Grady Hendrix’s novel, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, pits housewives against a vicious vampire with heart, charm, and humor. Per Deadline, a comedic series adaptation is now in the works at HBO.
The project was initially announced under Amazon four years ago but has now moved to the Warner Bros. Discovery premium network without Patrick Moran’s PKM Productions’ involvement.
Author Grady Hendrix will pen the series alongside “The Righteous Gemstones” duo Danny McBride (Halloween 2018) and Edi Patterson. Hendrix, McBride and Patterson will exec produce, alongside Brandon James for McBride’s Rough House. Quirk Books, which published the novel, will also have an exec producer credit.
Here’s the full plot rundown for the book:
“Housewife Patricia Campbell’s life has never felt smaller. The one thing she has to look forward to is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime and paperback fiction. At these meetings, they’re as likely to talk about the Manson family murders as they are to discuss marriage, motherhood, and neighborhood gossip. This predictable pattern is upended when Patricia meets James Harris, a handsome stranger who moves into the neighborhood to take care of his elderly aunt and ends up joining the book club. James is sensitive and well-read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasn’t felt in twenty years. But there’s something off about him.
When local children go missing, Patricia and the book club members start to suspect James is more of a Bundy than a Beatnik—but no one outside of the book club believes them. Have they read too many true crime books, or have they invited a monster into their homes?”
The book, which was published in May 2021, is described as “Steel Magnolias meets Dracula.”
Hendrix is the author of over a dozen books including My Best Friend’s Exorcism, which was adapted for film by Prime Video in 2022, and, more recently, How to Sell a Haunted House, which also as an adaptation on the way from Ghost House Pictures.
Stay tuned for additional details as they arrive.
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