Since celebrating his feature-length directorial debut back in 2013 with a reimagining ofEvil Dead, filmmakerFede Álvarezhas continued to thrill and chill audiences with his unique approach to horror. In the years since he tookSam Raimi’s beloved franchise and made it more brutal and bold than ever, the director has helmed three other projects:Don’t Breathe,The Girl in the Spider’s Web,andAlien: Romulus. Continuing to get a solid hold on what audiences are after and how a genre film shouldlook, feel, and sound, the director has only continued to perfect his craft over the last decade. With the immense success of his 2024 summer feature,Alien: Romulus, which put spine-tingling vibes back into theRidley Scott-created sci-fi franchise, many are wondering what Álvarez will dip into next.
Luckily, Collider’sAidan Kelleywas on the red carpet over the weekend at theSaturn Awardsand asked the director exactly that. Now that he’s dipped into so many subgenres, there’s one in particular that Álvarez admits he’d like to take a swing at: slashers. Opening up about his blood and guts-filled future hopes and dreams, he told Kelley:
“On the horror side I would love to do a good old slasher. I haven’t done that really. I mean I have possession movies withEvil Dead, sci-fi horror. A kind of classic slasher.”
Revealing what kind ofsadistic madmanhe’d explore in a slasher film, Álvarez said he’d like to take it back to the glory days, adding:
“I don’t think I would, you know, Iwouldn’t go for an IP necessarily, but a part of me that’s sort of likevery old school 80s. That I would love to do.”
Fede Álvarez’s History with IP
While he may not have left his full visionary stamp on a slasher film just yet, Álvarez co-penned the story for Netflix’s 2022 title,Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Working alongside his frequent writing partner,Rodo Sayagues, Álvarez also produced the film which served as the latest chapter in the iconic franchise that got its engines revving back in 1974 withTobe Hooper’sThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre. So, despite not wanting his venture into murderous movies to be from someone else’s IP, we know that should Álvarez ever decide to go down this route, he’d absolutely kill it.
While we wait with bated breath for the director to announce his plunge into slashers, those who want to see Álvarez’s celebrated entry into theAlienfranchise can head over to Hulu, whereAlien: Romulusis now streaming. Stay tuned to Collider for more to come from the Saturn Awards.
Alien: Romulus
