Halloween-themed ads for G Fuel<\/a>, has taken to Kickstarter to bring his Cotton Eye Joe dreams to life.<\/p>\nThe fundraiser explains, \u201cIn partnership with South James Productions, Cotton Eye Joe will be Nick Merola\u2019s first feature, based on an original script also written by Nick, and Co-Written by Brandon Weavil (Dolly). The film reimagines the folklore behind the infamous tune as a backwoods slasher dripping with blood, dark humor, and practical effects.<\/p>\n
\u201cShot as a traditional horror feature, with elements of comedy sprinkled throughout, Cotton Eye Joe promises to be a thrill ride designed to make audiences laugh, scream and squirm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the plot synopsis for upcoming horror movie Cotton Eye Joe: \u201cWhen four friends break down on a deserted country road, they seek refuge on a remote farm, only to awaken the brutal legend of Cotton Eye Joe, a relentless killer tied to the land\u2019s dark past. As night falls, survival becomes a desperate game of cat and mouse in this backwoods slasher.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve all heard \u2018Cotton Eye Joe\u2019 at weddings and baseball games, but have you ever wondered who he really was?\u201d Merola said in a statement posted to the Kickstarter page. \u201cThis is my love letter to classic horror \u2014 built with heart, humor, and blood by the gallon.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team is looking to raise $100,000 to bring Cotton Eye Joe to the screen with practical kills, and Merola has even put together a trailer with test footage to help whet your appetite.<\/p>\n
Watch below and head over to Kickstarter to help fund Cotton Eye Joe: the horror movie!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What if \u201cCotton Eye Joe\u201d wasn\u2019t just a party anthem, but instead a bloody slasher movie? That\u2019s the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[95314,156,409,111,139,95315,69],"class_list":["post-140349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-cotton-eye-joe","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nick-merola","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}