For scary movies, kids, Legion looks like it’s got the pedigree to be a winner. Oh, sure, it’s got a director who’s never actually done the job before, and he’s doing double duty as a writer for the script, but still…there’s plenty going right for it.

One, the effects—which by themselves wouldn’t mean a whole lot; we’ve seen cheesy movies with fantastic effects before, now haven’t we? But this is something of a special case as the director—you know, that first timer I was just talking about?—was part of the Orphanage effects house. For those of you what don’t habla, Orphanage has done work on some serious names. Names like Grindhouse…and Sin City.

And oh, what a script our first-timer has co-written. Check out this plotline: apparently, the Good Lord Himself has gotten rather fed up with all the things that have made humanity a raging cesspit lately, so he’s decided to take things to a somewhat more serious level. Knowing full well that he’s promised not to flood the earth out, he figures he’ll get a little more up close and personal and send out a whole bunch—indeed, a legion—of angels to kill us all. Some angels, like the archangel Michael, think this may be a smidge excessive and are thus aiding a ragtag group hiding in a diner in the desert.

Production begins in March in New Mexico, and it sounds like it could be a real winner. Oh, sure, it’s not even vaguely likely to happen, so it loses its credibility bonuses from the get-go, but it’s still a pretty scary concept—fight or hide from the armies of angels led by God Himself? Good luck—you’ll need it.

And until then, get caught up with the Sin City trivia on Kwanzoo, just so you know what you’re getting into.

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