Best-selling horror author Grady Hendrix‘s newest novel, How to Sell a Haunted House, was only released earlier this year, but a movie adaptation is already on the way. Variety broke the news earlier this week; read on to find out what we know about the project so far.
Legendary Entertainment won the film rights to How to Sell a Haunted House over several bids. The studio’s other film projects include Dune and Enola Holmes, so they’re familiar with adapting popular books. They’ve also tackled quite a few horror films; Crimson Peak and the 2022 Texas Chainsaw Massacre are some of their spookier projects.
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There are already a few big names attached to the adaptation. Legendary tapped New Zealand-based Māori filmmaker James Ashcroft to direct it. His psychological thriller Coming Home in the Dark premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and is itself an adaptation of a short story. Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert‘s Ghost House Pictures will produce the film alongside Hendrix and Adam Goldworm’s Aperture Entertainment. Perhaps best of all, Hendrix is adapting his novel for the screen.
How to Sell a Haunted House follows a woman named Louise who returns home after her parents pass away. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter behind to deal with selling her family home. She doesn’t want to go through her parents’ belongings, including her mother’s collection of puppets and dolls. And she really doesn’t want to deal with her deadbeat brother, Mark. The siblings must work together, however, to get the house on the market. But something lurks beneath the surface of their childhood home, and some places don’t want to be sold.
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Just published in January of this year, How to Sell a Haunted House is Hendrix’s newest in a long line of horror novels. It premiered to acclaim, with NPR calling it “campy, unexpectedly deep — and as creepy as the dead eyes of a puppet at midnight in a gloomy room.” Additional positive reviews came from The New York Times and Tor.com.
I can’t wait for another Grady Hendrix project to come to life! Let us know below what you’re most excited about, and keep an eye out for more news.
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