Dee Snider has announced that his new horror movie, which he is both writing and directing, is set to begin pre-production in June.
The TWISTED SISTER singer has previously delved into the world of cinematic horror with his 1998 film “Strangeland”, which Dee wrote and starred in.
In a new tweet sent yesterday (May 9), Snider revealed a timeline for the new project, writing: “Wanna talk about a major distraction? My next scary movie (I wrote & I’m directing) is green lit & starts pre-production in 4 weeks! In between I’ve got 3 week pre-planned vacation (two years ago before covid, cancelled twice). When I get home I leave next day! Yes/Yikes!”
Snider previously revealed that he had been planning to direct a horror movie from a script he wrote, titled “My Enemy’s Enemy”. The film is based on a real-life crime spree that took place in his native Long Island, New York in 1982.
“I had my movie that was supposed to go into production and there are certain business aspects of that that even now are still slowly moving forward because there are certain things that you can still put in place,” he told PopMatters around two years ago. “You can still slowly work through production elements and everything. I’ve also been asked to write a reimagining of another classic ’80s horror film that I can’t mention by name. I was working on the treatment for that. That’s been greenlit, so they’re putting together deals with that and I’ll start writing the screenplay.”
Dee stated that he rather enjoys being creative without having to step in front of the camera in either a singing or acting role.
“I really like that part of not being onstage, not being in front of the camera, not being out in front, just being the creative force behind because it’s so liberating to me,” he said. “As long as I can create it on the page and an actor/actress can represent it convincingly, I can be anybody. I’m so free to be any age, any color, any sex with the written word. It’s something I’m really striving toward. I don’t plan on being on stage performing for the rest of my days.”
Wanna talk about a major distraction? My next scary movie (I wrote & I’m directing) is green lit & starts pre-production in 4 weeks! In between I’ve got 3 week pre-planned vacation (two years ago before covid, cancelled twice). When I get home I leave next day! Yes/Yikes!
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) May 9, 2022