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Clive Barker Podcast’s Scene of the Week

To celebrate the announcement of the impending 4K release of the original Candyman on bluray by Arrow Video, I thought I’d do a Clive Barker Podcast’s Scene of the Week from the movie. I’ve chosen the haunting scene where Professor Philip Purcell recounts the story of how Daniel Robitaille becomes...READ MORE...

Texas Alamo Drafthouse Screening of ‘Hellraiser’

The first time I saw Hellraiser it was on a terrible VHS copy that was muddled with horrible tracking lines. Most of the beautiful visuals for the movie were lost, but at least all the gory makeup effects by Image Animation I could still see. Thankfully the story was so...READ MORE...

Tuesday Tunes: Shock: ‘Dynamo Beat’

For this Tuesday Tunes I wanted to share a song by the group Shock called ‘Dynamo Beat’ who actress Barbie Wilde (Female Cenobite) from Hellbound: Hellraiser II was involved with earlier in her career. I especially love the music and visual style of this video. All the costumes and makeup are...READ MORE...

Review: The Hellbound Heart by Bafflegab Productions
9.5

Review: The Hellbound Heart by Bafflegab Productions

Like opening Lemarchand’s configuration, I didn’t have a full understanding of what I was getting into.  This is not an audiobook, it’s a full-blown audio drama.  This means that though it is extremely faithful to the story, it is an adaptation by Paul Kane. There is no narration because the...READ MORE...

Pinhead Is Coming to Dead By Daylight!

Our friendly nameless source has once again shared with us some exciting news. Clive Barker’s iconic character Pinhead will be making his video game debut on the popular online survival horror game Dead By Daylight! He also says that an all new survivor (Kirsty or Tiffany anyone?) and original map...READ MORE...



The Cabal Cut Review
10

The Cabal Cut Review

Big things always have small beginnings. Little did anyone know that this conversation between podcast co-founder Ryan Danhauser and Nightbreed actors Anne Bobby and Craig Sheffer at the 2012 Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, NC would create horror movie history. AB: And you know what? Honestly, I think one of...READ MORE...


The Clive Barker Podcast Blog Reaches 1000 Posts!

Before we got involved with Occupy Midian, we were a Podcast and a Blog.  This blog began its life in December 2011 as an idea I got after spending several hours hanging out at the signing table with Clive Barker an Mark Miller at Texas Frightmare Weekend, in 2011 (I...READ MORE...



Hellraiser Film Series Needs to Find New Home

When I was writing full time for the podcast a few years ago it seemed the Hellraiser remake was on the fast track to actually becoming a reality. This was coming off the hot heels of the newly released director’s cut of Nightbreed, which was garnering a lot of excellent...READ MORE...

Happy Birthday Clive Barker!!!

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...

Review: Hellraiser The Toll (Spoiler Free)
8.5

Review: Hellraiser The Toll (Spoiler Free)

Clive Barker fans know, and hopefully have made peace with the fact the he will never follow every thread, write every sequel or even finish every book or story he’s begun. Thankfully, we have Mark Miller and his awesome team at Seraphim Films / Seraphim Ink, to help us fill...READ MORE...