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Clive Barker is an English writer, director, and visual artist, best known for his works in the genres of horror and dark fantasy. He created the Hellraiser and Candyman franchises, and also wrote and produced other movies such as Nightbreed, Books of Blood, and Dread.
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A list of movies based on the horror stories and novels by Clive Barker, the creator of Hellraiser and Candyman. See ratings, genres, directors, stars and plot summaries of each adaptation.
His fiction has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser 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 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay .
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- Hellraiser (1987) Written, directed, and adapted by Clive Barker from his 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart. Clive Barker's directorial debut may very well be the best body-horror film ever made, in part because it is so consistently freakish in more ways than one.
- Nightbreed: The Director's Cut (1990) Written, directed, and adapted by Clive Barker from his 1988 novella Cabal. Aaron Boone (Craig Sheffer) finds himself under the care of the serial-murdering Dr. Decker (one David Cronenberg), who convinces Aaron that he is in fact the murderer and slips him a secret dose of LSD so that he will turn himself in to the authorities.
- Candyman (1992) Based on Clive Barker's short story "The Forbidden," from Books of Blood: Volume Five (a.k.a. In the Flesh) Bernard Rose's elegant and haunting original (aided by Phillip Glass' impeccable gothic score) continues to out-measure its successors in terms of quality by some distance.
- The Midnight Meat Train (2008) Produced by Clive Barker and adapted from his short story of the same name from Books of Blood: Volume One. Bradley Cooper stars as Leon, an inner-city photographer who one night saves a young woman from a group of toughs on a subway platform.
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- Hellraiser (1987) Arguably Barker's most famous adaptation, this film is a silver screen portrayal of the 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart. Barker directed the movie himself, and it garnered significant success despite being somewhat divisive between audiences and critics.
- Nightbreed (1990) Intertwining the genres of horror and fantasy, Nightbreed is an adaptation of Barker's novella Cabal and was once again directed by the author himself.
- Books of Blood (2020) Returning to Clive Barker's literary roots, Books of Blood is an anthology horror movie that stands as the second adaptation of his pivotal short story collection after 2009's Book of Blood.
- The Midnight Meat Train (2008) Directed by Japanese filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura (Alive), this film stands as an adaptation of Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name.
A list of 28 films based on the works of horror writer Clive Barker, including his own directorial efforts Hellraiser, Nightbreed and Lord of Illusions. See ratings, genres, summaries, cast and crew, and box office results for each film.
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