Producers Talk Barker's Madonna Adaptation
Source:ShockTillYouDrop.com
October 22, 2008
Continuing its goal to produce two Clive Barker adaptations a year, Seraphim Films and Matador Pictures are already pushing two titles into the 2009 pipeline.
On the set of their latest effort,
Dread, producer Jorge Saralegui tells ShockTillYouDrop.com that he has penned an adaptation of the "Books of Blood" story
The Madonna which will roll before
Pig Blood Blues next year.
"We were looking for something to do between Dread and Pig Blood Blues. Our other projects that we have in development were not quite ready."
" The Madonna
, among the stories that are left, is clearly a movie," he adds.
"It's evenly paced, it feels like a movie and it's easy to flesh out. What appealed to me about this is the sexuality. That's my favorite part of horror, probably - when you start screwing with sexual notions. I felt I had a really feel for the story and I knew I couldn't pull any punches. I pull no punches."
"It's such an interesting story," offers Saralegui's co-producer Joe Daley.
"The Madonna
is this creature that lives in this abandoned bath house. The men that enter this cavern are slowly turned into women. You deal with such horrific fears these men share in the presence of the Madonna, in her lair, with these women that live in this place. It's a total taboo."
Saralegui agrees
"the story is the male fear of their own female side. That's fun to do and in this film we've got a gangster who's all guy and starts to turn into a woman. He can't accept his own feminine side coming out. Whereas the other guy ends up going with it."
When Saralegui turned in his first draft, it was a tight 80 pages which received praise and support from
Dread's Anthony DiBlasi and Barker.
"There's a movie called Possession [starring Sam Neil], and Barker said when he read it, that movie was on his mind."
If that film is any indication as to what's in store for
The Madonna, then we're in for one warped ride.
Comments
Posted by: Doctor Splatten on October 23, 2008 at 02:21:27
I just saw "The Midnight Meat Train" last Thursday, and I hope these next couple of adaptations live up to that movie!
Posted by: joe asylo on October 23, 2008 at 14:33:42
forget that this is something very transexual, and eerie. I mean really fear to be a girl, man what the heck this guys were drinking, i bet ya something that came from asia or worst japan.
Posted by: Paul on October 23, 2008 at 15:36:18
while it's cool as hell that theyre doing "The Madonna", the problem is that youre reporting it as a "Book of the Blood" story when actually it's from "In The Flesh"
Posted by: Dave on October 23, 2008 at 18:48:25
Paul, In the Flesh is the name of the American edition of that Book of Blood edition. In England the Books of Blood series were numbered one through six but a change in publishers resulted in the last three books being renamed for the the US market. The Madonna was originally published in Books of Blood: Volume Four.
I'm very excited to see The Madonna realized as a film. My favorite Books of Blood stories were the ones that dealt with monsters, transformation, or sexuality and this story had all three of those elements. Excellent news!
Posted by: Dave on October 23, 2008 at 19:42:14
Whoops! I meant to write that The Madonna was originally published in Books of Blood: Volume five in England.
I hope that the film is just surreal and has a kind of a natural style to it, because this story doesn't necessarily have scary moments. I recently re-read the story and I can really see this as being a good little film. I guess I'm just hoping for a general Cronenberg style weirdness to the proceedings.
Posted by: Bhazo on October 24, 2008 at 11:45:05
I'm pretty sure the Madonna has something to do with Barker's homosexuality. The fear of a man turning into a woman was probobly something he felt when first began to explore his feelings.
Posted by: iohndee on April 13, 2009 at 01:01:59
So it waslast october that we found out The Madonna was going to be adapted tofilm. Now its april of the next year ,and not one word about the progress. When can we expect the film? Will it be in theatres or dirrect to vid. Lets hear something...
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