Neil Marshall Heading For Slaughterford

Producing ghost story for Ian D Fleming

Neil Marshall Heading For Slaughterford

by Owen Williams |
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Neil Marshall is handing the megaphone to his Centurion second-unit director Ian D Fleming on the just-announced Ghost of Slaughterford: he'll executive produce while Fleming does the heavy lifting. The UK's Intandem Films are currently looking for backers.

The story, according to Bloody Disgusting, involves a widowed novelist hiding out in the village of Slaughterford while she bashes out her new masterwork. Local residents warn her away from her rented mansion, and she does actually encounter a ghost, before realising that it's the locals she needs to worry about.

So in a four-line synopsis we've got shades of Misery, Straw Dogs, The Woman in Black, Eden Lake, any number of don't-go-up-to-the-castle Universals and Hammers... and Casper. But from a team that brought us fun mash-ups like Dog Soldiers and (arguably) Doomsday, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Filming is due to start in June.

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