Come Meet The Dead Of Night
Author Clive Barker is well-known for creating the Hellraiser mythology and adapting those stories into feature films, yet one of his other beloved projects is his feature film adaptation Nightbreed, based on his short-story collection Cabal.
The collection is now being adapted into a TV series for SYFY.
As described by Deadline, the collection of short stories –
“explores race relations in America, only the races are Humans and Monsters. It follows a group of underground half-human/half-monsters seeking to find a new refuge and home after their original hiding place is destroyed. Leading these efforts is a recently turned reluctant hero who not only is adjusting to his new supernatural status but also is dealing with the grief and mystery surrounding the death of his fiancée. Will this group band together despite being hunted and persecuted by humans who find their ‘otherness’ to be frightening?”
Barker will serve as an executive producer on the series alongside James G. Robinson, David Robinson and Barbara Wall for Morgan Creek and Barker and Mark Miller via Seraphim Films.
At the time of its release, the film was a commercial and critical failure. In several interviews, Barker protested that the film company tried to sell it as a standard slasher film, and that the powers-that-be had no real working knowledge of Nightbreed’s story.
Since its initial theatrical release, Nightbreed has achieved cult status.
We’ll give you more as we hear it.
