Yeti Job Possibility

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Is it possible that Yeti's could be the new black? I hope so, if just to take our minds off those damn Vampires.

Sam Raimi To Make Yetis The Next Vampires, We Hope
By Meredith Woerner, 11:15 AM on Thu Sep 24 2009


Drag Me To Hell director and all around horror mastermind Sam Raimi is taking on Yetis in his new film Refuge. This infusion of new monster blood is exactly what the supernatural scene needs.

Hollywood Reporter states that the plot, "centers on a remote town terrorized by a Yeti, the mythological creature native to the mountains of the Himalayas." Raimi is set to produce while screenwriter Tom De Ville is pounding out the script that came from director Corin Hardy's original pitch.

We're excited about the rise of Yeti horror — the simple image of blood on snow and white fur can go a long way in the hands of a horror auteur like Raimi.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

My. Time. Is. Near.

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I'm hoping you are dropping a line to Sam Raimi.

Sam Raimi is going to give Yetis the District 9 treatment

One of the prerogatives of being a blockbuster director/producer is that you can shepherd new talent, as Lord of the Rings' Peter Jackson nurtured South African director Neill Blomkamp and his hit sci-fi action drama District 9 this summer.

Spider-Man's Sam Raimi is now taking a similar route by sponsoring a newbie British director named Corin Hardy and producing his proposed supernatural horror movie Refuge, about a remote town terrorized by a Yeti, the mythological creature native to the mountains of the Himalayas. (That's "abominable snowman" to you.)

It's a good fit for Raimi, who cut his own teeth on horror with the Evil Dead movies and showed that he still has a knack for it with this year's underappreciated Drag Me to Hell.

Here's how The Hollywood Reporter describes Refuge:

Hardy will direct from a script by fellow British writer Tom De Ville; both are repped by Paradigm's Marc Helwig and Trevor Astbury.

Jason Blum, Nathan Kahane and Steven Schneider will produce.

Meanwhile, Blum's Blumhouse Prods. will finance a short film with the same premise as the Refuge feature. Hardy and De Ville will work on that as well. The idea is to offer a teaser that can help Hardy refine his vision even as the script is being developed.

Fans of District 9 recall that Blomkamp's movie was also based on a short film, called Alive in Joburg, and that Jackson helped Blomkamp put together a presentation reel and book to shop the movie around to studios while the feature film was being developed.

Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro is also doing the same thing, mentoring a slew of new directors, such as The Orphanage's Juan Antonio Bayona.

Raimi himself will next direct Spider-Man 4 as well as an adaptation of the video game World of Warcraft.