‘The Coffee Table’ Helmer Caye Casas Readies Depraved ‘El Show del Gran Luciferio’ Ahead of Sanfic-Morbido Lab Pitch (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Holly Jones The latest from horror virtuoso Caye Casas, “El Show del Gran Luciferio,” is now in development and headed to the Sanfic Int’l Film Festival after being selected for this year’s Morbido Lab tutelage program.

Promising to deliver a titillating and freshly devious narrative steeped in nostalgia, the dark and acerbic horror concept is produced by industry heavyweights Norbert Llaràs at his Barcelona-based Alhena Production (“La Roba Estesa”) and Albert Pons, co-founder of Mexico’s Pulsar Films. “The script for this project was the first thing I read by Caye, long before the shorts ‘Nada,’ ‘S.A.’ and ‘RIP,’ and feature films’ Killing God’ and ‘The Coffee Table,’ but it’s a script that’s always haunted me.

When I read it, I was completely overcome by the brutality and strength of the proposal. It’s written in a totally unorthodox but one hundred percent genuine way,” Llaràs, a longtime Casas producer, told Variety. “One of the adjectives that best describes Caye, is provocateur.

His films provoke reactions, fill you with questions, turn your moral codes upside down and, from what I’ve read by Caye, this script is surely the most provocative,” he added. “For Pulsar Films, producing the film is incredible since after almost fifteen years reading the script, we’ll be able to materialize this shocking and crazy story,” Pons chimed in.