noob
 

AAAAGHH, to be totally submerged in blood and gore, how glorious

Sounds a little messy to me. Not to mention....blood stains. Have ya been to the dry cleaners lately, it ain't cheap,let me tell you.

dry cleaners
 

I like it dirty

Welcome :rolleyes:

dantehorrorfan...I thought I told you not to post before me, goddamnit!
:p

Hello newcomer. Go post something useful.

Re: noob
 

go have a wash you sinking worthless piece of trash.

Re: dry cleaners
 

:D

a lovecraft fan then?

lovecraft
 

He's a genius

lovecraft
 

Sorry was a genius

Re: lovecraft
 

he might be dead but his work is still available......any particular favs?

welcome and happy hauntings

lovecraft
 

Shadow over Innsmouth, At the mountains of madness, and on and on I like many of his short stories too, Cool air, The hound, The Lurking Fear, The Unnameable and on and on. I think I love to read horror even more than viewing it. Lately, everything I've read has been substandard and not particularly good. I like a book that I can think about and get goose bumps.

sorry dude:D

WELCOME!! :D :D

Welcome.

Hey now, ever read any clive barker?

noob
 

This is going to sound ridiculous, I thought he only made movies, I was unaware he was also an author. I've been looking for something really good to read what do you recommend?

welcome to the forum i am sure you will love it here once you get past the burly exterior!!

Re: noob
 

the books of the art (great & secret show...everville), imajica, weaveworld etc..

clive barker
 

I'm going to start reading, hope his books are as good as his movies, even better. Anybody else has a fav book that they would like to recommend let me know.

Re: noob
 

Most of his old stuff is pretty good I really liked The damnation game, Cabal ( short stories which thy based both the Lord of illusions and Nightbreed after). Imajica is good but more sci-fi ish and the books of blood( more short stories). Ohhh yeah and the hellbound heart which hellraiser is based off of. Hope that helps ya

Re: Re: noob
 

nightbreed was based on cabal (a novel)

lord of illusion was based on "the last illusion" a short story from the books of blood

I need to read Cabal, I love the movie Nightbreed.Are the book and movie much different?

the movie follows the novel faithfully (excluding the hollywood tacky ending of course). cabal was supposedly the first in a trilogy but he never wrote the others....just like he never wrote the third book of the art. :mad:

turns out i haven't got this as an e-book....must remedy that.

Re: Re: Re: noob
 

Are you sure about The last illusion im pretty sure its a short story from Cabal? speaking of Cabal the one I own is not only The story cabal but also The life of Death....How spoiliers bleed....Twilight at the towers and The last illusion. In the books of blood I own I cant seem to find the Last illusion anywhere. Regardless of what their classification is and where they can be found both stories are really cool. Though I must say that After reading Cabal and Watching the movie I longed for a conclusion to the story. What do you think about that? Im pretty sure that Barker Is no longer interested in writing the compelling tales of horror that were a mark of his early work.

I would say that there are some big differences between the movie and the book mainly the death or rather lack of death of one of the characters and the ending is also different. What the books offers that the movie lacks is a view into the mind of Zipperface. and that is frightening and worth the read

barker
 

Which novel should I read first? Which of his anthologies should I begin with also

Re: Re: Re: Re: noob
 

books of blood vol 6

the life of death
how spoilers bleed
twilight at the towers
the last illusion
the book of blood (a postscript) on jerusalem street


as for a conclusion to the story, i already said the cabal story was to be a trilogy but he never wrote the other two books.

Volume 6!!! are you kidding me I thought there were only 3 books of blood? wow thanks for the info. As for the question I would read the books of blood. I loved The yattering an jack and the midnight meat train. Let me know what you think of them.

the yattering and jack is one of my favs.

barker
 

I picked up Clive Barker's special edition Books of Blood Vol1-3. A feat for me because I live a 100 miles away from a descent book store. I've started reading. He wrote an introduction to the book, he explained that he no longer thrives on horror and halloween. He says that it took his lover David's costume to peak his interest in his earlier works. He says that he's lost his thirst for blood and mayhem, in short it sounds like he's grown up, hope that never happens to me. I'm losing myself in his world, tell you how the trip was when I return. Thanks for turning me onto his works. So far I am estatic.

welcome and read the sig

barker
 

Wow, I just finished the books of blood vol. 1. It was amazing! I particularly liked The Midnight Meat Train. I haven't read anything lately that had me completely absorbed. I lost track of time and read the whole thing! My eyes are burning! Can't wait to get to the next two. Thanks for turning me on

midnight meat train
 

Hey I was going to ask in the midnight meat train, did anybody catch why some of the bodies weren't consumed? Did I miss something? Just curious

...hey turdbird!what's shaking?welcome to the hdc and i....oh shit it's runnin' down my leg!!!;)

Re: midnight meat train
 

Wish I had an answer for ya its been A while since Ive read it. Im glad we could help. If you have any more questions feel free to ask.

Hey bridey, i guess you're not altogether very new any more but ill say "FUCK YOU N00B" anyways.

Enjoy your stay :)


(OOOh and welcome back AmarylandPsycho good to see ya back, if you were ever really gone, which i think you were...hey what would i know?)

Hey thanks for taking the time to say fuck you, I feel warm all over.:)