Clive Barker

Q: Has Clive Barker won any awards?

Barker has received several awards including the Bram Stoker Award for his contributions to horror literature.

Q: What was Clive Barker's first film?

Clive Barker's directorial debut was 'Hellraiser', released in 1987, which adapted his own novella 'The Hellbound Heart'.

Q: What themes are prevalent in Barker's work?

Barker's work often explores themes of sexuality, identity, and the supernatural, blending horror with deep psychological elements.

Q: Is Clive Barker involved in any other creative fields?

Yes, in addition to filmmaking, Barker is a celebrated author and visual artist, known for his unique illustrations and paintings.

Q: What is Clive Barker's estimated net worth?

Clive Barker's estimated net worth is around $10 million, attributed to his successful career in writing, directing, and art.

Q: What is Clive Barker's writing style like?

Barker's writing style is characterized by vivid imagery, rich detail, and a blend of horror and fantasy, often challenging conventional genre boundaries.

Q: What impact has Clive Barker had on horror films?

Barker has had a significant impact on horror films, introducing unique concepts and characters that have influenced countless filmmakers and writers.

Known for

Hellraiser (1987)

IMDb 6.9 / 10

1987 / Horror, Thriller / 94 min

An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover while the demonic cenobites are pursuing him after he escaped their sadomasochistic underworld.

Candyman (2021)

IMDb 5.9 / 10

2021 / Horror, Mystery / 87mins

A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.

