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found this plain layout at HOT FreeLayouts.com :: MyHotCommentsClive Barker (born October 5, 1952) is an English author, film director and visual artist.Barker was born in Liverpool, England. He studied English and philosophy at Liverpool University.Barker is one of the leading authors of contemporary horror/fantasy, writing in the horror genre early in his career, mostly in the form of short stories (collected in Books of Blood 1 - 6), and the Faustian novel The Damnation Game (1986). Later he moved towards modern-day fantasy and urban fantasy with horror elements in Weaveworld (1987), The Great and Secret Show (1989), the world-spanning Imajica (1991) and Sacrament (1996), bringing in the deeper, richer concepts of reality, the nature of the mind and dreams, and the power of words and memories.Barker's distinctive style is characterized by the notion of hidden fantastical worlds coexisting with our own (an idea he shares with contemporary Neil Gaiman), the role of sexuality in the supernatural and the construction of coherent, complex and detailed universes. Barker has referred to this style as "dark fantasy" or the "fantastique". His stories give equal time to the heavenly and awe-inspiring as to the hellish and horrific.When the Books of Blood were first published in the United States in cheap paperback editions, the originality, intensity and overall quality of the stories led popular author Stephen King to say of Barker: "I have seen the future of horror and its name is Clive Barker." (This is a paraphrase of a famous quote said of Bruce Springsteen at the beginning of his career). He himself prefers not to be limited to the image of a gore and horror writer.Barker has been open about his homosexuality since the early 1990s, first mentioning his dating life to US audiences in the pages of The Advocate magazine. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his partner, photographer David Armstrong, and Armstrong's daughter Nicole from a previous relationship.Also check out Clive Barker Revelations and The Hellbound Web for more info on Barker and his work. Clive Barker on Tom Snyder Discussing Horror

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Midnight Meat Train Is Out On DVD And Blu-Ray

..Pick It Up TodaySpecial Features Include- "Clive Barker: The Man Behind the Myth"- "Anatomy of a Murder Scene"- "Mahogany's Tale"- Audio Commentary with Clive Barker and Director Ryuhei Kitamura..
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:02:00 GMT

Midnight Meat Train DVD Release

Details have now been released for the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of the movie which will finally give it the wider audience it has so far missed... Release is set for 17 February 2009 and will include ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:44:00 GMT

The Adventures Of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus And His Travelling Circus

 Bad Moon Books will shortly be publishing Clive Barker's previously unpublished 1974/1975 book The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus And His Travelling Circus. The tentative relea...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:52:00 GMT

Save The Midnight Meat Train

WE NEED TO START A VIRAL CAMPAIGN TO GET "MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN" A WIDER RELEASE!!! A very reliable SOURCE from Lionsgate has told me that the Lionsgate decision to "dump" Midnight Meat Train in as few ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:01:00 GMT

Clive Barker Music Video

..TR vAlign=top align=middle> News - Casting Call ...Calling all budding choreographers and dancers! Clive is looking for a choreographer and dancers to join a music video project. If you fit the...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:26:00 GMT

Mister B Gone Reviews

Please post your reviews of Mister B Gone. Very Curious What Everyone Thought Of The Book
Posted by on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:52:00 GMT

Some Various Clive Barker Related News

Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury confirm they are directing and scripting the Hellraiser remake, with Clive producing, no casting has been done but they say expect the film in 2009. The " Born" fil...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:50:00 GMT

Mister B. Gone Signings Updated

Book SigningA Different Light A Different Light are now accepting pre-release orders for non-personalized signed copies.8853 Santa Monica Blvd West Hollywood CA 90069 - 7.30pm 1 November 2007 Q&...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:29:00 GMT

Clive Barker Mr B. Gone Signing Tour

Clive's Mister B. Gone signing tour 27 October 2007 Book SigningA Different Light 8853 Santa Monica Blvd West Hollywood CA 90069 - 7.30pm 1 November 2007 Q&A / SigningBarnes and NobleChelsea 67...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:45:00 GMT

Barker Interview On Hellraiser, The Scarlet Gospels, etc

PENNY BLOOD: Have you seen all the Hellraiser films? BARKER: I haven't seen them all. I may have missed two.   PENNY BLOOD: Why did you change Kirsty's character to be Larry Cotton's daughter in ...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:18:00 GMT