Someone has been rummaging around the back catalogue again – this time the big, spooky filing cabinet marked "horror" – and has come up with a remake prospect. That someone is Sony, and the film in the frame this time in 1971 Mia Farrow-starring thriller See No Evil.
The original found Farrow as a young woman named Sarah who is blinded in a riding accident. She goes to visit her uncle's sprawling country pile and from there heads out on a date with her boyfriend Steve (Norman Eshley). But on returning from her night out, she discovers that her relatives have been slaughtered in their home by a psychotic killer! The film, which writer Brian Clemens managed to get made by convincing Farrow to take the lead, wasn't exactly a box office hit, but it did get some good reviews.
Now Sony's Screen Gems arm has the rights and have Mike Scannell on board to bash out a new version of the script. The Strangers' Bryan Bertino is producing alongside partner Adrienne Biddle via their Unbroken Pictures company, which already has another thriller (also written by Scannell) called He's Out There in development at the studio. As for the remake, they might have to battle WWE for the title, as it was used for stalker thriller film starring wrestler Kane back in 2006, which arrived quietly straight-to-disc here in 2007.