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Comic Con: Wes Craven Presents 25/8By Rafe Telsch: 2008-07-30 15:55:06
Wes Craven put in an appearance in San Diego to talk about his upcoming film 25/8, which is being produced by Rogue Pictures. This is the first film Craven has written and directed in 14 years (the last being Wes Craven’s New Nightmare), and he thinks he probably has one more “written and directed” story in him before his career is done.
The title comes from a line in the movie, that the devil works 24/7 to make our life a living hell, so we have to work 25/8 to beat him. The story, however, is about the son of a man who is under treatment for multiple personalities. One of the personalities is responsible for killing people. When the man discovers what his killer personality has done, he kills himself. The soul of each personality is transferred to babies being born, and the story follows one of those babies, the son of the killer. The seven kids get together once a year and celebrate the death of the killer, with ghost stories about the man coming back to life. They only see it as an urban legend, but, as with a lot of good horror stories, that legend comes to life. When asked if the film carries any sort of social commentary, Craven says he’d have to look at it in retrospect, but that it definitely has a “sins of the father carried on to the son” vibe to it, which comes from his own teenage experience of trying to find out who his father was. The picture was shot in Connecticut, which was where Craven started his film career as well, and wrapped a few weeks ago. This time there was a bit more incentive to go, with a 25% tax rebate offered to film there. While I’m not a big fan of the business aspect of filmmaking, it sounds like different states are starting to offer better incentives to shoot films in the US instead of so many productions moving to Canada. Craven listed off the people who star in his movie, confident that each one is about to become a major Hollywood player. At first his confidence seemed egotistical, but once you realize he also directed early pictures with Johnny Depp, Sharon Stone, and Bruce Willis (which he happily pointed out), you get a sense of the eye for talent he’s developed. At the same time, for every major player that has come from his movies, there’s a fair number of people who disappeared into obscurity. A question comes up about PG-13 horror and how it makes a lot of money although few horror aficionados tend to like it, and where Craven’s new movie will fit in. Craven was clear to state that 25/8 is not an entry into “torture porn” and is a very complex, personal story about this kid’s discovery of his father. It is funny, scary, amazing, and mysterious. Craven told the audience he wouldn’t come here and bullshit them, but he considers it some of his best work, at which point the audience cheered loudly. Anyone besides me notice that Craven didn’t actually answer the question about the movie’s rating or about PG-13 horror in general? Several people asked Craven about continuing to work in the realm of teenagers, like the movies that make the highlights of his career: Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream. Craven said he finds teenagers interesting, because they’re half adult and half child, still in that in between phase of trying to find their identity. One question specifically was how Craven tied into yet another generation of teenagers (Nightmare in the ‘80s, Scream in the 90s) and whether he needed help connecting to another generation. Craven explained that he never writes kids to talk like kids - he just tries to make them believable as human beings. That way they not only seem real when the movie comes out, but they stand the test of time and seem real years later as well. On a final note, talk about A Nightmare on Elm Street comes up again. As we reported the other day, Craven says he hasn’t been contacted about it, so it sounds like someone is doing it on their own. The audience boos, to which Craven says, ”I’d say call Bob Shaye, but I don’t think he owns them anymore either.” Clearly, Freddy Krueger’s future is in someone else’s hands entirely.
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