It’s been confirmed that screenwriter Neil Marshall is set to write the screenplay for director Aaron Mirtes’ upcoming project, The Spiral Down, a psychological thriller featuring Marshall’s partner Charlotte Kirk in the leading role as a kidnapping victim.
The Spiral Down will centre on “a serial killer obsessed with perfection kidnaps Mary Doyle (played by Kirk), but as detectives close in, they discover that Mary is far from a victim. She is a dangerous escapee from a psychiatric institution with a violent past of her own.”
“After killing her captor and disappearing without a trace, the investigation is turned on its head, leaving law enforcement hunting an even greater threat,” the synopsis adds.
Marshall’s additional screenwriting credits include 1998’s Killing Time, directed by Bharat Nalluri, and many in British horror, starting with his 2002 directing debut, Dog Soldiers, which charts a military training program that crosses paths with bloodthirsty werewolves. The filmmaker followed up with 2005’s The Descent, which charts a cave expedition gone wrong, and 2008’s Doomsday, a sci-fi action flick centred on a deadly virus tearing the UK apart.
Marshall is also credited on the 2019 reboot of Hellboy, starring David Harbour in the titular role, as well as 2020’s The Reckoning, which also starred Kirk, and 2022’s The Lair. His last film was 2024’s Compulsion, starring Kirk in a love affair on an island.
He also directed two Game of Thrones episodes: Blackwater and The Watchers on the Wall, earning him a nod for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
Meanwhile, Mirtes holds 24 directing credits, including six shorts followed by his 2017 Clowntergeist, which he also starred in. Additionally, he directed Curse of the Nun in 2018, American Hunt in 2019, The Alpha Test and Ouija Blood in 2020 and Painted in Blood and The Octo Games in 2022. Mirtes’ latest film was this year’s Wicked of Oz, a twisted horror take on Frank Baum’s original fantasy novel series.
Lastly, Kirk holds four previous acting and writing credits in her husband’s work, as well as performances in 2014’s Let’s Be Cops, 2016’s How To Be Single and 2018’s Ocean Eight.
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