Black and Blue Films Preps "Asphyx" Remake!
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Black and Blue Films is reportedly moving forward with a remake of the 1971 supernatural horror film
The Asphyx, this according to Screendaily. Matthew McGuchan will write and helm the redo which will star Alison Doody, and commence filming in London next June. "Matthew's a great writer and I know he'll make a great job of directing the film," says Bill Murray, Director of Black and Blue Films. "He worked with us on the Dead Cert script and his contributions were invaluable." The original followed Hugo, a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist-loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question... what is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects? Hugo brings to a family boating party his newest invention-a motion picture camera. The party quickly turns into a disaster as he captures on film the tragic drowning of his wife and son. |
When the film is replayed later, the same ghostlike presence appears. It flies towards his son, and vanishes inside his dying body. Has Hugo discovered The Asphyx, the spirit of the dead described in Greek mythology? A spirit which lives in constant agony, not finding rest until it takes possession of a human body? Could the spirit, if captured, become the key to immortality? Hugo is compelled to find the answers. It is a ghoulish search, with eternally haunting results.
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