The Hellbound Heart : A Novel

Amazon.com Review Clive Barker is widely acknowledged as the master of nerve-shattering horror. The Hellbound Heart is one of his best, one of the most dead-frightening stories you are likely to ever read, a story of the human heart and all the great terrors and ecstasies within. Review Praise for Clive Barker: 'Passionate and ingenious! A ride with remarkable views' Times Literary Supplement 'A powerful and fascinating writer with a brilliant imagination! Clive Barker is an outstanding storyteller' J G Ballard 'Barker's fecundity of invention is beyond praise. In a world of hard-bitten horror and originality, Clive Barker dislocates your mind' Mail on Sunday 'Barker is much more than genre writer' New York Times Book Review “Barker's the best thing to happen to horror fiction for many moons... [he] never fails to deliver the compelling prose and relentless horror his readers expect.” —Chicago TribuneThe classic tale of supernatural obsession from the critically acclaimed master of darkness—and the inspiration for the cult classic film HellraiserFrom his scores of short stories, bestselling novels, and major motion pictures, no one comes close to the vivid imagination and unique terrors provided by Clive Barker. The Hellbound Heart is one of Barker's best—a nerve-shattering novella about the human heart and all the great terrors and ecstasies within its endless domain. It is about greed and love, desire and death, life and captivity, bells and blood. It is one of the most frightening stories you are likely to ever read.Frank Cotton's insatiable appetite for the dark pleasures of pain led him to the puzzle of Lemarchand's box, and from there, to a death only a sick-minded soul could invent. But his brother's love-crazed wife, Julia, has discovered a way to bring Frank back—though the price will be bloody and terrible... and there will certainly be hell to pay. Originally Published In An Anthology Collection Called Night Visions, This Long Novella Was The Basis For The Film Hellraiser. Considered By Many Barker Fans To Be Among His Best, The Story Introduces Pinhead, The Leader Of A Group Of Hell-spawned Demons Called Cenobites, As He (it?) Tries To Secure The Soul Of Uncle Frank, Who Foolishly Thought That He Could Arrive At The Gateway To Ultimate Pleasure Without Traveling A Path Of Grisly Torture And Pain. Clive Barker. From his Books of Blood to The Damnation Game, Weaveworld, and The Great and Secret Show, to scores of short stories, bestselling novels, and now major motion pictures, no one comes close to the vivid imagination and unique terrors provided by Clive Barker. Julia, in love with her evil brother-in-law, provides her blood in exchange for the promise of ultimate sensual pleasure So intent was Frank upon solving the puzzle of Lemarchand's box that he didn't hear the great bell begin to ring.