Until Clive Barker himself dons the directors chair we are going to be inundated with cheaply made horror drivel that drags the masters name down into the depths. Lets put this into perspective. Clive himself directed Hellraiser, Nightbreed and Lord of Illusions all of which are classic scare the crap out of you movies whilst being true to the mans vision. On the other hand all the adaptations of Clive's work which have been directed by someone else with the exception of Hellbound Hellraiser 2 and Hellraiser Inferno and too a slightly lesser extent Midnight Meat Train and Candyman have been awful. Book of Blood has to be the worst adaptation I have seen and I have seen Saint Sinner and Plague! Book Of Blood bears no resemblance to the story in the books of blood and is in no way scary at all. The acting is woeful, the characters are one dimensional and I found myself actually wanting them to be killed of. In a nutshell my brother renamed the movie "book of crud" and I have to say I agree whole heartedly. I don't think i'll even bother watching another adaptation of Clive's work unless he gets of his bum and directs it himself. Did you know that Clive was so annoyed with the earlier adaptation of Rawhead Rex that he insisted on directing Hellraiser without any experience in movie making. Lets just hope he will see this and roll up his sleeves and start making his own movies again or else we are in for an abomination in the hellraiser remake!
Review of Book of Blood
