Abstract
Clive Barker (1952–) is a British‐born novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, visual artist, and director, prolific in the fields of horror and dark fantasy. He came to prominence in the 1980s as a writer of short stories (collected in the best‐selling Books of Blood 1–6) and director of the film Hellraiser (1988), which became an international hit, thus winning Barker a place among the world's leading creators of contemporary horror. Many of Barker's stories and novels are now considered cult and have been adapted into films, comic books, and computer games. Announced as the “future of horror” by Stephen King, Barker has developed a unique style, capturing the sexual aspect of the supernatural, while at the same time constructing coherent systems of complex mythologies.
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