Finally, the book of blood and on jerusalem street were combined into the 2008 film book of blood. Adapted and directed by john harrison from one of clive barkers books of blood, the film shoot occurred in scotland, including dundas castle and edinburgh through december 2007 and into early 2008. Based on the wraparound story penned by clive barker in the authors books of blood collection, the story centers on a paranormal expert who, while investigating a gruesome slaying, finds a house that is at the intersection of. Just finished the books of blood by clive barker some. For those who already know these tales, the poignant introduction is a window on. Hoofdrollen worden gespeeld door jonas armstrong, sophie ward en doug. Book of blood nude scenes 11 images and 5 videos including appearances from sophie ward romana abercromby. This film is decent at best with many flaws, and overall it feels like the director tried to rush things in order to create a film based on horror master clive barkers books of blood.
Clive russell celebrity profile check out the latest clive russell photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Directed and cowritten by brannon braga, books of blood stars anna friel, britt robertson, rafi gavron, and yul vazquez. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the books of blood volume 1. This story, which eventually earned a long overdue screen transfer in 2008 is one of the most unnerving works ive yet to read from barker. Book of blood is a 2009 british mystery dramatic erotic horror film directed by john harrison and starring jonas armstrong, sophie ward, and doug bradley. Rent book of blood 2008 starring jonas armstrong and sophie ward on dvd and bluray. Clive barkers book of blood dvd, 2009 for sale online ebay. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Just in time for halloween, hulu is finalizing deals on books of blood, an original film based on clive barkers horror anthology, from the orville duo of brannon braga, who is cowriting, ex. Mary florescu sophie ward and reg fuller paul blair, experts in the supernatural, are enlisted to probe strange happenings at a familys home. Book of blood is a horror film currently in production based on a short story by clive barker of the same title, published in volume one of the collection books of blood. The plot features a young man who finds a place of transportation of souls in the afterlife. And man it was just fantastic, and id put it up there with the best of king as some of the most powerful horror ive ever read. Both of his books about sports became movies, nominated for academy awards, as did his book about the 2008 financial crisis, the big short.
The filming started in december 2005, and the film was released in july 2008. I also recommend the 2008 film adaptation of tmmt its one of the best horror movies ive ever watched. This story was later adapted by barker himself into the film lord of illusions. Hulu turning clive barkers books of blood into a feature film from the orville duo. This film had the potential in delivering memorable chills. Wyburd is hired to obtain the book of blood for a collector. John rambo lives and works on a horse ranch with an old woman maria and her. In a nutshell, book of blood promisingly starts off with a jolt of well crafted horror, dangles monotonously throughout the middle, and seemingly gives up all hope at them end at least youd hoped they werent trying. Sophie ward in book of blood 2009 jonas armstrong in book of blood 2009 sophie ward and jonas armstrong in book of. My favorite two stories off volume 1 are the book of blood and the midnight meat train. A pair of creepy clive barker storiesbook of blood and on jerusalem streetprovide the spine for this chilling horror film.
This is the plot of last blood, the first rambo movie in over a decade and the fifth overall in the franchise. Paranormal investigator mary florescu and spiritual medium simon mcneal explore a house that intends to use them to document its horrific past. A minor let down from the master of horror clive barker. Following exposure at the 2008 european film market, and the completion of the fx shoot in london book of blood premiered in north america. Revisiting clive barkers books of blood volume one. In book of blood, a woman studying paranormal phenomena and a college student with a gift for talking to the dead team up with unexpectedly erotic and unsurprisingly horrific results. The books of blood volume 1 kindle edition by barker, clive, campbell, ramsey, wilson, david niall. Book of blood is een britse horrorfilm uit 2009 in een regie van john harrison. Clive barkers books of blood gets film treatment cbr.
Tim butchers top 10 books about congo books the guardian. Synopsis by jason buchanan a paranormal expert investigating a brutal murder discovers a house that stands at the intersection of several supernatural highways designed to transport souls to the afterlife in this adaptation of an original story by horror icon clive barker. Everything is filmed in the dark, which is as well since the special effects are nothing special. Book of blood is a 2009 british mystery dramatic erotic horror film directed by john harrison. For those who only know clive barker through his long multigenre novels, this onevolume edition of the books of blood is a welcome chance to acquire the 16 remarkable horror short stories with which he kicked off his career. James watson, siobhan reilly, paul blair, doug bradley, jonas armstrong, sophie ward, charlie mcfadden, romana abercromby, simon bamford, clive russell.
Some that i remember enjoying were dread, rawhead rex, midnight meat train, the yattering and jack. In 2008 he appeared in the horror film book of blood which is based on a short story by clive barker. A paranormal expert discovers a house that is at the intersection of socalled highways transporting souls in the afterlife. Book of blood is a horror movie about a haunted house, a ghost hunter and a medium. Seth macfarlane will serve as executive producer, while adam simon will cowrite the movie with braga. Barkers books of blood were six volumes in total each containing anywhere from four to six stories. Expect minor chills and a low budget feel to this one, compared to the midnight meat train, this film is inferior. Buy book of blood movie posters from movie poster shop. Books of blood 6 volumes movie video books of blood 6 volumes download download books of blood 6 volumes film in ipod quality. Joining them is simon mcneal jonas armstrong, a young student who has a. Books of blood 6 volumes download books pdf reader. Simon becomes the living tablet for the spirits stories in this film based on clive barkers anthology. Theres a couple of jump scares, the usual foreboding music stings, minor frontal brief shadowy sausage shot and a lot of backal nudity and a passle of dragonflies.
The films beginning and whole premise draws you in enough to make the ending watchable. On jerusalem street a postscript only included in some uk editions of the books of blood, on jerusalem street is a sequel to the book of blood from volume one told as a sort of wraparound tale. Six of the stories from the first collection have been turned into films, most recently the midnight meat train and the upcoming dread. The books of blood volume 1 kindle edition by barker. It is a story about one individual using the lives of others to get ahead professionally. And it is a story about lying to yourself about who you are, and eventually having that lie catch up to you. Based on the wraparound story penned by clive barker in the authors books of blood collection, the story centers on a paranormal expert who, while investigating a gruesome slaying, finds a house that is at the intersection of highways transporting souls to the afterlife. Book of blood is a film directed by john harrison with jonas armstrong, sophie ward, clive russell, paul blair, year. The book of blood 12 by bones paranormal mark nelson. Book of blood 2009 short stories the book of blood and on jerusalem street the midnight meat train 2008 short story the midnight meat train dread 2008 based upon the short story dread by jericho video game 2007 demonik video game 2006 masters of horror tv series. Another top notch offering from volume one is the book of blood s immediate successor. Watch clive barkers book of blood starring jonas armstrong in this drama on directv.
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