tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post6334612998909084085..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: Books of Blood, Vol. 1 by Clive Barker (1984): Wherever We're Opened, We're RedWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-19645347956431360642011-02-15T14:10:03.133-08:002011-02-15T14:10:03.133-08:00"Midnight Meat Train" is one of the best..."Midnight Meat Train" is one of the best.<br /><br />I literally laughed out laud upon seeing that picture of Barker — "he has such sights to show you."<br /><br />That's totally something a cenobite would say. Awesome.Nash Stantonhttp://lightscamerareaction.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-72840076677173168262010-07-07T09:35:22.179-07:002010-07-07T09:35:22.179-07:00I've got the first three volumes in some Book ...I've got the first three volumes in some Book of the Month edition. Not a pretty book, but it's the stories that count. And the stories within that first volume really pack a punch. One of my very favorite collections.Rabid Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307255127156087170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-87260193267106694292010-07-01T23:47:40.037-07:002010-07-01T23:47:40.037-07:00Barker looks ecstatically perky in that pic. Books...Barker looks ecstatically perky in that pic. Books of Blood really rocked me on that first reading. I think I still have an illustrated version of Son of Celluloid kicking around here somewhere. It has a lovely gored-up picture of Marilyn Monroe on the cover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-62175466164341512202010-07-01T21:22:51.502-07:002010-07-01T21:22:51.502-07:00Congrats, Mr. Wolf! I hope more filmmakers capture...Congrats, Mr. Wolf! I hope more filmmakers capture HPL's sense of cosmic doom. That's what's missing from movies, I think.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-42698294222306225302010-07-01T21:04:16.400-07:002010-07-01T21:04:16.400-07:00Yeah, I got the mask one. Love the cover art for T...Yeah, I got the mask one. Love the cover art for THE HELLBOUND HEART, tho. <br /><br />In somewhat, kinda, related news, I just signed up for a 'masters' class on adapting Lovecraft put on by Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli. <br /><br />It's part of the Fantasia Film Festival.Rusty Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16143817211151177797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-12600153194453553452010-07-01T20:39:54.499-07:002010-07-01T20:39:54.499-07:00Joe, thanks again--glad this was a good flashback ...Joe, thanks again--glad this was a good flashback for ya. I only had to reread a page or two for it all to come back to me.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-32975915025174646362010-07-01T20:39:20.139-07:002010-07-01T20:39:20.139-07:00He seemed to beat the devil until about 5 or so ye...He seemed to beat the devil until about 5 or so years ago, then it all caught up with him. I think it was the cigars and Scotch. I met him in '91 and he weighed about 120 pounds soaking wet. Then he got all LA hardbody! I heard he's had throat surgery and he's OK now but he's lost that loverly Liverpudlian lilt. Alas. "Son of Celluloid" was the very first story I read ofWill Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-57653168840226757172010-07-01T20:32:37.914-07:002010-07-01T20:32:37.914-07:00Wow, time really took a bat to Clive Barker, dinni...Wow, time really took a bat to Clive Barker, dinnit? Last time I saw him (on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments), his voice was all shot to hell and he looked like he was trying to pass a gallstone. By-the-way, I happen to have those wonderfully crappy monster mask paperback versions of the first three Books of Blood. Son of Celluloid was my favorite tale.lazlo azavaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947137317385572671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-13207448681085363152010-07-01T18:44:42.131-07:002010-07-01T18:44:42.131-07:00A really phenomenal collection. At times I can be ...A really phenomenal collection. At times I can be a bit lazy in finishing an anthology, but I blew through Barker's collection like it was going out of style. It made me wince and cringe, but God was I fascinated. The imagery in stories like "Midnight Meat Train" and "In The Hills, The Cities" keeps haunting your memory for a while. Truly one of the greats. Thanks for Jose Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18152405075039057304noreply@blogger.com