The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
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Book Reviews of The Hellbound Heart
Book Review: A nice, dark story
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're into that dark, twisted kind of horror, then you should buy "The Hellbound Heart" by Clive Barker. It's about temptation and giving into it, man's deepest, darkest desires, and the deep, dark places in all our hearts being unleashed into one big nightmare story. The book is short, so it's fast, but it also develops itself pretty well, rather than being one of those stories that is completely and totally devoid of plot and character development. If you don't take graphic violence too well, then the odds are pretty good that you shoudn't read this, but if you can take it, then definitely dig in. "Hellbound Heart" was the basis for the movie "Hellraiser," so if you saw that, the book is much better than the movie. It's a good, twisted story, and I recommend it.Book Review: A masterful allegory of SM pleasure.
Summary: 5 Stars
Barker has been usually classified as a splatterpunk for his extreme imagery. This small masterpiece doesn't dissapoint.I liked this book a lot more than the Hellraiser movie. Though Barker adapted his own novella, the expansion of the tale to fit a feature lenght film made for ludicrous scenes. None of those here.
This is a story that deals mainly with human desire, the need for love and the need for pleasure, and the search to fulfill sexual appetites, while keeping a very kinky sadomasochist subtext. The Cenobites are displays of pain as pleasure taken to the extreme. And the "conditions of the nerve endings" they mention... engrossing!
Barker uses an almost poetic language that makes for enjoyable prose. I highly recomend this book.
Book Review: part mythological fiction, part psychological commentary
Summary: 5 Stars
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker is a wonderful introduction into the world of hellraiser and the mythology that is the cenobites. The story revolves around a family and their encounter with the Lament cube and the effect it plays on their lives. In the end, it brings nothing but death and torture. The character development is sparse, focusing mainly on the effects of lust, desire, and their inevitable bringing about of nothing but pain and suffering. It is part mythological fiction, part psychological commentary, with each of the three main characters playing a freudian part. Id, Ego, and Superego. I'll leave those who read this wonderful little book to figure out which is which.Book Review: watched the movie then read the book, and the book is better!
Summary: 5 Stars
It is rare to watch a movie then read the book and claim the book is better. It seems which ever a person does first is their favorite. I had low expectations of reading this book considering how classic the movie is. To my shock this book was a total page turner. This book was my cure to boring fiction. There is not a dull moment, and this book truely deserves to be called a "page turner". My brother read it in a matter of hours, and then I did the same! If you want to enjoy a great book that makes me proud to be a horror fan read this book! IMHO this is the best horror fiction book I have ever read!Book Review: One of the most imaginary books I ever read.
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first glanced at the cover, I thought that I would notlike the book. When I had bought the book from the bookstore, I wassurprised. The first ten pages tell you that the book will be good. Although this book is gory and contains a few scenes of sexuality and eroticism, it still has some scenes of imagination. These are on of the reasons I like Clive Barker. He creates creatures beyond the human mind. For example, the demons from hell, led by pinhead. He combines gory violence with sexuality and imaginative monsters. If your are looking for something bizarre, I would recommend this.