INFERNAL - The novel - by Eric Mathis

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The official novelization of the multi-award-winning and totally insane film INfernal! 

INFERNAL is a brutal horror novel about humiliation, rage, and what happens when powerless people decide they are done being powerless.

Eric is thirty-two, broke, stuck in a dying town, and drowning in resentment. He is beaten down by bullies, ignored by authority, and treated like garbage by everyone with even a shred of power. After a public humiliation that finally snaps something inside him, Eric decides he is done being the one who gets pissed on by the world.

Alongside his friends Mikey and Tiretool, two equally reckless men spiraling through addiction, denial, and arrested adulthood, Eric stumbles across a rare vinyl record rumored to summon the devil. The record is drenched in occult symbols, surrounded by urban legends, and allegedly responsible for unspeakable violence. Only 666 copies exist. The warning signs are obvious.

They buy it anyway.

What begins as mockery and curiosity quickly turns real. The ritual works. Something ancient and cruel answers. Reality bends, violence escalates, and the town begins to bleed. Death arrives without meaning or fairness, striking the innocent and the guilty alike. The devil does not offer wishes. He offers consequences.

As the body count rises, the characters are forced to confront who they are beneath the bravado, misogyny, and jokes. Their friendships fracture. Their excuses collapse. Each choice tightens the trap. Power is no longer abstract. It has rules. And the price for it is exact.

Adapted from Eric Mathis’s original screenplay, INFERNAL is an unflinching descent into rage, class resentment, addiction, and moral decay. It blends extreme horror, pitch-black comedy, and satanic folklore into a story that refuses redemption arcs or comforting lessons. This is not a tale about heroes. It is about people who invite hell in because they believe they deserve more than the world has given them.

Violent, profane, and deliberately confrontational, INFERNAL is a story about damnation that is not accidental, but earned.