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...
Tag Archives: Books of Blood
Hello Everyone, On this week’s edition of Clive Barker Podcast’s Scene of the Week, we’re taking a ride on The Midnight Meat Train, a movie which I believe is one of the better film adaptations from Clive’s famous short story collections, The Books of Blood. Unlike films such as Dread...READ MORE...
Hello Everyone, A new short story collection called Below the Stairs: Tales from the Cellar is coming out and will feature Clive Barker’s Books of Blood story Hell’s Event. Friend of the Podcast and editor Steve Dillon is putting the book together which will also feature stories from such classic horror authors like...READ MORE...
Hello Friends: It seems Rawhead Rex is getting a new 4K restoration! Kino Lorber Studio Classics just announced that Rawhead Rex will be coming out this Fall in time for Halloween, on “Special Edition” DVD and Blu-ray. Personally, I think this is a less than stellar adaptation of a Clive Barker script,...READ MORE...
In the mood for some serious meat by Clive Barker? The Tell Tale Heart Inaugural Group Art Show and Grand Opening will be premiering a series of original oil paintings inspired by his famous Books of Blood short story The Midnight Meat Train. Other well known artists such as Hellboy creator...READ MORE...
The third annual Sci-Fest is once again going to be holding one act plays and one of them is going to be The Books of Blood fan favorite The Yattering and Jack. The story is being adapted by writer Matt.Murray. For those unfamiliar with the story it concerns demon from Hell...READ MORE...
Over at Revelations Facebook page they’ve shared some wonderful news that should make all French fans of Clive Barker very happy. In April the French Publisher Bragelonne will re-release Clive Barker’s first volume of his classic horror series The Books of Blood. We don’t have an actual release date but as soon...READ MORE...
Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we’re opened, we’re red. – Clive Barker Over at the official Revelations Facebook page they’ve shared that the German publisher Nikol Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG will be putting out a new hardback edition of the first three volumes of Clive Barker’s famous Books of Blood. I’ve very happy that...READ MORE...
Hello Friends: We recently got a message from Jaspar over at Bad Trip Studios, letting us know that their short film “The Body Politic” has been released. You can watch it on their website or directly on YouTube, but we recommend you check out their website for some extra behind...READ MORE...
Hello Friends: This time we have for you a teaser trailer for a short by Bad Trip Films based on The Body Politic short story from the Books of Blood. We were sent this video by Pat Bird just one hour ago, and think it looks really promising. Keep an...READ MORE...
The popular horror site Fangoria.com talked with filmmaker Steven Hoban (Christmas Horror) of Copperheart Entertainment at this past summer’s Fantasia festival about some upcoming projects he’s currently working and two of them are Clive Barker related! Here’s what he had to say: “There’s a Clive Barker story, ‘The Yattering and Jack,’...READ MORE...
The dead have highways, running through the wasteland behind our lives, bearing an endless traffic of departed souls. They can be heard in the broken places of our world, through cracks made out of cruelty, violence, and depravity. They have sign posts, these highways, and crossroads and intersections. And it...READ MORE...
While looking over the new and improved Clive Barker Store (awesome relaunch!) this banner caught my eye. Yes that’s right, it appears the Madefire Books of Blood motion comics are returning this fall! And as you can see from the banner we’re going to be taking a horrifying ride on The Midnight Meat...READ MORE...
Over at the Revelations Facebook page they shared a wicked new poster for Nightbreed by Printed In Blood that’s being sold at this year’s Long Beach Comic Con. The artwork was done by the popular and very talented Tim Bradstreet who worked on the graphic novel adaptation of Clive Barker’s...READ MORE...
Over at Revelations Facebook page they’ve revealed the cover image for the Dark Regions Press upcoming release of Clive Barker’s The Body Book, which will feature two Books of Blood stories dealing with the body and flesh. The stories will be The Body Politic and In the Flesh which aren’t my favorite...READ MORE...