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Edit:  In Episode 401 of the Clive Barker Podcast, we’re bringing back our classic commentary episode fron 2016, Lord of Illusions!

Do you want to see flesh with a god’s eyes? Rob returns to join Jose and Ryan to talk about Clive Barker’s third and final directorial effort, Lord of Illusions (Director’s Cut).  Spin up the new Shout Factory Blu-Ray (0r the older DVD) and let’s watch it together.  Let us know what you think in the comments.

Show Notes

• @Barkercast YouTube Channel – Teaser Trailer for Lord of Illusions: Lord of Illusions Teaser Trailer

• “Lord of Illusions” – Behind the Scenes

•  Movie page on IMDB.com

  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113690/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

•  Shout Factory’s Blu-Ray showcase video in HD:
  Lord of Illusions (2/2) Swann Makes a Spectacular Entrance (1995) HD

•  The Cars of Lord of Illusions:

  http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=113690

• Wayne Toth FX – Butterfield’s makeup
  http://www.waynetothfx.com/LordofIllusions_gallery.html

•  The differences between the Theatrical Cut and the Unrated Cut:
  http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=4974

• Clive Barker Archive  Gallery including storyboards from Lord of Illusions
  http://www.clivebarkerarchive.com/gallery/

•  Phil and Sarah – Revelations album on Pinterest: “Clive’s Notes and Manuscripts”
  https://www.pinterest.com/philandsarahs/clive-notes-mss/

• Roger Ebert’s review of Lord of Illusions:
  http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lord-of-illusions-1995

   

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Audio Commentary for Clive Barker's The Forbidden

Edit: We're bringing back this Commentary Classic we did in 2018 to bring it in the fold and give it an episode number.  Find your copy of the film and watch along with us!

50:04. 1973.

And this podcast, having no beginning, will have no end.

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You can get 40% offon the rare Hellraiser Anthology comics by Seraphim Alumni and Clive himself,Labor Day only at Tom Holland's Terror Time Of course the coupon code is good for everything on the site, but we're especially excited about Hellraiser Anthology.  When you get to the site, use the coupon code "laborday" and tell them BarkerCast sent you.  That second part is optional.  

 Blogpost: http://www.clivebarkercast.com/2018/09/02/labor-day-weeken…raiser-anthology/

This past week Clive Barker’s final directorial effort Lord of Illusions turned twenty-three. To celebrate the occasion, I wanted to share an older interview with actor Scott Bakula that he did with the website ScreenRealm back in 2016. While most of the conversation centers around the popular show Quantum Leap, he had some very kind words to say about working with Clive and the movie itself. As many of our listeners know, he played the popular occult-detective Harry D’Amour. The one and only Harry D’Amour for me.

The Reel Word: If we’ve got time for one quick non-Quantum Leap-related question, I was wondering what your experience of working on the Clive Barker movie Lord of Illusions was like? Was that a conscious decision to do something a lot darker, after the more upbeat Quantum Leap?

Scott Bakula: I think that was part of it, but to be totally honest, I loved that script. I didn’t know Clive – I knew Hellraiser and everything – but I didn’t really know that much about Clive. And we got in a room together and I just adored him, and I adored his talents. He’s an amazingly gifted person, and he directed it, which was spectacular. He wrote it and his whole artistic world was wrapped up in that environment, and it was wonderful. It was a very difficult shoot, it was very hard to make. Oddly enough, I just worked with one of the actors who I hadn’t seen in twenty-one years or so and he just wrapped up today and he was like, “I was in Lord of Illusions with you”. So yeah, I thought it was a great movie, I thought it came out really well.

He also talked about how close they came to filming a sequel (that was going to be called Vipex) and how it was sadly cancelled at the last minute because the studio United Artist was sold off and the project fell into legal matters. That’s what seems to happen to a lot of Clive Barker properties.

To read the rest of the interview click on the link below:

https://screenrealm.com/exclusive-interview-scott-bakula-talks-quantum-leap/

Thanks to David Anderson and ScreenRealm

Blog Post at: http://www.clivebarkercast.com/2018/08/27/barkercast-presents-lord-of-illusions-turns-twenty-three/

While looking over past news articles at the horror site Bloody Disgusting, I came across an interesting new factoid that some of our listeners might not know about. Originally, there was a different screenwriter that was going to pen the script for Hellbound: Hellraiser II and that was Beetlejuice writer and novelist Michael McDowell. Sadly, he had to leave the project due to tragic circumstances involving the death of his partner at the time. Of course we know Peter Atkins came on board and did a hell of job writing the sequel, which I consider to be the best of the series. I have to wonder though, what if McDowell had written it? He came up with some pretty amazing stuff for Beetjuice. Especially, the scenes involving Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis’s characters in the afterlife which reminded me of Leviathan’s Labyrinth.

To read the entire article click on the link:      The Writer of ‘Beetlejuice’ Almost Penned ‘Hellraiser II’   

Thanks to Bloody Disgusting.

