Clive Barker is Down With Satan

By George 'El Guapo' Roush on July 3, 2008

IGN broke the news today that Clive Barker is working on a big screen adaptation of his four page short story Down, Satan!

As explained on IGN, The parable-style tale tells the story of a wealthy businessman named Gregorious who wakes one day to find God absent from his life. Driven to madness by depression and loss, Gregorious tempts the Lord by constructing a Hell on Earth – or, New Hell – in service to the Devil, hoping that the Lord would intervene. But as the torture chambers fill and the Devil refuses to show himself, Greogrious must confront his idea of faith.

But Clive is getting some help from IGN's own Christopher Monfette, who is the editor of their DVD section.

"For the past several months, I've been in the unique and incredibly humbling position of working alongside Clive on this adaptation," says Monfette. "He's proven such a supportive and open collaborator that it's been both a challenge and an honor to play around in this decidedly horrific sandbox."

Click HERE to read the rest of the article. I wonder who they'd cast. I don't know why, but for some reason I can see Adam Sandler as the lead. But I'm a heavy drinker.

Click the picture below to be taken to Clive's official website that has more information on the story and his other projects.

Source:IGN

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• ANIMATED SHORT FILM BASED ON DOWN SATAN! Tue Aug 05 at 00:27 EST

  Hi, searching around the web, I have found a very cool an interesting animated adaptation of this history. An Argentine Animation Studio, produced and named it Clive Barker Abajo Satán. Here is the link to watch it: http://www.pixel-ar.com.ar (the short film is in the audiovisual link in the site or in the homepage, in news “novedades”, the third one.

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