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Clive Barkers Books of Blood Collection (5 Graphic Novels)

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Clive Barker's Books of Blood Collection



Publication Dates: 1984 - 1985
Type: Animated Comic
Format: .CBR



Books of Blood are a series of "29" horror/fiction stories written by the British
author Clive Barker. Although undoubtedly horror stories, like most of Barker's
work they mix fantasy themes in as well. The tales invariably take place in a
contemporary setting, usually featuring everyday people who become embroiled in
a terrifying or mysterious events. Barker has stated in Faces of Fear (interview book)
that an inspiration for The Books of Blood was when he read Dark Forces (book) in the
early 1980's and realized that a horror story collection must not have any narrow themes,
consistent tone or restrictions. The stories could range from the humorous to the truly
horrific.


Books Included:


1. Rawhead Rex

An ancient, malevolent monster, magically imprisoned underground, Rawhead and
Bloody Bones, is accidentally awakened in the town of Zeal. Rawhead was once a
king over humans in prehistoric Ireland, ruling as tyrannically as he pleased.
Rawhead is a gigantic humanoid with a huge, tyrannosaur-like head. Rawhead goes
on a rampage, killing and eating people until he is defeated with the help of
his only weakness, a menstruating woman. The story was later turned into the
movie Rawhead Rex (film)(1986).


2. Revelations

A woman is unwillingly taken on a tour of the USA by her unfeeling preacher
husband. They stay at a motel which is haunted by the ghosts of a couple who
killed each other there years before. The ghosts try to compel the unhappy
wife of the preacher to do something about her present state.


3. Son of Celluloid

An escaped convict dies behind a movie screen. After his death, his cancerous
tumor gains sentience and torments the few people that remain after a show.


4. The Life of Death

Elaine, a 36-year-old woman, has just had a hysterectomy following a brush with
cancer. Feeling lethargic and empty after the operation, she becomes fascinated
by a church that is being demolished. She encounters a cheerfully morbid man named
Kavanagh who shares her fascination. The church demolition soon reveals a tomb of
plague victims, and Elaine breaks in at night to view the bodies. When her friends
begin to die off she realises she is a carrier of the plague (immune to it, but able
to spread it) and when the police come after her to stop her from spreading the disease,
Elaine takes refuge with Kavanagh. It turns out Kavanagh is a serial killer and necrophile;
he strangles and rapes Elaine. As her soul flees her body, Elaine takes a sick glee in
realising that Kavanagh will now be the carrier of the plague and will spread it far and wide.


5. The Yattering and Jack

Jack Polo is a gherkin importer who's haunted by a minor demon called the Yattering.
Despite its determined efforts to drive Jack mad, the Yattering is frustrated by his
good cheer and apparent obliviousness. Bound by the powers of Hell to stay in Jack's
house until it succeeds, the Yattering subjects him to increasingly severe torments,
killing his cats and terrorizing his family, but all fail. Eventually Jack tricks it
into leaving the house, and by violating the orders of its demonic masters, the Yattering
becomes Jack's servant. Unusual for Barker's early work, this story is unabasedly comic.

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