It’s only been a few weeks since Michael J. Bassett signed on to direct SILENT HILL: REVELATION 3D, but the British helmer is already forward looking at his next project. The Hollywood Reporter has just announced that Bassett has signed to write and direct the supernatural horror film SAINT MARY’S.
Billed as a psychological horror story about an evil presence in a disused mental asylum, Saint Mary’s details the story of a group of young people who are deliberately trapped inside a labyrinthine building where they find their deepest nightmares manifest themselves.
Bassett will develop the screenplay with creator and co writer, Matthew Kingshott, who has been developing the project with UK Producer/Composer, James Edward Barker, through Veneration Music.
Bassett commented, “When I read Matt’s script I immediately felt that there was the essence of something incredibly interesting and potentially terrifying. In ‘Saint Marys’ I have found a project that encompasses many of the themes and ideas I have long been interested in and think we could be introducing the audience to a world that will be genuinely frightening and as horrific and disturbing as anything I have yet brought to the screen.”
Obviously, Bassett is deep into pre-production on SILENT HILL 2 right now, so SAINT MARY’S is likely to be a while off.