Name

Clive Barker

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

5 October 1952, Liverpool, England

Spouses

None

Children

1 child, name not publicly known

Parents

John Barker, Joan Barker

Estimated Net Worth

$10 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie The Dark Fantastic The Dark Fantastic is a psychedelic journey into the mind of renowned composer Simon Boswell, blending live performances, striking visuals,...	Self	Not rated
2015	Movie Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a feature length documentary uncovering the history and the making...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	Movie Clive Barker: The Man Behind the Myth Short interview with Clive Barker about Midnight Meat Train, his artistic process, and his paintings. Includes a tour of his...	Unknown character	Not rated
2006	Movie Halloween: 25 Years of Terror Follow the evolution of the 'Halloween' movies over the past twenty-five years. It examines why the films are so popular...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2006	Movie Teddy Scares Cyrus annoys all his companions with his new friend Toasty the toaster, so they decide to get rid of it.	Edwin Morose (voice)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2005	Movie The Making of 'Psycho' A retrospective on the entire movie, from start to finish. There are interviews with many of the principle cast and...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2005	Movie Ringers: Lord of the Fans 'Ringers: Lord of the Fans' is a feature-length documentary that explores how "The Lord of the Rings" has influenced Western...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2004	TV 100 Scariest Movie Moments Featuring interviews, film clips, and production stills, this miniseries explores what went into the making of most bone-chilling moments in...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2004	Movie Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos Retrospective documentary featuring director Bernard Rose, writer Clive Barker, producer Alan Poul and stars Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen and Kasi...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2004	Movie Clive Barker: Raising Hell Career profile of horror auteur Clive Barker.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Fangoria: Blood Drive Short film collection bringing together the winners of the Blood Drive film contest hosted by Fangoria. Titles include The Hitch,...	Himself / DVD Extras	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2003	TV Real Time with Bill Maher Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1999	Movie The Road to 'Dracula' A documentary from Universal about the movie "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	Movie The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale Written, co-produced and co-directed by David J. Skal, THE WORLD OF GODS AND MONSTERS is a behind-the scenes chronicle of...	Self - Narrator	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein' Documentary about the making of 1935's "The Bride of Frankenstein."	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1997	Movie Barn of the Blood Llama Inbred hillbillies trap various passersby at their World o Wool llama farm where an animal coroner is conducting genetic experiments...	Himself	TMDB 3.4 / 10
1997	TV Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror was a documentary series first broadcast on BBC2 in 1997. It was written and hosted...	Self -- Host	TMDB 8.6 / 10
1997	Movie Quicksilver Highway Aaron Quicksilver is a mysterious storyteller whose listeners invariably end up as the subjects of his gruesome, grisly tales. He...	Anesthesiologist	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1996	TV E! True Hollywood Story E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1992	Movie Sleepwalkers Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world....	Forensic Tech	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1992	Movie Clive Barker: The Art of Horror Clive Barker gives viewers a brief insight into his work and what he thinks about the attitudes of the time.	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1991	Movie Fear in the Dark A short documentary on the history of the horror film narrated by Christopher Lee.	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1991	Movie Bride of Weekend of Horrors Join our zombie host as he paints the town dead!	Self	Not rated
1990	Movie Horror Cafe April 1990 - Six horror icons gather at the horror cafe to create the ultimate horror movie for the year...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1989	TV Prisoners of Gravity Prisoners of Gravity was a Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that explored speculative fiction — science fiction, fantasy,...	Self	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1989	Movie Stephen King's World of Horror This horror documentary is not the same as the 1986 TV special Stephen King's World of Horror nor the 1988...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1986	Movie Stephen King's World of Horror A documentary about the works of novelist Stephen King and his influence on popular culture and his impact on horror...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1978	Movie The Forbidden An early experimental short film based on Faust.	Unknown character	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1973	Movie Salome A stylised interpretation of Oscar Wilde's play "Salome".	Unknown character	TMDB 5.4 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2025	Movie Night of the Zoopocalypse A wolf and mountain lion team up when a meteor unleashes a virus turning zoo animals into zombies. They join...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2025	Movie Night of the Zoopocalypse A wolf and mountain lion team up when a meteor unleashes a virus turning zoo animals into zombies. They join...	Original Concept Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2022	Movie Hellraiser A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to...	Book Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2022	Movie Hellraiser A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2022	Movie Hellraiser A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to...	Characters Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2021	Movie Candyman A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre...	Short Story Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2020	Movie Books of Blood A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.	Short Story Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	Movie Books of Blood A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	Movie Hellbound Laments There are many entrances to Hell. Though out the centuries apostles of leviathan devised ways to travel between our world...	Story Writing	Not rated
2018	Movie Hellraiser: Judgment Three detectives trying to stop a diabolical serial killer are sucked into a maze of otherworldly horror, where hellish denizens...	Characters Writing	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2011	Movie Hellraiser: Revelations Two friends in Mexico discover the Lament Configuration and unleash Pinhead, but one decides to try to survive by swapping...	Characters Writing	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2009	Movie Hellraiser: Deader – Winter's Lament Explores the background of the character Winter, while intersecting events from three entries into the series.	Characters Writing	TMDB 1.8 / 10
