Eli Roth has got BAD SEED! Women & Little Girls Beware!

Hey folks, Harry here... Well in this month's DVD Preview I had a DVD for one of my favorite old time films... THE BAD SEED starring Patty McCormack! The DVD hit last Tuesday... and well, it didn't take Hollywood long to realize... "Hey, let's remake it!"

Actually, on June 13th, 2004 - Director Eli Roth and I were hanging out in the Pedazo Chunk screening room talking about... well, what he was going to say at that night's Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen Legal To Lay Party at the Alamo Drafthouse that night... when the conversation turned from being gross and inappropriately bizarre to... well, talking about what was next for the world of Eli Roth, gross and inappropriately bizarre director. Heh. At the time, he had many many things being placed in front of him... Lots of options. However, at the time... the thing that made his eyes pop, and that as he talked about... he just couldn't sit still, was a proposed remake of THE BAD SEED.

My instant reaction was... "FUCK NO!" I own the film in 16mm and absolutely love it! The original is classic, and honestly... I just can not imagine doing that film better. Thankfully... That's not exactly what is going on here. I don't want to spoil it, but... What has happened today allows me to chat a bit about this.

What has happened? Well, today... Eli Roth has closed his deal to remake THE BAD SEED with Warner Brothers. The producers are those STRIKE ENTERTAINMENT folks that did a pretty good job on DAWN OF THE DEAD remake... and Luke Janklow. Trivia for the cheap seats, Luke is the grandson of Mervyn LeRoy, who directed the original. They're currently looking at writers, but haven't got someone signed yet.

Ok - now what are they doing? Well, Eli's concept for THE BAD SEED is essentially a film that takes the premise of THE BAD SEED, but instead of retelling that exact story, Eli is using it as a jumping off point for a character that he's giddy about. Eli's BAD SEED will attempt to create a horror icon out of a little 8 year old girl. This is going to be very very hard R and bloody as hell. In a way, imagine Wednesday Addams in the ADDAMS FAMILY sequel at the camp, but *all the way*! I remember Eli telling me, "I love the idea of a twisted, pathological 8 year old killer who's also really into Aaron Carter." A big doe-eyed cutie with a butcher knife and a cupcake. One that simply can't stop and will kill us all, then go back to hopscotch.

Personally, I'm really looking forward to it, because I firmly believe Eli was put on Earth to guide 8 year old girls to wanton gleeful mass murder. This is his calling. He's home. And I can't wait for the home movies.