"Street Trash" writer-producer Roy Frumkes is looking to launch a remake of the 1958 cult classic "Fiend Without A Face."

Frumkes has acquired the rights from original producer Richard Gordon, who has optioned the film several times before. Filmmakers Lucky McKee ("May"), Joe Dante ("Gremlins") and Adam Gierasch ("Mother of Tears") were involved in past attempts to kick start the project.

After reaching an agreement with Gordon, Frumkes set his own deadlines and went to work.

"The option started Jan. 1, and I gave myself two months to write the first draft of the script, which is done, and one month to research it," he said in an interview with Fangoria. "Ive wanted to do this film for 40 years, so I already had it all in my head, and it wasnt hard to write.

"What I didnt have was the technical information; Im no science buff. Now Im interviewing scientists, getting the technology straight.

"Fiend Without A Face" tells the tale of a group of scientists battling a new life form inadvertently created during experiments with telekinesis. The original 1958 feature was directed by Arthur Crabtree, and was written by Herbert J. Leder, based on a story by Amelia Reynolds Long.

Frumkes' remake will include some new twists and an appearance by the "fiends" earlier in the story.

I believe that since so many people have seen the original, I cant wait for the third act to show the fiends, he explained. Theyre going to come in in act two, and then the third act is something completely new; it goes in a different direction there.

"My favorite screenwriter is Nigel Kneale, and I see 'Fiend Without A Face' as very much a 'Quatermass' film; thats the style its taking. Its set in a think tank in the Berkshires, and its not about young people. Its a mature film, but it has a 'Street Trash' sensibility, so the people who like my work will not be disappointed.

In addition to "Fiend Without A Face," Frumkes is working on a sequel to "Street Trash," and a new edit of "Document of the Dead."