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Cracking open more than one of Clive Barker’s Books of Blood on film

I’m not the ideal person to speak to the quality of Clive Barker adaptations because I’m not a fan of his writing, so I’m just going to look at these two on their merits as movies. I’ll say from the … Continue reading

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EEK! He’s got an axe!

It’s time for an axe massacre double feature! I take on the cheesy slasher Jack the Reaper and the deeper Dread, based on a Clive Barker story. JACK THE REAPER (2011) Jack the Reaper is one of those flicks you … Continue reading

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Rawhead Rex…the Clive Barker monster movie!

The 1986 flick Rawhead Rex ranks up there with Q: The Winged Serpent as one of the most awesome cheesy monster movies of the 80s! It may be written by Clive Barker, but that doesn’t stop it from being fun. … Continue reading

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The horror down under. In the subways, that is…

One of the most disturbing urban legends is of the once human, now mostly demented people who supposedly live in the never explored caverns and tunnels of the underground subway and train systems. You could say it’s a breeding ground … Continue reading

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My life has gone to Hellraiser….

I was never particularly a hardcore fan of the Hellraiser series. I could never remember anything that happened in the films right after seeing them, which is usually a clear sign that a movie didn’t give me any fright delight. … Continue reading

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A Barker cult favorite…but this barker has no bite…

The 1990 film Nightbreed is one that originally didn’t hold my interest when it came out on VHS. Released right after a great decade of horror films, it was one of many 90s movies that attempted to be anything but … Continue reading

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