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Happy Birthday to Tony Todd!

Hello Friends: It’s Tony Todd’s birthday today! I remember my first time seeing him on the silver screen was in Platoon as Sgt. Warren, Candyman and of course The Crow back when it came out in the theater— he killed in a black suit, goatee and glasses as Grange, Top Dollar’s...READ MORE...

Happy 31st, HELLRAISER!

Hello Friends: 31 years ago, The Prince Charles Cinema hosted a charity premiere of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser. The very next day it would hit cinemas in the UK. The US would have to wait an extra week to see the cenobites fill the screen as mysterious apparitions in an empty room with...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...

Lord of Illusions Turns 22 Today!

Hello Friends: Remember the first time you saw Lord of Illusions? August 25, 1995 was when it first premiered in the United States. My country Portugal, would have to wait for a single video premiere some time later in January of 1997. I think I saw it as a rental....READ MORE...

Happy Birthday Nightbreed!

All of us here at the Podcast would like to send our warm birthday wishes to Clive Barker’s monster masterpiece Nightbreed which turns twenty-six today. Of course a lot has changed since its original theatrical run. The big difference is that Clive Barker was finally able to see the release of...READ MORE...

Happy Birthday Clive Barker!!!

Here at the @Barkercast, we’d like to wish Clive Barker a Happy Birthday! With a career spanning decades, millions of books sold, hundreds (possibly thousands) of paintings done, he’s a true Artist, Filmmaker, Author, Playwright, Painter, a true Renaissance man with a finger in every pie. He’s brought the Worlds...READ MORE...