‘Horrorstör’: Movie Adaptation Of Grady Hendrix’s Novel About A Haunted IKEA In The Works
By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 16, 2020 10:30 am EST
Deadline broke the news that New Republic Pictures has optioned the rights to Grady Hendrix’s Horrorstör to develop into a feature film. The 2013 horror comedy novel, which is set in an IKEA-esque store called ORSK that has been experiencing supernatural phenomena, was the best-selling debut novel of Hendrix, who is on board to write the adaptation.
Hendrix said in a statement to Deadline:
“Horrorstör is such a fun and inventive blend of satire with a contemporary haunted house story that is so uniquely Grady Hendrix,” added Brett Cohen, President and Publisher of Quirk Books. “And Quirk is thrilled to partner with New Republic and Aperture Entertainment as Hendrix reimagines and further explores this story for a whole new audience.”
“I wrote Horrorstör to be simultaneously funny and scary, while paying tribute to the retail warriors who staff our big box stores. Having the opportunity to adapt my novel into a movie is a dream come true. I couldn’t be more excited about taking an audience and trapping them overnight with me in the flatpack hell that is Orsk — the ultimate haunted house, full of Infinite aisles, murderous ghosts, and incomprehensible faux-Scandinavian names.”
