For Immediate Release: Distant Grey Gaming and Philip J. Bedingfield have teamed up with bestselling and award-winning author Paul Kane (Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, Before, Arcana) to bring you: Shadow Writer, The RPG! Based on the popular story of the same name and the mythology of the ‘Order of the Shadows’, this will be...READ MORE...
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Hello Friends, Happy Halloween! Recently, Catalina Querida from Little Spark Films has put her video editor and out-of-work burlesque performer skills to work by entertaining Clive Barker fans, reading selected stories from The Books of Blood while wearing lingerie, in front of an impressive collection of shelves filled with Horror...READ MORE...
If you’re confused, or thought the Cabal Cut was the same thing as the Director’s Cut, or maybe you saw the Italian version of Nightbreed was called “Cabal” and that confused you, we’ve got you covered! For a full history of Nightbreed, check out Jose’s feature about Nightbreed that he...READ MORE...
When the five bright Wisdom-Lights are shining here, May recognition come without dread and without awe; When the divine bodies of the Peaceful and the Wrathful are shining here; May the assurance of fearlessness be obtained and the Bardo be recognized. When, by the power of evil karma, misery is...READ MORE...
Book of Monsters, the follow up to the vastly underrated Lovecraftian horror film The Creature Below, sees writer Paul Butler and director Stewart Sparke take another stab at small-budget, grand-theme horror. This time, however, the duo abandoned the psychological and existential dread that was the driving force of their previous work for something a bit...READ MORE...
As many “Hellraiser” fans know the experimental/post industrial band Coil was originally set to compose the score for the first film. They actually composed some interesting cues and I’ve always wanted to hear their music edited over the movie in some capacity to hear how their music would’ve driven the...READ MORE...
For this Tuesday Tunes I wanted to share an inspiring song from The Last Movie Star called “Yet To Come” written and sung by the Nashville duo known as Stranger Friends (John Martin and Jamie Floyd) who provided most of the music for the film. The song plays over the final...READ MORE...
It’s been awhile since I’ve done a Beyond the Limits feature where I take piece of Clive Barker artwork and examine and talk about how it affects me. Today I look at the painting “Boner” which pokes some fun at both sex and death. The image is an oil on...READ MORE...
“To Clayton. Friend?” “Friend?” The theme of friendship is what makes Bill Codon’s powerful drama Gods and Monsters such a emotional experience. The film follows the fictionalized final days of director James Whales life as he closely develops a relationship with his gardener named Clay Boone. What makes the movie...READ MORE...
Our names will be written on a thousand walls. Our crimes told and retold by our faithful believers. We shall die together in front of their very eyes and give them something to be haunted by. Come with me and be immortal. – Candyman Actor and producer Danny Stewart has...READ MORE...
In the fall of 1992, the world was introduced to a new horror movie by the name of Candyman. Based upon the wonderful Clive Barker short story “The Forbidden”, Candyman has become a true classic among the horror elite thanks to Bernard Rose’s inspired directing, great performances from its main...READ MORE...
Hello Friends: It’s Tony Todd’s birthday today! I remember my first time seeing him on the silver screen was in Platoon as Sgt. Warren, Candyman and of course The Crow back when it came out in the theater— he killed in a black suit, goatee and glasses as Grange, Top Dollar’s...READ MORE...
As a fan of Clive Barker, I’m overjoyed to see him slowly introducing himself back into fan circles. It’s been far too long. I think this year’s “Texas Frightmare Weekend”really showed him that the fans do miss him. Not only that, but as a horror community in general, we love...READ MORE...
Being a fan of Hellraiser: Bloodline, I’ve always longed to see Kevin Yagher’s original director’s cut that he showed to Dimension Films before he exited the project. Over the years many fans believed that his version was lost when former Dimension Films head Bob Weinstein wanted to rework the film into...READ MORE...
Welcome to Tuesday Tunes! Soulfly has a new album, Ritual with a Clive Barker and Cenobite-inspired song, called “Dead Behind the Eyes”. I like it all right, but I haven’t been following Soulfly since their second album or so, and I love Sepultura’s Chaos AD. In an article in Metal...READ MORE...