'Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?': James Franco Adds a Vampire Twist

Lifetime may want to change their name to The Network Where Movie Stars Go to Do Weird Performance Art. Last summer, Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig dropped A Deadly Adoption — a completely deadpan take on classic (read: cheesy) Lifetime movies — which pulled in strong ratings for the network. And then late last year Lifetime announced that James Franco would exec produce a remake of perhaps the most beloved bad Lifetime movie ever, 1996’s Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? starring Tori Spelling.

While the original was a fairly standard woman-in-peril caper — Laurel (Spelling) meets dream boy (Ivan Sergei), only to discover that he’s a crazy-controlling psycho — Franco’s take on Mother May I is, for lack of a better term, bats***. “This updated classic features a vampire love story that brings a whole new meaning to “sleeping with danger,” says Lifetime in a press release. The network’s full description:

When theater major Leah (Leila George), brings home the special someone in her life to meet her mom, Julie (Tori Spelling), the family is met with a surprise when Pearl (Emily Meade) comes to the door. Julie tries to embrace the idea of Leah’s new love interest, but she can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong. Julie’s suspicions lead to a startling discovery about Pearl that puts Leah in serious danger. Will Julie be able to save her daughter from an eternity of heartache before it’s too late?

And of course, both Spelling and Sergei are returning for the remake, because hey, who wouldn’t want to meet James Franco?

Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? premieres Saturday, June 18 at 8 p.m. on Lifetime