Dan O’Bannon – who horror fans know as the original screenwriter of ALIEN, as well as the director of the great RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD – is still kicking at the ripe young age of 61. Although we haven’t heard from him in quite a while, it would appear that Mr. O’Bannon’s not through creeping us out just yet, as he’s just finished work on a psychological thriller called THE PAIN CLINIC, ScreenRant informs us.
The flick is to be directed by Brett Hart, and he describes the plot thusly: “After repeated medical failures to fix a bad back, the lead character, Harmon, finds himself in so much paralyzing pain that he unwittingly signs over his rights in hopes of a cure to the pain experts at the cutting-edge clinic. Harmon is not only haunted by memories of a family he no longer has, he finds himself in legal limbo, confounded by pain and subject to unorthodox experimental procedures. Paranoia, torture and some dark secrets fill the halls of ‘The Pain Clinic’, but seven stories underground lay all the answers Harmon doesn’t want to know.”
Sounds like an interesting project, and with O’Bannon on board, I’m guessing we can expect some seriously sinister stuff. Keep checking back, as we hope to learn more very soon!
Ah to be an empty spacesuit…