The acclaimed manga creator’s 2003 short story is becoming a full-blown feature film.
Junji Ito is one of the biggest horror creators in manga, and his long career has led to numerous adaptations of his work. While much of it as of late has been in anime form, several stories such as Scarecrow and Uzumaki have been adapted in live action.
The next manga of his to get the adaptation treatment is Bloodsucking Darkness. Per Variety, the short story of the same name will be brought to film written and executive produced by Jeff Howard (Midnight Mass, Haunting of Hill House. At time of writing, a director hasn’t been locked in, but Fangoria Studios will be backing the film , and further plans to also adapt two other projects from Ito’s vampire anthology , Smashed.
