Clive Barker is another author that I somehow never got around to reading before. The Hellbound Heart basically tells the story of this guy Frank who thinks that by opening a mystical puzzle box he'll find ultimate pleasure for himself. However when he opens it he unleashes the Cenobites, who are weird beings that find pleasure in torturing Frank. Somehow Frank's spirit remains in the room where the box was opened... and later when blood is spilled in the room he slowly begins to reform his body. So he gets his sister-in-law to bring unsuspecting men back to the room to be murdered so that he can become whole again. Overall it was a good creepy story and was the basis for the first Hellraiser movie which is fairly faithful. The whole thing with weird mystical beings and objects reminded me of a Lovecraft story (but with way more gore), so extra points there. I'll give it an A-.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Horror Book # 47 - The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
Clive Barker is another author that I somehow never got around to reading before. The Hellbound Heart basically tells the story of this guy Frank who thinks that by opening a mystical puzzle box he'll find ultimate pleasure for himself. However when he opens it he unleashes the Cenobites, who are weird beings that find pleasure in torturing Frank. Somehow Frank's spirit remains in the room where the box was opened... and later when blood is spilled in the room he slowly begins to reform his body. So he gets his sister-in-law to bring unsuspecting men back to the room to be murdered so that he can become whole again. Overall it was a good creepy story and was the basis for the first Hellraiser movie which is fairly faithful. The whole thing with weird mystical beings and objects reminded me of a Lovecraft story (but with way more gore), so extra points there. I'll give it an A-.
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