Clive Barker's Book of Blood

R

2008

1 hr. 40 min.

Horror

Drama

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

List

80%

5 Reviews

Tomatometer

30%

1,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

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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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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margaret W

A pretty good flick.....but, Why are there no Audience Reviews to match the 1000+ scores (?) Curious. In any case, I'd recommend to true Horror fans.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/18/22

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sean s

Searching for horror movies on cable TV can be a tedious experience, especially when you have been watching them for many years. I stumbled across this one last night and was surprised that it actually wasn't too bad like most of the stuff on TV lately. The movie is based on series of books that actually have a plot and decent back story. The flash back story was very good, and the special effects were pretty great too. This one is definitely worth a watch if you like those sort of things.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

It was good enough, like I don't regret watching it, but its really nothing unique. What was really well done was the computer effects, ghosts pressing down on the skin, it looks totally real, every time, and the ghosts at the end as well.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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kik t

the pot line and acting is very poor. the story would have been told in 20 minutes, everything else is just boring refill

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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John Harrison

Director

Jonas Armstrong

Simon McNeal

Sophie Ward

Mary Florescu

Paul Blair

Reg Fuller

Doug Bradley

Tollington

James Watson

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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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Anton Bitel

Eye for Film

the cinematic equivalent of a page-turner, worthy of more than a mere skim for those who like their horror on the dark side of macabre.

Nov 12, 2008

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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
Executive Producer: Peter Bevan, Jeremy Burdek, Anthony DiBlasi, Nadia Khamlichi
Screenwriter: John Harrison, Darin Silverman
Production Co: Umedia, uFilm, Matador Pictures, Plum Pictures, Midnight Picture Show, Scottish Screen
Rating: R (Sexuality/Nudity|Language|Bloody Violence)
Genre: Horror, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 7, 2019

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