News Horrorstor Grady Hendrix’s Horrorstör Movie Adaptation Finally Gets a Writer and Director Nine Perfect Strangers alum Jonathan Levine will write and direct By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on February 25, 2026 Grady Hendrix Photo Credit: Library of Congress Life, CC0 Comment 0 Share New Share Grady Hendrix Photo Credit: Library of Congress Life, CC0 Grady Hendrix’s novel, Horrorstör (read an excerpt here), has been on quite a journey in Hollywood. It was optioned soon after it was published in 2014 by Gail Berman, who looked to make it into a television dramedy on Fox. That project faded away, though it came back to life in 2020 when New Republic Pictures picked it up for a feature adaptation. We haven’t heard much about it since then… until today, when The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that the adaptation is very much alive under New Republic Pictures, and that Jonathan Levine (Nine Perfect Strangers, Tell Me Lies) is on board to write a script and direct. For those not familiar with Hendrix’s book, Horrorstör takes place in a Cleveland store named Orsk, which certainly doesn’t resemble a Swedish big box store that sells great meatballs. The store has some supernatural things happening in it, and a group of employees working the night shift try to figure out what’s going on, with sinister results. Several of Hendrix’s works are in development for adaptation or have been adapted. Prime Video, for example, turned his My Best Friend’s Exorcism into a film in 2022, and other projects reported to be in development include his short story, “The Blanks,” The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, How to Sell a Haunted House, and the short story, “Ankle Snatcher.”   The project is still in its early days in spite of being in development for almost twelve years, so there’s no news yet on if/when this iteration will make it to production, much less a theater near you. [end-mark] The post Grady Hendrix’s <i>Horrorstör</i> Movie Adaptation Finally Gets a Writer and Director appeared first on Reactor.