The Hellbound Heart
by Clive Barker
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Author: Clive BarkerEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1991-11-01
ISBN: 0061002828
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: HarperTorch
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- ISBN13: 9780061002823
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Book Review: Man's Inner Demons are the Real Monsters Here
Summary: 4 Stars
The inspiration for the film "Hellraiser", Clive Barker's "The Hellbound Heart" is a chilling voyage into the furthest reaches of human darkness, and a fearful visit into hell itself. The heart of this story is something easily relatable and rooted in the banality of daily life- an unhappy marriage. When the forces of darkness intrude upon this common wretchedness hell itself is unleashed upon the Earth and consumes the miserable couple and their daughter. The demons, or Cenobites as they are known, are beings from the netherworld for whom pain and pleasure are indistinguishable. Barker succeeds in creating a terrifying vision of hell on Earth within the confines of a completely credible story. The film "Hellraiser" was generally faithful to this novella, but there is something deeply disturbing in Barker's writing that is both poetic and haunting. If you enjoy well-written horror then check this one out.
Summary of The Hellbound Heart
From his Books of Blood to The Damnation Game, Weaveworld, and The Great and Secret Show, to scores of short stories, bestselling novels, and now major motion pictures, no one comes close to the vivid imagination and unique terrors provided by Clive Barker.
The Hellbound Heart is one of his best, a nerve-shattering novella about the human heart and all the great terrors and ecstasies within its endless domain. It is about greed and love, lovelessness and despair, desire and death, life and captivity, bells and blood. It is one of the most dead-frightening stories you are likely to ever read.
Clive Barker is widely acknowledged as the master of nerve-shattering horror. The Hellbound Heart is one of his best, one of the most dead-frightening stories you are likely to ever read, a story of the human heart and all the great terrors and ecstasies within.
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