Exquisite Corpses – Blumhouse Prepares a Deadly Challenge

Twelve assassins are abandoned in an American town with a single objective: eliminate each other. Unaware of what is happening, the inhabitants become involuntary victims of a competition organized by some of the most powerful families in the United States. This is the premise of Exquisite Corpses, a new horror project developed by Blumhouse Atomic alongside Tiny Onion and Lyrical Media.

The film is based on the comic created by James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh for Image Comics, which sold over one million copies in the first 18 months of publication. The adaptation is part of the collaboration agreement between Blumhouse Atomic and Tiny Onion, a company founded by Tynion himself.

From comic to cinema, the clandestine serial killer competition

In the original story, every five years during Halloween night, 13 American families organize a secret competition to determine who will control power for the next five years. Each group chooses an assassin to send into the field, transforming a town into an arena where even the inhabitants become targets.

The competition even includes bets on the number of victims and the identity of the first participant destined to die. The narrative intertwines atmospheres from The Purge and Hunger Games, with a component of social criticism related to the power exercised by a restricted elite. Tynion and Walsh's series features various criminals characterized by different identities and killing methods, including Fox Mask Killer, Rascal Randy, Lone Gunman, and Lady Carolina. The original comic developed over 13 issues, also giving space to some spin-off stories.

For now, there are no specifics on production or release date. The collaboration between Blumhouse and Tynion also includes Something Is Killing the Children, another comic by the author destined to become a film directed by Craig Zobel and an adult animated series.