Clive Barker's Filmography (2020): Masters of Terror

By Steve Hutchison

This book contains the synopses and reviews of the darkest films in Clive Barker's filmography. The movies are ranked.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Steve Hutchison
• Release date: Mar 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9781778871481

Steve Hutchison

Artist, developer and entrepreneur in film, video games and communications Steve Hutchison co-founded Shade.ca Art and Code in 1999, then Terror.ca and its French equivalent Terreur.ca in 2000. With his background as an artist and integrator, Steve worked on such games as Capcom's Street Fighter, PopCap's Bejeweled, Tetris, Bandai/Namco's Pac-Man and Mattel's Skip-Bo & Phase 10 as a localization manager, 2-D artist and usability expert. Having acquired skills in gamification, he invented a unique horror movie review system that is filterable, searchable and sortable by moods, genres, subgenres and antagonists. Horror movie fans love it, and so do horror authors and filmmakers, as it is a great source of inspiration. In March 2013, Steve launched Tales of Terror, with the same goals in mind but with a much finer technology and a complex engine, something that wasn’t possible initially. He has since published countless horror-themed books.

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Masters of Terror 2020

Clive Barker’s Filmography

INTRODUCTION

This book contains the synopses and reviews of the darkest films in Clive Barker’s filmography. The listings are ranked from best to worst.

#1

Hellraiser

1987

A revenant manipulates his ex-lover into seducing and killing men so he can restitute his flesh using their blood.

Stars

7/8

STORY

6/8

CREATIVITY

7/8

ACTING

6/8

QUALITY

6/8

Few movies depict hell with so much depth, inspiration and style. This sinister production tells the story arc of a spirit, or a demon, perhaps, putting in place an interesting scheme in order to come back to the world of the living. Hellraiser is sprinkled with scenes of lust, adultery and other perversions. It is a poetically romantic supernatural thriller with an ominously sexy ambiance.

The antagonists in Hellraiser stir common fears and phobias through their connection to the unknown. They do so in a way to arouse the audience’s psychological and sexual interest, and hints at social taboos like infidelity, BDSM, fetishism and