THE TIES THAT BIND
So
what is it: I love Brian Keene. I own all of his
books, have all of his (announced) new ones on pre-order, and
have spent more money on his stuff than on any other author.
For those of you who don't know who he is, he's a fairly
popular horror author who is taking the world by storm. At
this point, most of his novels have been optioned for
film deals, video games and the like, and are all currently in
various stages of development. He recently had a book of short
stories come out that I really enjoyed. Having been to his
website more times than I can count, and meeting him a few
times, I figured it was high time I e-mailed him about the
chances of a small time film guy getting the rights of one of
his short stories.
Thankfully,
he was all about it.
The
Ties That Bind is a short story is set in the same universe as
his popular zombie novels The Rising and City of the
Dead. Though the story DOES contain zombies, what spoke to
me about it is that it is essentially a character piece about
a man's undying love for his undead wife.
The
film stars Kevin Interdonato as Kyle and Logan Tracey as
Tracey. It also features Lori Maliszkwski. It was filmed on
October 23rd & 24th, 2008, in Manchester MD. It is
currently in post-production.
A
limited run DVD release is being planned, as well as other
digital ventures, so stay tuned for more info.
