‘Party & Prey’ – Patrick Brice Directing Queer Horror Movie for Legendary

Up next from Patrick Brice (Creep, There’s Someone Inside Your House) is an adaptation of the graphic novel Party & Prey from AfterShock Comics, Deadline reports this afternoon.

Legendary Entertainment and AfterShock Media are behind the upcoming feature film adaptation of the comic book tale from creators Steve Orlando and Steve Foxe.

“Published in 2021, the graphic novel penned by Orlando and Foxe is billed as a social horror-thriller with a bold genre twist. It tells the story of Alan, a wealthy, older gay man, who meets a confident and attractive young man named Scott at a nightclub.

“Their chemistry leads them to end up at Alan’s house, where the men’s dark secrets are laid bare and they have a night together neither of them expected.”

Rob Forman (iZombie) scripted the adaptation that Brice will direct.

“From our nightmares to reality, in the best way possible!” Orlando said. “Here we are at a moment with Party & Prey that we never expected, but couldn’t be more excited for! This has been a story that’s clawed its way to life from the start, first from out of both my mind and Foxes, but as well from those of Alex Sanchez, Juancho! and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. And, of course – AfterShock! I couldn’t be prouder of this book – its lens, its action, its horror, and its representation across the board. We created the comic we wished would be on the stands, and now I couldn’t be more honored and energized for the world to see it on the screen!”

“Creating Party & Prey alongside Alex, Juancho, Hass my fellow Steve, and the crew at AfterShock was a taboo thrill all its own,” said Foxe, “an opportunity to tell a violent horror story entrenched in the gay community, without its rough edges sanded off for easier consumption. I can’t wait to see P&P interpreted into a new medium for an entirely different audience to discover.”

“Party & Prey is a tense thriller examining the youth standards that exist within and outside of the queer community,” added AfterShock Media’s EVP of Film & TV, Sigurani, “and we’re delighted to bring this excellent comic to the screen for all audiences with Patrick, Rob & Legendary.”