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Rob’s Five Favorite Cenobites Other than Pinhead!

Over the course of the Hellraiser franchise the filmmakers have given the fans some very interesting cenobite designs. Of course we all love Pinhead but what about some of the other cenobites? Don’t they deserve some love too? As you can see I’m very partial to the cenobites from Hellraiser:...READ MORE...

Review: The Scarlet Box
9.5

Review: The Scarlet Box

If 2014 was the year of Nightbreed, then 2015 has been the year of Hellraiser. First we saw the release of Clive Barker’s The Scarlet Gospels which was a wonderful send off to everyone’s favorite cenobite Pinhead. Then we were given the exhaustive and highly entertaining documentary Leviathan: The Story...READ MORE...

Review: Next Testament TPB Volume Three
10

Review: Next Testament TPB Volume Three

What’s the most disturbing book you’ve ever read? Clive Barker: That’s an easy one. The Bible. Religion has always played a big part in a lot Clive Barker’s work and The Next Testament is probably his most (at least to me) interesting take on the subject matter to date. He...READ MORE...

Review: Blood Red by Paul Kane – Rob Ridenour
9.5

Review: Blood Red by Paul Kane – Rob Ridenour

Paul Kane has become one of my favorite writers of late. I feel ashamed that I’ve come across his written work so late in the game, but like they say there’s no better time than the present. After reading his wonderful short story collection Monsters, I quickly followed that up...READ MORE...



Review: Monsters by Paul Kane – Rob Ridenour
10

Review: Monsters by Paul Kane – Rob Ridenour

To a new world of gods and monsters! To put it simply I’ve always loved monsters. From the first time I saw Boris Karloff in the 1931 classic Universal Studios monster-fest Frankenstein I was hooked and my obsession only grew from there. If anything was related to monsters I had...READ MORE...

Review : Blood Red by Paul Kane ~ Ryan Danhauser
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Review : Blood Red by Paul Kane ~ Ryan Danhauser

This may be a common thought among children, but in the story of Little Red Riding Hood, how did she not know right away that the wolf lying in the bed is not her grandmother?  Classically depicted as a wolf in a bonnet, this story makes you wonder if Red...READ MORE...

Tuesday Tunes: Christopher Young’s “The Hellbound Heart”

Hello Friends: Christopher Young‘s “The Hellbound Heart” is lightning in a bottle; it’s one of those compositions that crosses that line that separates music and feeling, and fuzzies the boundaries entirely. It starts with this mellifluous, smoky flute fantasy that ties us up in ethereal knots and carries us into...READ MORE...

Review of the Famous Surgeon Scene

“If they’ve got the negative you know I’m sure they’ll put it on some Bluray extra sometime somewhere, and then you too will be able to say to everybody,”Yeah it was crap.” – Peter Atkins After watching the deleted ‘Surgeon Scene’ from Hellbound: Hellraiser II I can see why writer Peter Atkins...READ MORE...

Beyond the Limits: 37 Nightmares

For this edition of Beyond the Limits I wanted to take a look at the painting by Clive Barker entitled, 37 Nightmares. I usually try to get some deep introspection when I examine one of Clive’s paintings, but for this one it’s obvious that Barker only wants to scare the crap...READ MORE...

Beautiful New Artwork for Sale at RealCliveBarker.Com

I wanted to make an official post for our site for all the fantastic original artwork RealCliveBarker has been posting on the official Clive Barker Facebook page. These new pieces touch on all the themes I love most by about Clive’s art: Monsters, darkness, life, death, and most importantly the...READ MORE...

Retro Review: The Midnight Meat Train
8.5

Retro Review: The Midnight Meat Train

I’ve always been fascinated and disturbed by the underground subway train systems. It’s a subterranean world that holds many mysteries, dark secrets, and legends. Clive Barker’s short story, The Midnight Meat Train (from his Books of Blood collection) is a brutal and unflinching look into such a world. What I...READ MORE...

Keep up the Great Work RealCliveBarker Crew!!!

The relaunch of Clive Barker’s official store has been nothing short of spectacular! I check it everyday to see what new merchandise they have added. What I’ve enjoyed the most is that they’re making out of print titles available again. I recently bought a copy of Clive Barker’s First Tales...READ MORE...

The Famous Surgeon Scene Has Been Found!

As I was looking over the specs for Arrow Video’s massive Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box bluray box set, one particular feature on the Hellbound: Hellraiser II disc instantly caught my eye. •Surgeon Scene – the home video world premiere of this legendary, never before-seen excised sequence from Hellbound, sourced from a...READ MORE...