The second curse of Sam Raimi
 

Looks like Sam Raimi didn't get enough of curses with his sadly underrated Drag Me to Hell. The horror legend's producing a new film that's based on the same theme, albeit with a twist -- it's based on a true story.

According to Deadline, Raimi and his producing partner Rob Tappert have just picked up the North American rights to Dibbuk Box, "a thriller in the vein of The Shining that will be written by Juliet Snowden & Stiles White."

"The jumping off point is a true story culled from the Leslie Gornstein-bylined Los Angeles Times article A Jinx In A Box. In the film, a family finds itself in possession of a haunted box, and struggles to get rid of its evil curse. Using even a tenuous tie to a true story has been a fright fare staple, and helped films that include The Exorcist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Amityville Horror and Psycho."

"The writers' credits include Knowing, remakes of Poltergeist at MGM and The Birds at Universal, as well as Boogeyman for Ghost House. Dibbuk Box becomes the second project for Ghost House and Lionsgate, which are also developing Burst 3D. It's an easy fit, since Lionsgate Motion Picture president Joe Drake was a Ghost House founder."

Given the critical success he achieved the last time he got bit by a curse, Raimi's seeing something in this project that will make for another fun film, though one that sounds a good bit darker than Drag Me to Hell.

Sam fuck off and make Evil Dead IV