Clive Barker's Book of Blood

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Clive Barker's Book of Blood

R

2008

1h 40m

Horror

Drama

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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Mary Florescu (Sophie Ward) and Reg Fuller (Paul Blair), experts in the supernatural, are enlisted to probe strange happenings at a family's home. Joining them is Simon McNeal (Jonas Armstrong), a young student who has a gift for interacting with the spirit world. After staying the night in the eerie dwelling, they discover indecipherable writing on the walls, and Simon finds strange scars all over his body. As their investigation continues, the nightmare deepens.

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Joe Lipsett

Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network

Despite having nearly the same narrative as the 2020 Hulu Books of Blood, John Harrison's take has all of the requisite grime and sexuality of the short stories. It actually feels properly Clive Barker-y!

Rated: 4/5

Apr 30, 2024

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Scott Weinberg

FEARnet

A one-timer all the way, and even then I'd only recommend it to the most ravenous and thorough of horror aficionados.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 21, 2009

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Steve

Dread Central

Book of Blood may very well turn out to be remembered as one of the few faithful Barker adaptations not executed by the author himself.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 15, 2009

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Lucius Gore

ESplatter

... a horror movie for adults.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 18, 2009

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Brad Miska

Bloody Disgusting

This is the story that is supposed to get you excited to see films like DREAD, THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, CANDYMAN and numerous of other forthcoming Clive Barker adaptations, instead it makes you want to cut yourself as a reminder to never sit through it ag

Rated: 1/5

May 24, 2009

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Bruce M

Surprisingly good and gets an extra star for Sophie Ward.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/18/25

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Fábio B

Pointless ending, can’t understand why the rating is high when in reality they could cut the movie in half and trash half the story

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/23/24

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Jason W

Not completely horrible. Some good gore and makeup fx. Story is ok. Obviously with Clive Barker you get the gratuitous sexual content. Also a bit too much of the super loud noise jump scares.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/31/24

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John H

This was actually a decent movie, with a few twists and turns thrown in. I liked the story line, and the acting was good. I think a longer movie with more exploration would have been better.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/11/24

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Audience Member

in all honesty I thought it was pretty average Clive Barker isnt a bad director but he never actually uses his potential here the acting is ok, the story sounds cool but never gets any real treatment the blood and gore should satisfy most horror fans you could pretty much catch this on TV

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/23/24

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Patrick C

I watch a lot of horror movies and this is one of the better ones I've seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Synopsis

Mary Florescu (Sophie Ward) and Reg Fuller (Paul Blair), experts in the supernatural, are enlisted to probe strange happenings at a family's home. Joining them is Simon McNeal (Jonas Armstrong), a young student who has a gift for interacting with the spirit world. After staying the night in the eerie dwelling, they discover indecipherable writing on the walls, and Simon finds strange scars all over his body. As their investigation continues, the nightmare deepens.

Director: John Harrison
Producer: Lauri Apelian, Clive Barker, Joe Daley, Micky McPherson
Screenwriter: John Harrison, Darin Silverman
Production Co: Midnight Picture Show, uFilm, Plum Pictures, Matador Pictures, Scottish Screen, Umedia
Rating: R (Sexuality/Nudity|Language|Bloody Violence)
Genre: Horror, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 7, 2019
Runtime: 1h 40m

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