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Halloween Bonus Episode 3: Jerry’s Left Hand

Welcome to the Clive Barker Podcast, Halloween Bonus Episode 2!  If you remember around the height of Occupy Midian feaver in 2014, Dark Delicacies was putting together a compilation of Nightbreed stories called Midian Unmade. There were many stories that did not get accepted into the book, but what’s more Nightbreed than...READ MORE...

Halloween Bonus Episode 2 : Pete Atkins “Moontown”

The Clive Barker Podcast presents a special feature, for BarkerCast Halloween October. In Part II we have a special guest, author Peter Atkins, reading from his 2008 novel “Moontown”. Happy Halloween and enjoy. Show Notes Music: Cinematic Logo 08 by TaigaSoundProd LPete Atkins’ BlogThe Rolling Darkness RevueFacebook Audio Version

BarkerCast Halloween Special 1

Credits Text and narration by Jose Leitao. Credits: Cinematic Logo 08 by TaigaSoundProd Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8343-cinematic-logo-08 License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Movement Proposition by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4088-movement-proposition License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Ghost Story by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3805-ghost-story License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Ice And Snow by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5317-ice-and-snow- License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Mournful Cinematic Background by MusicLFiles...READ MORE...


Shadow Writer: The RPG!

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...

Barker Briefs! On IGTV

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...

All The Versions of Nightbreed Explained – Update

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...

Beyond The Limits: The Shaman/The Metaphysics of Light, Wisdom & Sound

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...

Film Review: BOOK OF MONSTERS

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...

Barkercast Presents: Coil’s Pleasure and Pain

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...

Tuesday Tunes: “Yet To Come”

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...

Beyond the Limits: “Boner” (Adults Only)

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...


Barkercast Presents: Danny Stewart’s Bride for a Candyman

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...