Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist, playwright, author, film director, and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the ''

Books of Blood ''Books of Blood'' is a series of six horror fiction anthologies collecting original stories written by British author, playwright, and filmmaker Clive Barker in 1984 and 1985. Known primarily for writing stage plays beforehand, Barker gained a ...

'', which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works. His fiction has been adapted into films, notably the ''

Hellraiser ''Hellraiser'' is a 1987 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, and produced by Christopher Figg, based on Barker's 1986 novella ''The Hellbound Heart''. The film marked Barker's directorial debut. Its plot invol ...

'' series, the first installment of which he also wrote and directed, and the '' Candyman'' series. He was also an executive producer of the film '' Gods and Monsters'', which won an

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for Best Adapted Screenplay. Barker's paintings and illustrations have been shown in galleries in the United States, and have appeared in his books. He has also created characters and series for comic books, and some of his more popular horror stories have been featured in ongoing comics series.

Early life

Barker was born in

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, the son of Joan Ruby (née Revill), a painter and school welfare officer, and Leonard Barker, a personnel director for an industrial relations firm. He was educated at Dovedale Primary School, Quarry Bank High School and the

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, where he studied English and philosophy. When he was three, Barker witnessed the French skydiver

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plummet to his death during a performance at an air show in Liverpool. He later alluded to Valentin in many of his stories.

Theatrical work

Barker's involvement in live theatre began while still in school with productions of ''Voodoo'' and ''Inferno'' in 1967. He collaborated on six plays with ''Theatre of the Imagination'' in 1974 and two more that he was the sole writer of, ''A Clowns' Sodom'' and ''Day of the Dog,'' for ''The Mute Pantomime Theatre'' in 1976 and 1977. He co-founded the avant-garde theatrical troupe ''The Dog Company'' in 1978 with former school friends and up and coming actors, many of which would go on to become key collaborators in Barker's film work.

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would take on the iconic role of Pinhead in the ''

'' series while Peter Atkins would write the scripts for the first three

sequels. Over the next five years Barker would write nine plays, often serving as director, including some of his most well-known stage productions, ''The History of The Devil'', ''Frankenstein in Love'', and ''The Secret Life of Cartoons''. From 1982 to 1983, he also created three plays, including ''Crazyface'', for the Cockpit Youth Theatre. His theatrical work would come to a close as he shifted focus to writing the ''

''.

Writing career

Barker is an author of horror and

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. He began writing horror early in his career, mostly in the form of short stories (collected in ''

'' 1–6) and the

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novel '' The Damnation Game'' (1985). Later he moved toward modern-day fantasy and

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with horror elements in ''

Weaveworld ''Weaveworld'' is a 1987 dark fantasy novel by English writer Clive Barker. It is about a magical world that is hidden inside a tapestry, known as the Fugue, to safeguard it from both inquisitive humans and hostile supernatural foes. Two norm ...

'' (1987), ''

The Great and Secret Show ''The Great and Secret Show'' is a fantasy novel by British author Clive Barker. It was released in 1989 and it is the first "Book of the Art" in a trilogy, known as The Art Trilogy by fans. The novel is about the conflict between two highly ...

'' (1989), the world-spanning ''

Imajica ''Imajica'' is a fantasy novel by British author Clive Barker. Barker, in 1997, named it as his favourite of all his writings up to that point. The work, 824 pages at its first printing in 1991, chronicles the events surrounding the reconciliati ...

'' (1991), and ''

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'' (1996). When ''Books of Blood'' was first published in the United States in paperback,

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was quoted on the book covers: "I have seen the future of horror and his name is Clive Barker." As influences on his writing, Barker lists

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, and

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, among others. He is the writer of the best-selling ''

Abarat ''Abarat'' (2002) is a fantasy novel written and illustrated by Clive Barker, the first in Barker's ''The Books of Abarat'' series. It is aimed primarily at young adult fiction, young adults. The eponymous Abarat is a fictional archipelago whic ...

'' series.

