Tobe Hooper Directing Stephen King’s Novel “For A Buick 8″
Just in time for the 25th anniversary of Poltergeist comes word that its director, Tobe Hooper, is plotting a horrific return to theaters. Variety magazine reports that Hooper is attached to direct the feature adaptation of Stephen King’s “From a Buick 8″.
The title comes from Bob Dylan’s song “From a Buick 6″. It’s been a while since we have seen Hooper in the directors chair making a horror film, this could be a blast! His filmography includes: “Poltergeist”, the under appreciated “Chainsaw Massacre 2″ and “Invaders from Mars”.
The book was published on September 24, 2002, and it is the second novel by Stephen King to feature a supernatural car (the first one being “Christine”). I am a fan of “Christine” but a car has to be the least frightening movie monster ever created so we will see how “Buick” plans on delivering the chills.
Here is the book’s premise taken from the cover notes: “From a Buick 8 is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable.”
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