Nightmare Cinema, one of the best horror anthologies ever assembled, made a strong debut on both home video and Shudder last year, and director Mick Garris has confirmed a sequel is currently in the early stages of development.
Speaking with ComicBook.com, Garris stated: "We were in the early stages. One of the scripts has written, we’ve talked to a couple of directors, but then the pandemic knocked the wind out of our sails. We were making progress and the skids came on hard. Nobody knows when production is going to be back or where in the world to do it."
"Nightmare Cinema was always intended to be a showcase for international filmmakers, and the idea of making segments of them in different parts of the world is strong. And maybe some of those places on the planet will be more conducive more quickly to having production take place there. But really, the skids came on and have not come off yet, but I would love to see that happen," Garris added. "And the concept of Nightmare Cinema, aside from being international, was originally to do it as a series of feature films. But the anthology format played really well for the film and a barrage of very, very different stories, both cinematically and content-wise was thrilling to me again, to have a Japanese director, a British director, a Cuban director, and two American directors making their token appearances."
Nightmare Cinema follows a series of five unlucky individuals who, after stumbling upon the dilapidated Rialto Theater, are trapped and tortured by the mysterious Projectionist (Mickey Rourke) as he plays each of their greatest fears on the theater’s silver screen.
The film features segments directed by Garris, Alejandro Brugues, Joe Dante, Ryuhei and David Slade.
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