With the publication of the first volume, Barker became an overnight sensation and was hailed by Stephen King as “the future of horror.” The book won both the British and World Fantasy Awards.Īlthough undoubtedly horror stories, like most of Barker's work they mix fantasy themes in as well. There are six books in all and each contains up to six stories. The “Books of Blood” are a series of horror fiction collections written by the British author Clive Barker. The film follows Rawhead Rex's rampage through the Irish countryside while a man struggles to stop it. A particularly nasty demon is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. Volume 3 contains the stories “Son of Celluloid,” “Rawhead Rex,” “Confession of a (Pornographer’s) Shroud,” “Scape-Goats,” “Human Remains.” Barker himself adapted "Rawhead Rex" into a movie in 1986. "Books of Blood: Volume 3" by Clive Barker.
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