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'The Unknown' - A Horror Movie Based on the Viral "Wonka Experience" Has Been Announced

It’s a longstanding tradition for the horror world to capitalize on trends and turn literally anything and everything into a horror movie, so it’s no big surprise that a horror movie based on the viral “Willy Wonka Experience” has already been announced. It’s titled The Unknown, announced this morning by Scotland-based film production company Kaledonia […]

Directed by Taylor Morden( The Last Blockbuster) and written by Zoë Wassman, the indie film is said to feature “heart-wrenching live action performances, hand-drawn animation by Josh Stifter(A24 and Kevin Smith’s Tusk), practical gore by award-winning fx artist Trysta Kelley, a claymation sequence from effects supervisor Webster Colcord( Stranger Things, Planet of the Apes, Deadpool, Planet Terror), and even diegetic VHS footage from an in-world camera.” Bampire(produced by PATH Films and Popmotion Pictures) features appearances by Diane Franklin( Better Off Dead, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure), Greg Sestero( The Room, The Disaster Artist), and Troma’s own Lloyd Kaufman(Creator of The Toxic Avenger). The film also includes an ensemble cast including Katie Gibbons( Blind Duet, Take a Hike), Jeff Brosy( Animal House), Malachite Saaquya, Weston Oliver, Melody Parra( Nena, Devotion), Jacob Rayl( It’ll be OK), Levee Duplay( Operation Hope, Birds Eye Witness) and Paul Addison( The Killing of Billy the Kid).

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