Sam Raimi & James Ashcroft Team Up For Adaptation Of ‘How To Sell A Haunted House’
The film adaptation of the blockbuster indie horror novel How to Sell a Haunted House has found its producer, none other than Sam Raimi, who was behind Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, Drag Me to Hell, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness and Drag Me To Hell, Sam Raimi. The news came via a social media post by the author of the book, Grady Hendrix. Hendrix is writing the script for the adaptation that will be directed by James Ashcroft (Coming Home in the Dark). “Pupkin goes to Hollywood,” the author said in the post. Pupkin, of course, is a “red-and-yellow glove puppet with two stumpy fabric legs dangling down from his front and two little nubbin arms” and a “leering clown face,” New York Times describes the villain. The Times said. “Pupkin represents the losses of growing up. He’s the vehicle of an unfulfilled mother’s pain, regrets, and loneliness. He’s childhood trauma incarnate, delivered from one generation to
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