Mongillo’s Lost Girl

Last Updated on July 27, 2021

Today a film caught my eye and I figured I’d pass along the good word to all of you. I’m talking about Michael Mongillo’s THE LOST GIRL.

Fangoria says the movie focuses on Rurik, one of a clan of ancient shapeshifting beings, and his love for a contemporary woman and the battle they must fight against his angry brethren. Shapeshifters. Apparently Mongillo doesn’t want the term ‘werewolf’ associated with THE LOST GIRL in any way. He gives an interesting reason for that too:

“The other thing I learned from this documentary is that the screenwriter of the classic THE WOLF MAN did not base his script on legend or folklore, but made most of it up, most notably the transformation resulting from a full moon and the bitten becoming cursed themselves. That was like flipping a switch for me. I was like, if this guy can invent it all, why should I adhere to the rules that he more or less created—a set of rules that, oddly, almost every werewolf movie blindly follows? I guess I set out to do nothing short of rewrite the lycanthropy genre.”

That’s a very bold move. Especially when the plot sounds a lot like BLOOD & CHOCOLATE, just with the sex reversed. One quote from Mongillo that really caught my eye was:

“That company wanted something bloodier than THE WIND, so I said, ‘Fine—you want bloody, you’ve got it.’ I set out to write the goriest movie of all time, and I may come close in the filming. We shall see.”

Another bold statement. Mongillo is going out on a long ass limb here, but he’s got me intrigued. Above you can see an early draft of what the shapeshifters will look like in the comic tie-in via Rob Ten Pas. THE LOST GIRL’s only announced cast (to my knowledge) is Jason Alan, with Norman Reedus in talks. To read a lot more on THE LOST GIRL and what Mongillo had to say about it, you can head over to Fangoria.

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