Clive Barker
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Clive Barker is a man of many talents; author, director, producer, even video game creator. He is best known for his novels that delve into both the world of fantasy as well as horror. Sound familiar, but can't put your finger on what he's done? Think Pinhead. That's right,
Hellraiser is born from the brain of Clive Barker. He broke into the industry first as an author with his first published collection in 1984 and from there he has worked on a multitude of projects.
Bibliography
Barker has published many collections of short stories as well as full novels since the mid-80s. He is still writing, with multiple books in the works to be released in the next year or so. Some of his bigger novels are as follows:
Some of his other published works include:
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The Damnation Game
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Cabal
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The Great and Secret Show
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The Thief of Always
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The Inhuman Condition
Filmography
Clive Barker has both directed and produced several films, though to mixed reception.
Video Games
Clive Barker has worked on a few video games that are inspired by his works. They fall into the horror genre of gaming, created to give the player great scares and a spooky experience.
* After the release of the movie, two Nightbreed video games were created. The first was Night Breed, The Action Game which was a side scrolling action platformer. The second, Nightbreed, The Interactive Movie, was an interactive movie version of the game, with less gameplay and more interaction.
* in 2001,
Clive Barker's Undying was released on PC. It is a first person shooter which follows an old 1920s paranormal adventurer on his occult investigations.
* 2007 saw
Playstation 3. It follows a squad involved in occult warfare who are trying to stop an evil entity from being unleashed on Earth.
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Dean Koontz
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Stephen King
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Cult Films
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Anne Rice