Our Blog Post is located at:  http://www.clivebarkercast.com/2018/07/31/did-you-know-this-about-hellraiser-ii/

Reading anything by author Peter Atkins (screenwriter for Hellbound, Hell on Earth, and Bloodline) is always a joy for me. I recently read a couple of his latest short stories and once again Atkins delivers the goods when it comes to his unique style of storytelling. He does an excellent job of combining strong and hard as nails characters with story lines that are emotional, energetic, and strange in a short amount of pages.

Which brings me to his first story The Return of Boy Justice. The main character Chuck G. Alderton, is a retired B-movie actor who played the sidekick to a character called The Blue Valentine (a character that appeared in Atkin’s novel Big Thunder) in a short lived TV show that no one remembers except for a young boy that the author only refers to as “The Kid.” He loves everything about Alderton. In one of my favorite moments, the kid mocks a group of contestants on Jeopardy! who can’t remember the actor’s name when asked by younger Alex Trebek. Even Alderton admires the youngster’s passion. Atkins has a created a story about friendship and redemption that touched my heart. It also pays homage to artists that believe they are long forgotten by the public which isn’t true at all. Loyal fans will always seek out their work and cherish it.

If Return touches the heart, then Stacy and Her Idiot is a pulp-fiction, style gangster story that kicks your balls into a fine paste. What I loved most about Stacy was the main character Ms. Donnelley! I saw her as a cross between Charly from The Long Kiss Goodnight and John McClane from Die Hard. This babe doesn’t take shit from anyone and I loved that. Atkins has always created strong female protagonists and Ms. Donnelley ranks right up there with his tough approach to Kirsty from Hellbound: Hellraiser II. The story is also perfectly paced and the ending is a nice set up for another tale that I’d love to see Ms. Donnelley show up in.

I highly recommend both of these stories to any rabid horror and action reader out there. Atkins has a magical touch to his writing I believe readers will instantly grab on to. I can’t get enough from him.

You can order them both from Amazon by following their respected links below. There’s also free previews attached as well.

Blog post at: http://www.clivebarkercast.com/2018/07/13/barkercast-presents-two-short-stories-from-peter-atkins/

Welcome, and thanks for listening to the Clive Barker Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to the imagination of Clive Barker.  Did you see how I changed it up there? I was so proud, I thought I had made up "the works and worlds of Clive Barker" but in reality I was recalling a subtitle from Phil and Sarah Stokes' Memory Prophecy and Fantasy" biographical series on Clive.  So It turns out I didn't make that up. If you knew that already, or you are Phil and Sarah, sorry about that. It was in the back of my mind for good reason, it's a neat phrase that does a good job summing up what we all like to celebrate, but now that I figured it out, I don't feel right about stealing it.

Anyway, this is episode 160, where Ryan Danhauser and Jose Leitao talk about Clive Barker news, including an original rare book is getting re-printed, more news about the Nightbreed Cabal Cut, a Clive Barker book bundle, news about Paul Kane's Hellraisers and more.  We also are starting to think about this year's fundraiser, and that means we'll have some cool stuff to buy around the holiday time (maybe just a little later). We're doing most of the work, but we consider ourselves part of the community, so we want your feedback on that.

Show Notes

Clive Barker News

• Tonight Again is being republished

• Clive Barker is Coming to Texas Frightmare Weekend
• Gauntlet Press Everville Update
• Cabal Cut is Sold Out

• Dark Regions Press Clive Barker Book Bundle

• Ellen Datlow's anthology Darkness (includes Clive's Jacqueline Ess story) is in the Tachyon Publications Humble Bundle... https://www.humblebundle.com/bo…/scifi-fantasy-tachyon-books

• Fight Club Author Chuck Palahniuk Has the Best Clive Barker

• Paul Kane's Hellraisers Book Cover revealed

• Paul Kane: "To whet your appetites for Hellraisers, an oldie but a goodie interview with Clive on my site: "

https://twitter.com/PaulKaneShadow/status/933491527996858370/photo/1?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=PaulKaneShadow&utm_content=933491527996858370Giveaway for The Magician/History of the Devil currently going on at Goodreads:

• Enter for a chance to win a copy of Clive Barker's The Magician and The History of the Devil, part of the new Clive Barker Playscripts series.Open to readers worldwide, ends 18 December 2017. From <https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/265596-the-magician> https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/265595-the-history-of-the-devil

Discussion: Feedback and ideas for this year's Fundraiser Kickstarter. Do you have any ideas or things you would like to see?

• Paul Flewitt More of the same, I'd say. I'd like to hear more interviews with Barkerverse personalities. We've had quite a few from the Hellraiser and Nightbreed worlds, so how about trying to get some of the graphic novel writers and artists? Dig deeper?

And this podcast, having no beginning, will have no end.

The Clive Barker Podcast (or @Barkercast) is an independent  editorial fan site and podcast that is not affiliated with or under contract by Clive Barker or Seraphim Films.  This is a labor of love by the fans, for the fans.

Thanks to John Matthews. We altered his meme for our featured image this week.  

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