comment #1

Bart Smith says ...

I could see him doing something like CABIN FEVER.

comment #2

Anonymous says ...

Smith should take inspiration from Warhol and film himself eating breakfast, lunch and dinner in one continuous shot like Empire.

comment #3

addison says ...

Portions of the Kevin Smith college campus tour dvd (why can't I remember the name of it now?) were almost like My Dinner With Andre with jason sitting next to the podium as a dope addled Wallace Shawn. Ok, maybe not.

comment #4

Larry says ...

Glad you're not an exec. The horror film I can see. Your ideas sound unwatchable.

comment #5

Why not? says ...

Kev is looking to cash in. Not a bad idea -- Clerks 2 definitely undperformed.

comment #6

Chad says ...

Kevin Smith has no visual style. How can he make a horror movie? The plot would be 5 teens sitting in a cabin talking about a serial killer who had sex with a donkey.

comment #7

jesse says ...

I thought he was gonna direct that movie version of Degrassi: The Next Generation! Seriously, he was talking about (a year or two ago) and seriously, he should go for it! Degrassi rules.

comment #8

aliasanythingyouwant says ...

He already did a horror movie. It was called Jersey Girl.

comment #9

Anonymous says ...

He's done.

comment #10

Arran says ...

Jeez, everyone's on the guy to try something differenta- and then when he does he still gets flak. Sigh...

comment #11

dontknowjack says ...

I like the dialog he comes up with. Maybe have the actors talk a bit slower for slow-pokes like me who need an extra second to get the words processed in the brain...Haha. One scene throughout a movie won't fill the seats. Maybe 2 or 3 settings and great dialog, that'll get the lines going...;)

comment #12

dontknowjack says ...

"...get the lines forming..."

comment #13

Dixon Steele says ...

Amazing how the name Kevin Smith creates all sorts of hate from some posters here.

And I think I know why: he's living the dream most of these guys will never know.

comment #14

Pedro says ...

Has nobody suggested retirement? Suicide? A massive killing spree followed by years of painting clowns in jail? All good options.

comment #15

mike says ...

He can do whatever the hell he wants to. He should join in the Grindhouse flicks that Tarantino and Rodriguez are doing. That could be it. And I bet it's more horror like Shaun of the Dead in tone, over nightmare on Elm Street or Blair Witch.

comment #16

Daniel Zelter says ...

Check out the alternate ending to Clerks. He can shock if he wants.

comment #17

Ross says ...

"Kev is looking to cash in. Not a bad idea -- Clerks 2 definitely undperformed."

I don't know why so many people are saying this. It's doing just fine. $22 million so far at the box office and it only cost $10 mil to produce. Remember it's all relative. And where Smith's films really clean are on DVD anyways.

He really just can't catch a break from you guys. Before Clerks II was released, everyone was bitching that he cashing in and doing the same old thing. Now that he wants to try something new, you're all over him again.

I say, let him stretch his wings, I'd love to see a Kevin Smith horror film. I'm not going to expect The Exorsist or anything... something more like Scream, but I want to see him try. However it turns out, I'm sure I'll have a good time with it.

comment #18

Storymark says ...

Why Not?:

How exactly is a film that has currently made more than 4 times it's production budget in just theatrical underperforming?

It's not making Pirates money, but no-one ever expected it to. As a matter of fact, it performed pretty much exactly as expected, so you can't claim it underperformed based on expectations, either. It's Smith's 2nd highest opening, and it had 2 doughey no-names as leads.

So, how again did it underperform?

comment #19

a1 says ...

"he's living the dream most of these guys will never know"

No, that's why you should hate Kevin Federline. The reason people hate Smith is because, unlike Federline, he has a real gift for storytelling, and instead of trying to expand on that, he goes too often to the well with noest-common denominator cartoons like Jay & Silent Bob.

Horror movie? Sure, he should go for it...after all, some of the scariest stories, whether it's the old campfire story of the hook or Arch Oboler's radio plays, just worked through solid storytelling without any visuals at all.

-L-

comment #20

Marc Edward Heuck says ...

Why not a horror film? If anything, his extremely deep knowledge of religious arcana that was played for laughs in DOGMA could be the base of some good spooky gothic tale of the supernatural. Plus, if you think about it, fear is a denominator in his better comedy -- fear of other people (CLERKS), fear of rocking a friendship and sexual pasts (CHASING AMY), fear of being slandered by strangers (JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK), and of course, fear of adulthood and responsibility (MALLRATS, JERSEY GIRL, CLERKS II). I think he could twist it around and give us something creepy.

comment #21

Anonymous says ...

He could make a movie about his anal fissure...

comment #22

Adam says ...

I have faith in the dude. I find it amazing people cry out "Do something new/different!" Then he announces he'll do just that and people go "You can't fucking do that! No! It'll be terrible"

And anyone who says Clerks 2 underperformed is insane or retarded. $5 million to produce, very very low marketing costs and its made $22 million and is pretty much as expected. Besides, they already made back the production costs with foreign sales, before they even started shooting the movie. So people who criticize box office performance, learn a thing or two about film finance before throwing in your misguided 2 cents.

comment #23

Anonymous says ...

Swap Nolte with Chris Walken and I'm there!

comment #24

Anonymous says ...

It certainly made more money than any other American film that featured a guy fucking a donkey.

I mean, aside from Basic Instinct 2.

comment #25

craptastic says ...

Kevin Smith + Anything = talentless boob. It takes a LOT for me not to laugh at fart and dick jokes.

comment #26

zoey says ...

I will always be there opening weekend for Kevin Smith films. His dialogue is always smart and he doesn't have this pretentious auteur thing going that so many name-above-the-title directors do whose films routinely bomb.

comment #27

Colin says ...

This sounds to me like it could be a lot of fun. I could imagine this resembling one of Kvein Williamson's better efforts, or maybe someting like Slither. I wonder if Smith plans to make it more funny or scary (or a nice hodgepodge of both)?

comment #28

Rich S. says ...

Check out a run of Daredevil that Kevin did a few years back featuring Mysterio. Basically, Mysterio used illusions, some targeting Matt Murdock's Catholic faith, to screw with Daredevil's mind. There was also some extremely creepy stuff in Dogma when the angels went on their killing spree. (Okay, so the sh*t demon sucked.)

Kevin will do just fine with a horror film. However, at all costs, he should avoid an ironic "Scream" type of film. Play it straight and avoid the jokes.

comment #29

Anonymous says ...

He should just stick to blogging (silent bob speaks is great) and talking at colleges.

comment #30

horror fan says ...

k. smith should do a new jersey horror movie -- ...maybe a young, nubile female is kidnapped by her taxi driver (played by Smith) en route to newark airport and he takes her back to his house which is filled with comic book memorabilia and forces her to watch Jersey Girl all day.

comment #31

mike says ...

it could be about the Jersey Devil. Let me rephrase, it SHOULD be about the Jersey Devil. And Mewes will play the devil. (Unless Affleck's available)