All posts by José Armando Leitão


102: Frankenstein in Love

In Episode 102, Ryan, Rob and José talk about the theater play “Frankenstein In Love” from the December 1995 volume Incarnations, a play written in 1981 and produced by the Dog Company in 1982. We touch upon the origins of the Theatre du Grand Guignol and how it influenced a...READ MORE...

Collector’s Corner: Custom Nightbreed Figurines

Hello Friends: In this Collector’s Corner, we bring you the recent work of a big Nightbreed fan and member of the Occupy Midian group Jamie Braswell. He has made some amazing custom figurines of Reverend Ashberry, Aaron Boone and is working on a figurine of Peloquin (links to the original Occupy...READ MORE...

Wes Craven, 1939-2015

It’s with a sad heart that we at the @Barkercast bring you the news of Wes Craven’s passing this Sunday after a battle with brain cancer, at 76. From The Last House on the Left, to Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream and Music of the Heart —he was a genius...READ MORE...

The Clive Barker Society: Welcome Package

The first package from The Clive Barker Society is here. Straight from the Century Guild, I just received the ‘Welcome to the Family’, and I know other fans out there have as well. Following is the unboxing video: “Welcome to the Clive Barker Society! Because Clive prefers “enthusiasts” over the...READ MORE...

Clive Barker’s Origins: Salomé and The Forbidden

Hello Friends: This is a quick heads up to let you guys know that the new edition of Clive Barker’s early movies Salomé & The Forbidden was recently released on August 25th, and is now available on Amazon.com. This new release is titled “Clive Barker’s Origins – Salomé and The Forbidden”....READ MORE...


Lito Velasco’s A Beautiful Darkness: Score to LEVIATHAN

34 hours to go!!! The Leviathan documentary 3 DVD set was something all Hellraiser fans have been waiting for, for decades. It was informative, exhaustive and had fantastic production values. This happened thanks to crowdfunding using Kickstarter, and of course the tireless efforts of the team behind it. One of...READ MORE...

Review – Leviathan: Extras (Disc 3)

Hello Friends: By now, you’ve read the review of both disc one and two, here. Leviathan is a tremendous effort that spanned a few years of work and a successful Kickstarter and it accomplished nothing short of extraordinary. This is so far the definitive Hellraiser/Hellbound documentary that fans could ever...READ MORE...

Leviathan Unboxing

Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a feature length documentary uncovering the history, making of and unknown details of the making of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II films. For more info: http://www.leviathan-hellraiser.co.uk/

Old Episodes Now On YouTube

Hello Friends: Due to hosting limitations, a handful of older episodes of our podcast have been removed from the RSS feed, which includes iTunes, Stitcher and other places where you get your podcasts. However, they’re still available for streaming and download! We will be using our YouTube channel @Barkercast to start hosting...READ MORE...

Tuesday Tunes: History of the Devil by the Seeing Ear Theater

Hello Friends: This week we bring you the “History of the Devil” audio play produced by the Seeing  Ear Theater in 1999. This play was originally published in Incarnations: Three Plays in 1995 (click for Amazon link). In it,  Lucifer himself is brought to trial and, clue by clue, we piece together the...READ MORE...

Today is Nightbreed’s 25th Anniversary!

25 years ago this day, Nightbreed Premiered at the Cineplex Odeon Theaters in the United States. Happy Birthday, “Nightbreed“! As announced on Occupy Midian since October of last year, we had a synchronized event to watch Nightbreed around the world to celebrate the occasion and quite a few stopped by...READ MORE...

The Scarlet Gospels: Advance Review (Spoiler Free)

Hello Friends: It’s with great pleasure that I recently got an Advance Reader’s Edition of The Scarlet Gospels, the new long-awaited Clive Barker novel coming out on May 19th from St Martin’s Press; you can pre-order it from Macmillan, Amazon, and just recently it also became available for Special Pre-order at the...READ MORE...

Episode 90: Thomas Negovan Returns

Hello Friends: This Wednesday we talked to Thomas Negovan, founder of the Century Guild Museum and Art Gallery, current representatives of Clive Barker’s artwork. We talked about Fear This, the announcement of the optioning of Imajica as a one-season TV series by Josh Boone, the fantastic Clive Barker: IMAGINER Paintings & Drawings...READ MORE...