Overview
- Lionsgate announced on Friday that Damien Leone will write, direct and produce an original horror feature called Tortures of the Damned with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert producing through Ghost House.
- The deal names Scott O’Brien and Pavan Kalidindi as Lionsgate overseers and Romel Adam and Jose Cañas as Ghost House overseers and executive producers, with Dan Freedman negotiating for the studio.
- Leone will begin work on the new film only after finishing Terrifier 4, which is currently in pre-production and is being positioned as the next entry in the Terrifier franchise.
- Plot details are being kept under wraps, but multiple outlets report the film will shift in tone from the Terrifier series and will have a significantly larger budget than Leone’s prior micro‑budget hits.
- The move follows Leone’s box‑office leverage from Terrifier 2 and 3, which were low‑cost commercial successes, and signals studio validation while leaving open questions about how Lionsgate will handle the franchise’s past controversies and creative limits.