Ketchums Joyride - Being Developed for a Feature Film

I know we have a lot of Jack Ketchum fans on HM and I sure that they will be interested in hearing about another Ketchum's novels coming to the "big screen."

Jeff Monahan, a writer/actor/director and president of 72nd St. Films has taken the Jack Ketchum novel "Joyride" (aka Roadkill) and written a screenplay adaptation. He is looking at interested directors, hoping to begin the production of the film, this coming spring.

Here is what Jeff Monahan had to say in a recent interview:

"Adapting the novel was quite fun," "I tried to remain as true as possible to the book." Because of adapting a novel to film, I had to cut and rearrange a few parts of the story and even added some humor to what I call "a very dark story."

Note to Ketchum fans - He has read and enjoyed the screenplay. So I guess we get a "thumbs up" from the man himself. I'll be curious to see how this one plays out.

Book Synposis: Howard deserved to die. For years, he abused his wife physically, verbally, and psychologically. Even after the separation, he kept coming back for more.

Carol and her lover, Lee, knew there was only one way to stop Howard for good. They planned every detail. And they thought they had committed the perfect crime.

But a stranger named Wayne witnessed what they did, and he was thrilled by what he saw. Now Wayne wants to be their friend. He wants to share the thrill of murder with them. He wants to take Carol and Lee on a road trip straight to hell so his new friends can enjoy his all-out killing spree that can only end one way