New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden‘s The House of Last Resort has been optioned by Michael B. Jordan‘s Outlier Society for feature film development.
Golden, who has history adapting for feature film having done so alongside Mike Mignola for Hellboy: The Crooked Man, will adapt The House of Last Resort for the film. In addition to Jordan, Elizabeth Raposo will produce for Outlier Society, alongside Golden and Pete Donaldson of Donaldson Media.
Christopher is a Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award-winner writer of such novels as The House of Last Resort, Road of Bones (which was also recently optioned), Ararat, All Hallows and more. His most recently novel The Night Birds hits bookstores everywhere on May 6, 2025 from St. Martin’s Press.
In addition to his novel work, Golden has written a number of comics like Mortal Terror, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hellboy, Frankenstein: New World, Sons of Anarchy, The Punisher, The Crow, and more. With Mignola, he is the co-creator of the Outerverse comic book universe, including such series as Baltimore, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Lady Baltimore.
Golden has also received attention for his work in the audio drama medium with Hellboy and co-writing and co-directing Slayers: A Buffyverse Story with Amber Benson.
About The House of Last Resort
Across Italy, there are many half-empty towns, nearly abandoned by those who migrate to the coast or to cities. The beautiful, crumbling hilltop town of Becchina is among them, but its mayor has taken drastic measures to rebuild—selling abandoned homes to anyone in the world for a single Euro, as long as the buyer promises to live there for at least five years. It’s a no-brainer for American couple Tommy and Kate Puglisi. Both work remotely, and Becchina is the home of Tommy’s grandparents, his closest living relatives.
It feels like a romantic adventure, an opportunity the young couple would be crazy not to seize. But from the moment they move in, they both feel a shadow has fallen on them. Tommy’s grandmother is furious, even a little frightened, when she realizes which house they’ve bought.
There are rooms in an annex at the back of the house that they didn’t know were there. The place makes strange noises at night, locked doors are suddenly open, and when they go to a family gathering, they’re certain people are whispering about them, and about their house, which one neighbor refers to as The House of Last Resort. Soon, they learn that the home was owned for generations by the Church, but the real secret, and the true dread, is unlocked when they finally learn what the priests were doing in this house for all those long years…and how many people died in the strange chapel inside.
While down in the catacombs beneath Becchina…something stirs.
