Hot off the heels of his 2024 gothic masterpiece Nosferatu, director Robert Eggers has set his sights on yet another piece of iconic pop culture. And no, I’m not talking about Werwulf, although don't get me wrong, I am looking forward to seeing Eggers handle yet another Universal Monster. I'm talking about his plan to write and direct a sequel to the 1987 fantasy flick Labyrinth – and I already have a theory on where he will take it.
After months of rumors, Eggers has closed a deal to write and direct a Labyrinth movie. Of course, Jim Henson’s original 1986 fantasy feature is a cult favorite, so I feel that the new film should avoid revisiting any aspect of the original like a lot of sequels tend to do, and go in a completely different direction. A more horrific, post-apocalyptic, gothic direction – think Silent Hill but switch the town for a windy labyrinth and the nurses for deranged puppets.
