Dread Central has reported that an adaptation of author Terry M. West’s ‘DREG’ is in early development, from Media Blasters.

See below for what West had to say, of his newest novel.

I am very excitd about seeing DREG finally brought to life on the screen. DREG is ambitious, and [Media Blaster] has encouraged me to adapt the screenplay balls to the walls. It’s going to be fun. DREG is a weird hybrid of fairy tale, good old-fashioned horror, and suspense.

Read on for the synopsis.

1940, Louisana. Madness thrives in the Pointe au Chien and a dark legacy is embraced. A bayou boy is baptized in city blood and a pack as old as time rises from the swamps. A man beast escapes his shackles, and the hunt begins…A hunt that will last for decades. A hunt fueled by the moon. For when the moon is full, the beast rises…and the blood flows…