Exclusive: Ted Raimi Reveals His Next Horror Project
Ted Raimi's name may not be as well-known as his brother Sam's, but his face certainly is, having appeared in scores of genre projects – from Darkman, Candyman and Wishmaster to his recurring roles on Xena: Warrior Princess and in the Spider-Man films. He's also appeared in FEARnet's own 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust web series. Raimi's directed his own web series too, Playing Dead, about a hard-luck actress who takes the job of Death. (The first season can now be viewed at Watchplayingdead.com.) At this weekend's inaugural Wizard World convention in Anaheim, I caught up with Raimi, who told me when he plans to start shooting season 2 of his series, and his plans for his next web series. (Hint: We think you'll be happy.) Read what Raimi had to say after the jump.
About Playing Dead, Raimi remarked, "It's out now. Curtis RX composed the music. It's the story of an LA actress who, to pay the bills, takes a part-time job as Death. And she does so with morbid consequences. Somebody dies every episode. Clowns, casting directors – everyone whom you want to see dead in LA dies. [Laughs.] So it's a lot of fun."
"Season 2 starts shooting in two or three months from now," he told me.
Then Raimi revealed his plans for his next web project: "Curtis RX and I are working on a new horror anthology web series that we're both writing and producing. It will be less in the vein of gory horror and more in that of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Curtis RX and I wanted something that was more classy and more attuned to what we were used to growing up, which was story-oriented tales of suspense, as opposed to raw horror and guts – which we both really love, I think, but which we wanted to see a little less of."
RX, who appeared with Raimi at Wizard World Anaheim, commented, "It's less reliant on just creature effects or blood. Story first, that comes second. We're excited."
As for when we might see his next web series, Raimi said: "We don't know yet. I don't think there is a date at the moment. But we're trying to rush it as quickly as possible because we're both very excited about it."
