Craven’s ’25/8′ Gets Official Title…
by Britt Hayes
…and it’s called My Soul To Take. Craven announced the official title on his Twitter page. The project has long been known by the working title of 25/8.
The plot for My Soul To Take:
“In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Only one of the kids knows the answer.
Adam “Bug” Heller (Max Thierot) was supposed to die on the bloody night his father went insane. Unaware of his dad’s terrifying crimes, he has been plagued by nightmares since he was a baby. But if Bug hopes to save his friends from the monster that’s returned, he must face an evil that won’t rest … until it finishes the job it began the day he was born.”
Sounds like it has a splash of Nightmare on Elm Street, no? And judging from the plot above, I think I can see where this movie is going already, and I hope Craven knows what he’s doing.
The new title coupled with the synopsis makes this movie sound like it could be another failed teenage horror film for Craven, but the MPAA has given the film an R rating. In a time when we’re plagued with terrible, soft PG13 “horror” films, an R rating is a blessing. Craven’s last film was Red Eye, a movie that I personally enjoyed (getting to stare at Cillian Murphy for 90 minutes doesn’t hurt), but seems to have split audiences. Before that, Craven helmed the insufferable Cursed, starring Christina Ricci and Jesse Eisenberg. I cannot tell you for the life of me what that movie was about, other than werewolves and some climax occurring in a kitchen.
Craven hasn’t had the best track record in recent years, to say the least; however, given his much-loved gems like Last House on the Left, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes, and hell, even Scream, there’s little reason to not be optimistic about a new Wes Craven film. For the few awful movies he’s made, he’s still crafted plenty of solid, terrifying horror classics that helped shape the sensibilities of horror lovers for the last 30 years. Here’s hoping My Soul To Take is the latter.
