English author, film director and visual artist born in 1952, Clive Barker is a central figure in modern horror fiction and film. His body of work spans novels, short stories and screen projects; credits in this database include Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Rawhead Rex, Nightbreed and multiple adaptations of his Books of Blood. Barker’s work is closely associated with dark fantasy, body horror and supernatural themes, and he appears throughout horror cinema and television as the originating creator or credited author for a number of influential genre titles.
Clive Barker
