Originally posted by Adrift
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That sounds like something a younger Clive Barker would do. Sounds like a lot of fun! I was 12 when the first film came out, so the only thing I remember about it were the cutouts at the local video shop when it eventually went to video. When I started my horror phase in 91 or 92 I couldn't get my hands on enough Barker. He was my favorite author, and I loved the first two Hellraiser films. Unnecessary is a fair criticism, but that's true with a lot of horror. I feel he toned it down a bit for the sequel, which, again, was more fantasy than horror. I actually like the second film better than the first. They all go down hill with three. The short stories you're referring to are probably the ones that were collected into the Books of Blood series. I watched every film that he was associated with that I could get my hands on, including his earlier Transmutations and Rawhead Rex. I think I slowed down on reading his stuff with Sacrament. I rarely read fiction at all anymore, but I would like to check out The Scarlet Gospel which is supposed to be a show down between Pinhead and Harry D'Amour. I'd still love to watch a film based on his book Weaveworld which told the story of an entire civilization living between the complex weave of an Oriental Rug.
Barker's a different man today. Have you seen his interviews in his home art studio where he discusses his paintings? They're on YouTube.
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