The Misfits frontman Glenn Danzig goes from the stage again to the director’s chair for Hellmask, a brand new characteristic he’ll adapt from his personal comedian e book.
The mission will mark his third characteristic as a director, with the movie based mostly on his comedian of the identical identify. Danzig’s writer Verotik, which focuses on darkish fantasy and horror, is behind Hellmask, which started life within the Verotik thirtieth anniversary concern in October 2023.
The e book, per the logline, is “set against a brutal medieval backdrop filled with dark magic, armored warriors and massive bloody battle scenes.” Hellmask “follows a violent supernatural tale steeped in gothic atmosphere.”
Veteran indie horror and motion filmmaker James Cullen Bressack is producing, with the movie at the moment casting and planning to go earlier than cameras in August. Bressack lately wrapped on a horror movie shot entirely on VHS.
Danzig beforehand dove into his comedian books for the display with 2019’s Verotika, whereas he additionally directed the vampire spaghetti-western Dying Rider within the Home of Vampires, launched in 2021.
Along with The Misfits, he’s the founding father of the rock band Samhain and the metallic band Danzig, and his music has additionally been featured in motion pictures akin to The Hangover and Tag.
Danzig is repped by CAA.
