All posts by José Armando Leitão


@Barkercast Interviews Joe Manco about “The Torturer”

Hello Friends: In this special video interview for YouTube, the @BarkerCast Interviews Joe Manco about “The Torturer” short film, now crowdfunding on IndieGogo. This film’s story was written by Shadow Writer Paul Kane, and first published in the “Nailbiters” anthology (released February 2017) and is also currently being turned into...READ MORE...

Deep From The Vaults #02: Coenobium Magazine

Hello Friends: Are you a Hellraiser fan? Remember COENOBIUM? If you do, great – you have some cool issues, but if you don’t, you missed out on a big part of the Hellraiser fandom that went on for 9+ years in the Hellraiser community!.. COENOBIUM came to life as an...READ MORE...

Clive Barker Announced for Days of the Dead Chicago 2018

Days of the Dead‘s the Facebook page just announced Clive Barker will attend this year’s event, November 16th-18th @ the Chicago Schaumburg Marriott. Plan your calendars accordingly. We’ll stay tuned and see how this evolves. Similarly to what happened with Texas Frightmare Weekend, Clive will also be designing an original...READ MORE...

Cover for Paul Kane’s “Hellraisers” Book Revealed!

Hello Friends: Today Paul Kane revealed that his next Hellraiser book, chock-full of interviews with a good deal of the relevant figures in the Hellraiser movie franchise, “Hellraisers” officially has a cover:   So, ladies & gents, welcome to the fold Hellraiser book #4 😀 pic.twitter.com/1fLMzSBFIv — Paul Kane (@PaulKaneShadow)...READ MORE...

Book Trailer for Paul Kane’s Servants of Hell!

Hello Friends: Little Spark Films is a production team based out of Dallas that’s been making cool music videos, shorts, and shots since 2013. You can find their Vimeo channel here, and their Facebook page here. Their latest production is a book trailer for Paul Kane‘s Sherlock Holmes and the...READ MORE...

Morgan Creek Rebrand & Reboots Announced!

Deadline Hollywood just posted an exclusive announcement that Morgan Creek is going through a rebranding process and changing its name to Morgan Creek Entertainment Group. Not only that, but it’s preparing to renew their efforts into developing across multiple platforms at least 7 of their properties, including Ace Ventura, Major League,...READ MORE...

Paul Kane’s “Hellraisers” Book Update

Hello Friends: Today author Paul Kane (The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy, Hellbound Hearts, Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell) did a #HorrorLounge “Clive Barker Chat” on Facebook for friends only, and I asked him for a quick update on the interview book “Hellraisers” that we’ve been following on...READ MORE...

Clive Barker Store Merch Halloween Extravaganza!

Hello Friends: The good people at Seraphim sent us here at the @BarkerCast some preview images of merchandise about to drop on the RealCliveBarker.com Store! It’s a lot of stuff that caters to all fans, an extremely diversified basket of collectible goodies that will also make for some really cool...READ MORE...


Happy Birthday Clive Barker!!!

Today’s Clive Barker‘s Birthday! Born in 1952 in Liverpool, Merseyside, Clive grew up creating stories for his toys, making little movies with them and repainting the wallpaper with watercolors when things went wrong with the monster spitting fire at the plastic men. He was entertained by the spooky tales his...READ MORE...


BFI Halloween Screening of “Hellraiser”+Chris Figg Q&A

Hello Friends: Today’s heads up is for yet another Hellraiser screening in the wake of its 30th anniversary, this time at the NFT1 auditorium of  the British Film Institute (BFI) this upcoming Halloween, October 31st! Hellraiser (30th Anniversary screening) + Q&A with producer Christopher Figg A Chinese puzzle box opens a...READ MORE...

Collector’s Corner: Cast-Signed Leviathan Poster

On this Collector’s Corner we have a pretty impressive cast-signed poster that belongs to Danny Stewart‘s Hellraiser collection. He was a backer/co-executive producer for the LEVIATHAN Documentary, and lives just outside London.       He’s acted in a few short films and one of his latest characters was as “the Gimp”...READ MORE...

Scene of the Week: “The Droolies”

If you own a copy of Clive Barker: The Art of Horror, you’re in luck. If you don’t, (it’s a pretty rare VHS documentary) you’re in luck too! The SeraphimInc Channel on YouTube has a lot of content you can watch, featuring Clive Barker in all sorts of documentaries and TV...READ MORE...

“Leviathan” Doc Companion Book Unboxing

Hello Friends: It’s finally here! It was another day of 100 degree temperatures in Arizona, and I was celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Hellraiser, reading stuff and watching clips from The Scarlet Box, when I heard a knock at the door. There was no one there when I opened it, all...READ MORE...