Horror Short ‘Milk’ Being Adapted To Feature Film Produced By James Wan
James Wanisn’t lettingAquamankeep him from the horror genre. The filmmaker will produceMilk, a feature adaptation of a short film from directorSantiago Menghini. The story involves a teen who wakes late one night, and starts to realize things are not as they seem. More about theMilkmovie adaptation below.
Milk Trailer
Milk! It does a body good! And is alsoterrifying, apparently. Santiago Menghini’s horror shortMilkbegins late night one night, when “a young teen goes into the kitchen for a glass of milk. Upon encountering his sleepless mother, he quickly realizes things are not as they seem.” I’m not sure how that’s going to be turned into a feature film, but producer James Wan is going to give it a go.
TheMilkfeature adaptation will be helmed by Menghini, with a script bySuper Dark TimeswritersBen CollinsandLuke Piotrowski,perCollider. According to their story, the feature film is being described as the story of a “sheltered young teen with an overbearing mother who begins to suspect his reality is not as it seems.” The short film won the Midnight Shorts Jury Award at SXSW this year.
This is just the latest producing effort from Wan, who maintains a producing credit on theConjuringfranchise, and is also producingThe Curse of La Llorona, the upcomingSwamp Thingseries from DC Universe, a remake ofArachnophobia, and aremake of Stephen King’sThe Tommyknockers. I’m happy to see Wan sticking with the horror genre from a producing standpoint, but I also hope he comes back to direct as well.
Milkis just the latest in a line of short horror films turned into features. Andy Muschietti’sMamabegan as a short, before being turned into a full-length film starring Jessica Chastain. Jennifer Kent’sThe Babadookwas originally a short film calledMonster. Mike Flanagan’s haunted mirror picOculusstarted out as a short calledOculus: Chapter 3 – The Man With the Plan.And David Sandberg’sLights Out(which Wan also produced) was originally a nearly 3 minute horror short. EvenSaw, the film that launched Wan’s career, was based on a short film. More and more it seems that crafting a eye-catching horror short is the perfect way to launch your feature career.
While the fullMilkshort film isn’t available online, you may watch another of Menghini’s shorts –Intruders –in full.
