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Filmmakers Adapt Chilling Horror Novel 'Ghost Eaters'

7/12/2025

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Filmmakers Scott Derrickson and Maggie Levin are teaming up to bring Clay McLeod Chapman's chilling horror novel, Ghost Eaters, to life. As Levin takes the helm as writer and director, Derrickson, alongside C. Robert Cargill and Vince Cheng, will produce this haunting tale that delves into grief and addiction through a drug that reveals the dead—at a steep price. The project is just beginning its journey.

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Story summary

Filmmakers Scott Derrickson and Maggie Levin are teaming up to bring Clay McLeod Chapman's chilling horror novel, Ghost Eaters, to life. As Levin takes the helm as writer and director, Derrickson, alongside C. Robert Cargill and Vince Cheng, will produce this haunting tale that delves into grief and addiction through a drug that reveals the dead—at a steep price. The project is just beginning its journey.