‘Hounds of Love’ director Ben Young is getting a taste of Stephen King’s ‘Mister Yummy’ with a feature adaptation of the short story.
Stephen King continues to be hotter than ever, as Deadline reports this morning that Hounds of Love (pictured above) filmmaker Ben Young is set to adapt the master of horror’s short story, Mister Yummy!
Appearing in the author’s The Bazaar of Bad Dreams collection, Mister Yummy “follows Ollie Franklin, a charismatic resident of an assisted living facility who begins experiencing disturbing visions after the death of a fellow resident. As the line between memory, regret, and the supernatural begins to blur, Ollie is forced to confront long-buried secrets from his past before time finally catches up with him.”
Young will direct from a script he co-wrote with Troy Abruzzise.
Producers are Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins, and Megan Freels Johnston of Intrinsic Value Films, alongside Josh Kesselman and Thomas Mahoney of Handsome Watson.
Said Young, “Stephen King was one of the first authors I ever read religiously, so getting to work on something that came from his imagination is a genuine honor. What I love about Mister Yummy is that the horror is inseparable from the humanity. It’s creepy, moving, character-driven, and exactly the kind of movie I’d line up to see. It’s also the first feature I’ll direct that I’ve also written on since Hounds of Love, so helping shape the script into the kind of Stephen King film I’d want to experience myself has been a real joy.”
Hounds of Love hit me hard when I first saw it. A kidnapping film, the Australian thriller goes right for the jugular with brutal ferocity. I look forward to seeing what kind of intensity Young brings to the Universe of King.
The adaptation marks the latest in a long, long line of features based off of King’s work. In just the last few years, we’ve seen adaptations of The Running Man, The Long Walk, and The Monkey, just to name a few. King may be approaching 80, but he’s still out here scaring the hell out of us. Here’s hoping he does so for another twenty years, at least.