Personal life

During his early years as a writer, Barker occasionally worked as a prostitute when his writing did not provide sufficient income. In 2003, he received the Davidson/Valentini Award at the 15th GLAAD Media Awards. Barker is critical of organized religion, but has said that the Bible influences his work and spirituality. In a 2003 appearance on ''

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'', he said that he was a

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after

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implied he was not. Years later, he said on Facebook that he did not identify himself as a Christian. Barker said in a December 2008 online interview (published in March 2009) that he had throat polyps which were so severe, a doctor told him he was taking in only 10% of the air he was supposed to. He has had two surgeries to remove them and believes his voice has improved as a result. He said he did not have cancer, and has given up cigars. In 2012, Barker entered a coma for several days after contracting

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, triggered by a visit to a dentist where a spillage of poisonous bacteria entered his bloodstream, almost killing him. Realising he might have just a short time to live, he decided to put his personal concerns about the world and society into the upcoming novel ''Deep Hill'', which he thought could be his final book. As of 2015, he is a member of the board of advisers for the Hollywood Horror Museum.

Relationships

While appearing on the radio call-in show ''

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'' on 20 August 1996, Barker said that in his teens he had several relationships with older women, but came to identify himself as homosexual by 18 or 19. His relationship with John Gregson lasted from 1975 until 1986. He later spent 13 years with photographer David Armstrong, described as his husband in the introduction to ''

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''; they separated in 2009.

Film work

Barker wrote the screenplays for ''

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'' (1985) and '' Rawhead Rex'' (1986), both directed by

George Pavlou George Pavlou is a London-based British horror, science fiction and thriller film director. Pavlou directed three feature films of which two were based on material from British horror writer Clive Barker. Career He began his career directing a ...

. Displeased by how his material was handled, he moved to directing with ''

'' (1987), based on his novella ''

The Hellbound Heart ''The Hellbound Heart'' is a horror novella by Clive Barker, first published in November 1986 by Dark Harvest in the third volume of its '' Night Visions'' anthology series. The story features a hedonist criminal acquiring a mystical puzzle ...

''. After his film ''

Nightbreed ''Nightbreed'' is a 1990 American dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his 1988 novella ''Cabal''. It stars Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid, Hugh Quarshie, and Doug Bradley. The film f ...

'' (1990) flopped, Barker returned to write and direct ''

Lord of Illusions ''Lord of Illusions'' is a 1995 American neo-noir supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his own short story "The Last Illusion" published in 1985 in the anthology '' Books of Blood'' Volume 6. The same story introd ...

'' (1995). The short story " The Forbidden", from Barker's ''Books of Blood'', provided the basis for the 1992 film '' Candyman'' and its three sequels. He had been working on a series of film adaptations of his '' The Abarat Quintet'' books under

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's management, but due to creative differences, the project was cancelled. He served as an executive producer for the 1998 film '' Gods and Monsters'', a semi-fictional tale of ''

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'' director

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's later years, which won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Barker said of his interest in the project: "Whale was gay, I'm gay; Whale was English, I'm English…Whale made some horror movies, and I've made some horror movies. It seemed as if I should be helping to tell this story." Barker also provided the foreword on the published shooting script. In 2005, Barker and horror film producer Jorge Saralegui created the film production company Midnight Picture Show with the intent of producing two horror films per year. In October 2006, Barker announced through his website that he will be writing the script to a forthcoming remake of the original ''Hellraiser'' film. He is developing a film based on his '' Tortured Souls'' line of toys from

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. In 2020, Barker regained control of the ''Hellraiser'' franchise, and served as executive producer on a 2022 reboot film for the streaming service

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Television work

In May 2015, ''Variety'' reported that Clive Barker was developing a television series adaptation of various

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s in partnership with

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, to be called ''Clive Barker's Creepypastas'', a feature arc based on ''

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'' and ''

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''. Barker was involved in a streaming service

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of ''The Books of Blood'' in 2020, and is developing a ''Nightbreed'' television series directed by

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and written by

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for

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. In April 2020,

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was announced to be developing a ''Hellraiser'' television series that would serve as "an elevated continuation and expansion" of its mythology with

