Coppola's 'Twixt' Gets Four Bloody Posters

Francis Ford Coppola's "Twixt" looks like it is going to be quite the film. Four new posters for the horror thriller have been released. They are disturbingly eye-catching and demand your attention. I must say it is good to see Coppola venture back into the world of horror after all these years. His last offering for the genre was 1992's "Bram Stoker's Dracula."

"Twixt" tells the tale of "an aging writer [who] follows his latest book tour to a small town, where he becomes immersed in a real-life murder mystery. Later haunted in his dreams by an elusive ghost named V, the writer slowly begins to realize he has an unexpected connection to the gruesome case."

The movie sounds like it is going to be a good old classic ghost story. There is always room for another one of those. From what Coppola has said and from the looks of some of the production stills, "Twixt" is going to be a type of mix between gothic horror and avant-garde.

Coppola shot part of the film in 3D. Apparently he loves 3D but does not feel that it should necessarily be used throughout an entire film.

"I always loved 3D. I don't like watching 3D with glasses. I enjoyed 'Avatar,' but I took my glasses off when it wasn't showing in 3D," he told the crowd at Comic-Con when he was presenting footage from the film.

"Twixt" will no doubt be dark and disturbing. You can tell that just from the four posters that were released. Every single one of them has actor Elle Fanning splattered with blood and looking very grim.

There is no question that Coppola is more than capable of making a great gothic horror movie. Although "Bram Stoker's Dracula" did have some casting problems to an extent, they did not cause the film to falter from being a cinematic masterpiece. "Twixt" looks like it is just what we need right now in horror films: a quality genre piece that is not afraid to visually and artistically do things different.

He even hinted at one way he wanted to do things differently when talking to the audience at Comic-Con.

"I knew it was a kind of Halloween type of story. I want to go on tour a month before the movie opens. Go on tour with my collaborators with live music and perform the film uniquely live for each audience," he stated.

Francis Ford Coppola wrote the original short story and screenplay for "Twixt." The movie stars Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, Bruce Dern, and Ben Chaplin. Dan Deacon did the music for the film. "Twixt" is still in post-production and has not been given a release date as of yet.

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