2009	Movie Dread Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out...	Short Story Writing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2009	Movie Dread Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2009	Movie Book of Blood Based on the wraparound story penned by Clive Barker in the author's "Books of Blood" collection, the story centers on...	Short Story Writing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2009	Movie Book of Blood Based on the wraparound story penned by Clive Barker in the author's "Books of Blood" collection, the story centers on...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2008	Movie The Midnight Meat Train A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late...	Short Story Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2008	Movie The Midnight Meat Train A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2006	Movie Valerie on the Stairs Taken from a Clive Barker original screen story, tells the tale of a novelist who discovers there are fates worse...	Story Writing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2006	Movie The Plague Ten years have passed since the world's children fell into a coma. Tonight they're waking up and all hell is...	Producer Production	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2006	Movie Hellraiser: Prophecy In this crossover of "Hellraiser" and "The Prophecy", Lucifer blackmails a young woman into solving the Lament Configuration, in hope...	Characters Writing	TMDB 3.3 / 10
2006	Movie Haeckel's Tale A grieving widower seeking the help of a necromancer is told the terrible tale of Ernst Haeckel, a man obsessed...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2005	Movie Hellraiser: Hellworld When five hardcore Internet gamers are invited to a special party thrown by the website Hellworld, they endure a night...	Characters Writing	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2005	Movie Hellraiser: Deader When a tough-as-nails reporter is lead to a mysterious cult and the evil Pinhead, any moment could be her last.	Characters Writing	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2004	Movie No More Souls Earth has been silenced, and mankind eradicated by one final war. Now, in the bowels of Hell, Pinhead – leader...	Characters Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2002	Movie Saint Sinner In 1815 a monk, Tomas Alcala, unwittingly unleashes two female succubi, Munkar and Nakir, upon an unsuspecting 21st century. He...	Story Writing	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2002	Movie Saint Sinner In 1815 a monk, Tomas Alcala, unwittingly unleashes two female succubi, Munkar and Nakir, upon an unsuspecting 21st century. He...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2002	Movie Hellraiser: Hellseeker When the puzzle box is once again solved, Pinhead and his legion demolish all who dare oppose them. But standing...	Characters Writing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2000	Movie Hellraiser: Inferno A detective solves the puzzle box that releases the diabolical demon, Pinhead. As those around him begin to meet tragic...	Characters Writing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1999	Movie Candyman: Day of the Dead As the Day of the Dead celebration approaches the barrio of East Los Angeles, Caroline is challenged to control the...	Characters Writing	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1998	Movie Gods and Monsters It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1997	TV Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror was a documentary series first broadcast on BBC2 in 1997. It was written and hosted...	Creator Creator	TMDB 8.6 / 10
1997	Movie Quicksilver Highway Aaron Quicksilver is a mysterious storyteller whose listeners invariably end up as the subjects of his gruesome, grisly tales. He...	Short Story Writing	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1996	Movie Hellraiser: Bloodline Three generations of the same family deal with the consequences of unleashing the forces of hell.	Characters Writing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1996	Movie Hellraiser: Bloodline Three generations of the same family deal with the consequences of unleashing the forces of hell.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1995	Movie Lord of Illusions During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1995	Movie Lord of Illusions During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1995	Movie Lord of Illusions During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1995	Movie Lord of Illusions During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are...	Short Story Writing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1995	Movie Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans,...	Short Story Writing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1995	Movie Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans,...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1992	Movie Candyman The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1992	Movie Candyman The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad...	Short Story Writing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1992	Movie Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth Pinhead is set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1992	Movie Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth Pinhead is set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of...	Characters Writing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1990	Movie Nightbreed A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1990	Movie Nightbreed A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1990	Movie Nightbreed A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding...	Novel Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1988	Movie Hellbound: Hellraiser II Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his...	Story Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1988	Movie Hellbound: Hellraiser II Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his...	Characters Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1988	Movie Hellbound: Hellraiser II Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1987	Movie The Yattering And Jack A three-foot tall demon is sent to corrupt a virtuous, happy go-lucky salesman named Jack Polo during Christmas, but if...	Writer Writing	Not rated
1987	Movie Hellraiser A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These...	Novel Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1987	Movie Hellraiser A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1987	Movie Hellraiser A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These...	Animation Visual Effects	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1987	Movie Hellraiser A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1986	Movie Rawhead Rex Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1985	Movie Underworld When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1985	Movie Underworld When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain...	Story Writing	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1984	TV Tales from the Darkside Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1978	Movie The Forbidden An early experimental short film based on Faust.	Writer Writing	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1978	Movie The Forbidden An early experimental short film based on Faust.	Director Directing	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1973	Movie Salome A stylised interpretation of Oscar Wilde's play "Salome".	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1973	Movie Salome A stylised interpretation of Oscar Wilde's play "Salome".	Director Directing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
TBA	Movie The Entwined A couple discover that their destinies are entwined with an ancient and powerful spirit whose evil threatens to engulf them...	Writer Writing	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Thief of Always A 10-year-old boy journeys to a magical house, only to discover its master uses the home to attract children and...	Novel Writing	Not rated
TBA	Movie Jacqueline Ess Adapted from Clive Barker's short story, a woman develops an ability to transform flesh at will.	Story Writing	Not rated