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and

writing the series and

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directing several episodes. Verheiden, Dougherty and Green will also be executive producing the series with

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and

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Visual art

Barker is a prolific visual artist, often illustrating his own books. His paintings have been seen first on the covers of his official fan club magazine, ''Dread'', published by

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in the early '90s; on the covers of the collections of his plays, ''Incarnations'' (1995) and ''Forms of Heaven'' (1996); and on the second printing of the original British publications of his ''Books of Blood'' series. Barker also provided the artwork for his young adult novel ''

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'' and for the ''Abarat'' series. His artwork has been exhibited at Bert Green Fine Art in Los Angeles and Chicago, at the Bess Cutler Gallery in New York and La Luz De Jesus in Los Angeles. Many of his sketches and paintings can be found in the collection '' Clive Barker, Illustrator'', published in 1990 by Arcane/Eclipse Books, and in ''Visions of Heaven and Hell'', published in 2005 by Rizzoli Books. He worked on the horror video game ''

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'', providing the voice for the character Ambrose. ''Undying'' was developed by

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and released in 2001. He worked on ''

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'' for

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, which was released in late 2007. Barker created

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costume designs for Disguise Costumes. Around 150 art works by Barker were used in the set of the Academy of the Unseen Arts for the Netflix TV series ''Chilling Adventures of Sabrina''.

Comic books

Barker published his

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imprint via

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in 1993. Barker horror adaptations and spin-offs in comics include the Marvel/

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series ''

'', ''

'', '' Pinhead'', ''The Harrowers'', ''Book of the Damned'', and ''Jihad''; Eclipse Books' series and

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''Tapping The Vein'', ''Dread'', ''Son of Celluloid'', ''Revelations'', ''The Life of Death'', ''Rawhead Rex'' and ''The Yattering and Jack'', and

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' ''Primal'', among others. Barker served as a consultant and wrote issues of the ''Hellraiser'' anthology comic book. In 2005, IDW published a three-issue adaptation of Barker's children's fantasy novel ''

'', written and painted by Kris Oprisko and Gabriel Hernandez. IDW is publishing a 12 issue adaptation of Barker's novel ''

''. In December 2007, Chris Ryall and Clive Barker announced an upcoming collaboration of an original comic book series, ''Torakator'', to be published by IDW. In October 2009, IDW published ''Seduth'', co-written by Barker. The work was released with three variant covers. In 2011,

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began publishing an original ''Hellraiser'' comic book series. In 2013, Boom! Studios announced ''Next Testament'', the first original story by Barker to be published in comic book format.

Works

Novels

* '' The Damnation Game'' (1985) * ''Hellraiser'' series: *# ''

'' (1986) *# ''

The Scarlet Gospels ''The Scarlet Gospels'' is a 2015 horror novel by author Clive Barker which acts as a continuation to both his previous novella ''The Hellbound Heart'' (which introduced his popular Cenobite (Hellraiser), Cenobite characters that then starred i ...

'' (2015) *# '' Hellraiser: The Toll'' (2018) (story only, written by Mark Alan Miller) * ''

'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1988) *

Books of the Art ''Books of the Art'' or ''The Art Trilogy'' is an incomplete trilogy of novels by British writer Clive Barker, of which only the first two have been published. The first book, ''The Great and Secret Show'', was first published in 1989 and was follo ...

series: *# ''

'' (1989) *# ''

Everville ''Everville'' is a 1994 fantasy novel by British author Clive Barker. The second in the Books of the Art series, it follows the 1989 novel ''The Great and Secret Show''. The story tells of the creation and transformation of the small town of ...

'' (1994) * ''

'' (1991) * ''

'' (1992) * ''

'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1998) * ''

'' (2001) * '' Tortured Souls'' (2001). Novelette starring the characters of the series of first six action figures of ''Tortured Souls''. In 2015 it was published with title ''Tortured Souls: The Legend of Primordium''. *

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: *# ''

'' (2002) *# '' Days of Magic, Nights of War'' (2004) *# ''

Absolute Midnight ''Absolute Midnight'' is the third book in the ''The Books of Abarat, Abarat'' series by Clive Barker. It is a dystopian fantasy-adventure which follows the story of Candy Quackenbush and her journeys through the world of the Abarat. The book ...

