Following the rave reviews for his alligator feature “Crawl,” French filmmaker Alexandre Aja is set to direct the horror tale “Elijah” for Searchlight Pictures.
The story follows a young boy who invites a mysterious man into his home, believing the stranger to be the key to saving his sick mother.
As increasingly disturbing things start to happen, the boy soon realizes that the sinister stranger is not the savior he claims to be.
“The Last Witch Hunter” scribe Cory Goodman penned the original pitch which Aja and his collaborator Gregory Levasseur have since re-written.
Adam Goldwo, David Goyer and Keith Levine will produce. The project marks awards label Searchlight’s latest foray into genre fare following last year’s “Ready or Not” and the upcoming “Antlers”.
Source: Deadline
