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The Hellbound Heart
- Abridged Edition Read by the Author
- Narrated by: Clive Barker
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
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. This book is the basis for the blockbuster movie Hellraiser.
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- Debra Rowe
- 01-10-22
The master of horror
I first read this book when I was a teenager. I'm now in my 40s, and it's even better than it was the first time. Usually the opposite happens. Horror defined through a whole book of lacerating poetry. Clive is a genius of horror. Looking forward to the movie reboot now.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-07-23
Excellent!
Very good story and well read my the author. Set me on the road to read mor of his
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- sam
- 24-01-16
A must read for any horror fan
The best horror story read by Clive Barker himself. It is so much better than the films. The descriptive of the Cenobites is exquisite.
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- Mark Lionas
- 27-07-19
Great Book
If you enjoy the Hellraiser franchise then this is a must listen. I slow crawled through it because it isn't long, but it's well worth a credit.
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- Steve
- 06-06-18
The hellbund heart
One good read wish that it was longer and would also have liked to have read the original version to witch Frank becomes the leader of his centbits
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- "the_gentleman_of_the_bush"
- 10-07-18
Better than the film... And I love that!!!
So, so good, and to hear Barker's inflections really shows you how he viewed the characters. Also added a whole other level of depth to the film that I missed.
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- Allan McNeill
- 08-08-18
Truly awesome
Been a fan off Hellraiser forever, but never got around to reading the novella that it spawned from... until now, and I do not regret it. Clive Barker sucks you into the world of the Cenobites in true horror fashion. Tremendous.
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- Will Sam
- 16-08-20
Very filmic and graphic horror
I really enjoyed this short story. it's good in a very linier way and feels very filmic in its telling. I'm surprised it hasn't been turned into a film. (though this series was the bases or influence for Hellraiser)
The performance of the story is well done, but I had a different voice for the Cenobites. but who am I to judge it's his story he can do he wants.
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- Tom
- 20-01-23
definitely worth the read
Don't watch the movie before reading this. The book is atmospheric and for a novella l, it cuts through the imagery of the movie. In this case, to imagine is so much more chilling than to see.
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- hoverdose
- 08-11-18
Definitive Performance
The Hellbound Heart is a tremendous story that many of us were introduced to as fans of the movie Hellraiser. Although this is an abridged version, it excludes very little, and any of these shortcomings are negated by the fact that this is read by Clive Barker himself.
He's not a outstanding voice actor, but he does a surprisingly good job considering it's not his day job. But by emoting his own work you hear and feel intonations that provide real extra context to his written work, since, after all, he wrote it. It's a particular joy to hear how he depicts the Cenobites.
Out of the unabridged version and the short "performance" audio versions that I own, this is by far my favourite of the three, an enjoyable, easily consumable condensed version that is worth it for Barker's reading alone.
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