Dark Horse’s ‘Dead Mall’ Comic Series Getting Feature Adaptation

The popular Dark Horse comic series Dead Mall is getting a big-screen adaptation, reports Variety.

Dead Mall follows five teens who sneak into their local mall for one last look before it’s demolished, only to discover the mall is far from abandoned.

“Inside the crumbling retail labyrinth, they encounter a sprawling, ever-changing cosmic horror that has made the mall its home, transforming the familiar consumer temple into a nightmarish maze where survival is anything but guaranteed.”

Production company Not the Funeral Home has optioned writer Adam Cesare and artist David Stoll’s four-issue series for a feature film adaptation, and has tapped screenwriter Michael Varrati (“The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula,” “Fangoria Chainsaw Awards”) to tackle the script.

In addition to the source material, Varrati will draw “from Cesare’s original story notes that include previously unseen material.”

How’s this for hype: “Dead Mall is like Event Horizon and Hellraiser in a mall,” says Matt Manjourides, co-founder of Not The Funeral Home alongside Justin Martell.

The company previously created and produced the series The Last Drive In with Joe Bob Briggs, as well as films such as Street Trash, Black Eyed Susan, and a series of Shudder originals, including The Puppetman, Eight Eyes, Castle Freak and Night of the Reaper.