Exhibitions: Barker's paintings and drawings have appeared at Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY, 1993 South Coast Plaza branch, Laguna Art Museum, Costa Mesa, CA, 1995 and Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, 2002.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Two British Fantasy awards from British Fantasy Society World Fantasy Award for best anthology/collection from World Fantasy Convention, 1985, for Clive Barker's Books of Blood Bram Stoker Award, Horror Writers Association, 2004, for Days of Magic, Nights of War. Executive producer of films, including Hellbound: Hell-raiser II, 1989, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, 1992, Candyman, 1992, Candyman II: Farewell to the Flesh, 1995, and Gods and Monsters, 1998. Director of short films, including Salome, 1973, and The Forbidden, 1978 director of feature-length films, including Hellraiser, 1987, Nightbreed, 1990, Lord of Illusions, 1995, and Tortured Souls, 2004. Founder of Dog Company (theatre group) and Seraphim Productions (producer of Barker's novels, films, plays, CD-ROMs, comic books, and paintings). Office-Stealth Press, 128 East Grant St., 4th Fl., Lancaster, PA 17602-2854.ĬAREER: Illustrator, painter, actor, playwright, screenwriter, and author. Education: Received degree from University of Liverpool.ĪDDRESSES: Home- Los Angeles, CA.

Watch the full trailer below.PERSONAL: Born 1952, in Liverpool, England son of Len (dock worker) and Joan (nurse) Barker children: Nicole. In the final act, Yul Vazquez plays contract killer named Bennett whose final job pits him opposite a supernatural force the likes of which he has never seen.īooks of Blood premieres on HULU October 7th. Jenna suffers from misphonia (a condition where someone is chronically sensitive to sound) and ultimately finds refuge in the wrong house. The second act focuses on a young runaway in Jenna, played by Britt Robertson. Simon makes claim to being able to connect with her son as a medium. Things get especially interesting when she meets Simon, played by Rafi Gavron. The first act features Anna Friel as a psychologist grieving the loss of her 7-year old son. The film stars Britt Robertson, Rafi Gavron, Anna Friel, Yul Vazquez, and Freda Foh Shen and is produced by Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins, Alana Kleiman, Brian Witten, Jeff Kwatinetz, Josh Barry, Barker and Adam Simon, as well as the film’s director, Brannon Braga. Arranged similar to acts in a play, the film will showcase three individual stories all dealing with horrors of the supernatural.

Streaming giant HULU has shared the first look at the upcoming feature film inspired by three of Barker’s six initial Books of Blood vignettes.

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