Last Call option

For all aspiring horror novel writers (like myself), it’s always nice to hear when one has a shot at being adapted into a movie. I feel that most horror novels kind of have an “automatic appeal” towards the cinema because I’m guessing that at least part of the novelists’ inspirations come from certain scary films (at least mine do). Anyways, the latest lucky book in talks to transfer to the big screen is THE LONG LAST CALL by John Skipp. Apparently, ModernCine (HEADSPACE, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, OFFSPRING) are currently in talks with the author. The strange, yet enticing plot reads like this:

The story deals with a group of people at closing time at a Midwestern strip club. As they’re about to call it a night “he” comes strolling in – a well-dressed stranger with a briefcase full of cash to spend. This is no normal customer, and his money is a bit unusual too. Every dollar he spends stirs up a bit more hatred, a little more repressed rage in whomever he gives it to. The night passes, pressure builds, and the stranger just smiles. He knows it’s just a matter of time before all of his blood-drenched plans fulfilled.

So we get some gory mayhem at a strip club, huh? FROM DUSK TILL DAWN or ZOMBIE STRIPPERS, anyone? Though I’m betting that LAST CALL won’t be featuring any vampires or zombies… but I could be wrong. However, does it really matter as long as there are strippers? Sounds like there be some potential. I just hope it doesn’t take a long f*cking time to get to the action (I’ll categorize pole-dancing under “action” as well).