie, very camp, but it’s not a spoof. It does have horrific moments, but there’s always this vein of comedy going throughout it.”
Next up for Dekker, as long as the funding goes fully through, is writer/director David Hayter’s werewolf extravaganza called SLAUGHTER ROAD. Here is what he had to say: “To be honest, when I first got the script, all it said was ‘Untitled Werewolf Project’ and I didn’t know who was doing it. I didn’t even want to look at it until my manager said to read it. I read it and really liked it. [Hayter] wants the werewolves to be beautiful, like Alien and H.R. Giger’s design. They’re still werewolves, they’re like the Alien movies to me where these things will rip your face off, but they’re beautiful in their way, too. Horror fans don’t have to worry.”
It sounds like Mr. Dekker is carving up quite a genre resume. I’m sure we’ll be hearing more and both EVIL and SLAUGHTER very soon.
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