Seraphim Films and Matador Pictures’ goal is to release two movies a year from Clive Barker’s Books of Blood. They are already working on Dread and producer Jorge Saralegui told Shocktilyoudrop.com that he just wrote the script for The Madonna.

“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.”

Co-producer Joe Daley described The Madonna as a “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.”

Word is Barker read the script and liked it, comparing it to the 1981 film Possession starring Sam Neill.

Newer Clive Barker enthusiast may want to check out Rawhead Red from 1986, Tales From the Darkside Volume #5 featuring The Yattering and Jack, and of course the upcoming Midnight Meat Train.

** Picture is from Clive Barker’s cover painting for Books of Blood, Volume 3 – 1985 via Clivebarker.info