Clive Barker
Repulsive Beauty: The Attraction to Monsters in the Films of Clive Barker
When Clive Barker first burst onto the scene with The Books of Blood, he changed the landscape of horror. The industry had never seen a style or, more importantly, an imagination quite like his. Consi...
Seven Less Popular Clive Barker Creations That Deserve the Feature Film Treatment
It’s been a few years since we’ve seen a film adaptation of Clive Barker’s work. That’s unfortunate, because he is and always has been one of the best storytellers in the b...
Why Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh is a Much Better Sequel Than You’d Expect
Candyman might honestly go down as one of the best horror films of all time. It’s certainly one of the very best of its decade. It starts with such a simple premise—basically the most st...
Script to Pieces: Clive Barker’s Tortured Souls
Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes...
Script to Pieces: Jay and Silent Bob Meet Pinhead
Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes...
Why We Need Better Day of the Dead Movies Than Candyman 3
I really liked the idea that, following Candyman, the sequels would take place on a different holiday, and a culturally specific one at that. Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh took place during Mardi Gr...
Script to Pieces: Hellraiser: Hellfire
Welcome to Script to Pieces! This is a new feature here at Wicked Horror where we will be looking at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. S...
Script to Pieces: The Unmade Candyman Sequel (That was also The Midnight Meat Train)
Clive Barker has had excellent luck with film adaptations, as I pointed out in a recent article. Candyman is possibly the second best adaptation after Hellraiser. The Midnight Meat Train is one of the...
Why Horror Literature Is Suffering (And How To Try To Save It)
Print is dead. That’s what everyone says, at least. Hell, Egon Spengler said it way back in Ghostbusters in 1984. The paperback market has almost completely died out and everything has made the...