Book Review: The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
Hello, Fellow Book Wor ms and Book Drago ns, In September of 1987 my mother and I trekked to the local movie theater to watch a new horror movie (a weekly ritual of ours) that had been getting a lot of attention: Hellraiser. This gory horror masterpiece introduced the world to Pinhead and the pleasures of the Cenobites. Based on Cliv e Barker's novel, the Hellboun d Heart, it went on to become a horror classic. I was fifteen at the time and I decided to read the book, ultimately preferring the movie over the book. Now, twenty nine years later, I have returned to Lod o vico Street and have re-opened Lemarchand's Configuration. And oh, the sights I have seen.... The H e llbound Heart is written by Clive Barker, and is published c urrently by Harper-Collins publishers. It centers around Frank Cotton, a n often lascivious man whose desire for ultimate pleasure lea ds him to a cquire Lemarchand's Configuration . A black and gold lacquered puzzle box , ...