'' (2011) * ''The Infernal Parade'' (2004). Novelette detailing the backstories of the characters of the series of six action figures of ''The Infernal Parade''. In 2017 it was published with title ''Infernal Parade''. * ''

Mister B. Gone ''Mister B. Gone'' is a short metafiction novel by Clive Barker Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist, playwright, author, film director, and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short s ...

'' (2007) * '' Mr. Maximillian Bacchus And His Travelling Circus'' (2009) * ''Deep Hill'' (TBA)

Short story collections

*''

'' (1984–1985) *''The Inhuman Condition'' (1986) *''The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fiction'' (2000). Contains more than seventy excerpts from novels and plays and four full-length short stories. *''First Tales'' (2013) *''Tonight, Again: Tales of Love, Lust and Everything in Between'' (2015). Contains 32 short stories. *''Fear Eternal'' (TBA)

Poetry

* "The Presence of This Breath" (TBA)

Plays

* ''A Clowns' Sodom'' (The Mute Pantomime Theatre, 1976) * ''Day of the Dog'' (The Mute Pantomime Theatre, 1977) * ''The Sack'' (The Dog Company, 1978) * ''The Magician'' (The Dog Company, 1978) * ''Dog'' (The Dog Company, 1979) * ''Nightlives'' (The Dog Company, 1979) * ''History of the Devil'' (The Dog Company, 1980) * ''Dangerous World'' (The Dog Company, 1981) * ''Paradise Street'' (The Dog Company, 1981) * ''Frankenstein in Love'' (The Dog Company, 1982) * ''The Secret Life of Cartoons'' (The Dog Company, 1982) * ''Crazyface'' (Cockpit Youth Theatre, 1982) * ''Subtle Bodies'' (Cockpit Youth Theatre, 1983) * ''Colossus'' (Cockpit Youth Theatre, 1983) Collections * ''Incarnations: Three Plays'' (1995) *''Forms of Heaven: Three Plays'' (1996)

Non-fiction

;Art * ''Clive Barker, Illustrator'' series: *# '' Clive Barker, Illustrator'' (1990) *# ''Illustrator II: The Art of Clive Barker'' (1992) * ''Visions of Heaven and Hell'' (2005) * ''Clive Barker: Imaginer'' series: *# ''Clive Barker: Imaginer Volume 1'' (2014) *# ''Clive Barker: Imaginer Volume 2'' (2015) *# ''Clive Barker: Imaginer Volume 3'' (2016) *# ''Clive Barker: Imaginer Volume 4'' (2017) *# ''Clive Barker: Imaginer Volume 5'' (2018) *# ''Clive Barker: Imaginer Volume 6'' (2018) *# ''Clive Barker: Imaginer Volume 7'' (2020) *# ''Clive Barker: Imaginer Volume 8'' (2020) ;Essays * '' The Painter, the Creature and the Father of Lies'' (2011)

Toys

* '' Tortured Souls'' (2001–2002). Series of 12 action figures (six designed in 2001 and six in 2002) and a novelette starring the characters of the first six action figures * ''The Infernal Parade'' (2004) Co-created with

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, series of six action figures and a novelette detailing the backstories of the characters.

Filmography

Other adaptations

* ''

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'' (1997) - a TV film featuring a segment based on Barker's short story "The Body Politic" from ''Books of Blood: Volume Four'' *''

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'': "Haeckel's Tale" (2006) - based on Barker's short story "Haeckel's Tale" from ''Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre'' *'' Candyman'' (2021) - based on Barker's short story "The Forbidden" from ''Books of Blood: Volume Five ''

Video games

* '' Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Action Game'' (1990) * '' Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie'' (1990) * ''

'' (2001) * ''Clive Barker's Demonik'' (cancelled 2006) * ''

'' (2007)

References

External links

Official website
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Clive Barker
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