Tobe Hooper’s installment of the MASTERS OF HORROR series called DANCE OF THE DEAD has picked up a rising genre vet in the guise of one Jonathan Tucker. You may remember his semi-afro, sideburned turn as psycho-fodder in the TCM remake.
Currently shooting in Vancouver, DANCE depicts a post-apocalyptic dystopia wherein reanimated corpses of former friends and enemies dance on stage for the entertainment of the few who survived a nuclear holocaust. Too naive and wholesome for her own good, Peggy embarks on her first double-date with a slick upperclassman. Her nervous fits of laughter quickly turn to panicked screams as she learns the truth of the dangerous world outside her mother’s protective cloister, and the sacrifices that were made in order to guarantee her survival.
Despite the term post-apocalyptic dystopia this sounds like one twisted good time. And Tucker’s got that perfect balance of off-kilter crazy in him to get me psyched for what he’ll bring to the project!