twist of fait accomplis

It's been an interesting week of horror-related news, all of which are near and dear to me:

First, it looks like there will be an Evil Dead IV. Raimi's starting the script "next week" and though Campbell isn't committed to the project, you pretty much know that if there's going to be an Evil Dead movie, Campbell will be in it. I'm really, really hope this one comes to fruition. (In related news, I'm kinda' looking forward to My Name Is Bruce.)

The aforelinked Vault of Horror also notes that the Suspiria remake may not suck! When you're dealing with Suspiria, you're treading on sacred ground. Horror remakes almost universally suck, but here's to hoping that like the Dawn of the Dead remake, there's a possibility it could be good.

The biggest news of all, though, is that Return to Sleepaway Camp finally has a release date on DVD. Better yet? It's on my birthday! You may remember that five years ago, I travelled to far northern Pennsylvania to be an extra in the sequel to the film that my friend's uncle was in 20 years earlier. I had a great time and had figured the movie would never see the light of day. Thankfully, I was wrong. The trailer over at Jeff's official site looks like a lot of fun (download it here) and Jeff's former-partner-now-rival-and-RTSC-detractor John over at the Sleepaway Camp sequels site has positive things to say about it. Hopefully my 15 seconds (max) of screentime made it into the final cut and earned me my IMDB credit.

That's about all I've got. Now go read this great critique of Fulci's Zombie (coupla NSFW screencaps).