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Clive Barker's Book of Blood

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Mary Florescu (Sophie Ward) and Reg Fuller (Paul Blair), experts in the supernatural, are enlisted to probe strange happenings at a family's home. Joining them is Simon McNeal (Jonas Armstrong), a young student who has a gift for interacting with the spirit world. After staying the night in the eerie dwelling, they discover indecipherable writing on the walls, and Simon finds strange scars all over his body. As their investigation continues, the nightmare deepens.

Critics Reviews

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Joe Lipsett Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network 04/30/2024
4/5
Despite having nearly the same narrative as the 2020 Hulu Books of Blood, John Harrison's take has all of the requisite grime and sexuality of the short stories. It actually feels properly Clive Barker-y! Go to Full Review Scott Weinberg FEARnet 09/21/2009
3/5
A one-timer all the way, and even then I'd only recommend it to the most ravenous and thorough of horror aficionados. Go to Full Review Steve Dread Central 07/15/2009
3.5/5
Book of Blood may very well turn out to be remembered as one of the few faithful Barker adaptations not executed by the author himself. Go to Full Review Lucius Gore ESplatter 06/18/2009
3.5/4
... a horror movie for adults. Go to Full Review Brad Miska Bloody Disgusting 05/24/2009
1/5
This is the story that is supposed to get you excited to see films like DREAD, THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, CANDYMAN and numerous of other forthcoming Clive Barker adaptations, instead it makes you want to cut yourself as a reminder to never sit through it ag Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Bruce M @BruceMc 05/18/2025 Surprisingly good and gets an extra star for Sophie Ward. See more Fábio B @Cfbioc 09/23/2024 Pointless ending, can’t understand why the rating is high when in reality they could cut the movie in half and trash half the story See more Jason W @Thejasonwatts 08/31/2024 Not completely horrible. Some good gore and makeup fx. Story is ok. Obviously with Clive Barker you get the gratuitous sexual content. Also a bit too much of the super loud noise jump scares. See more John H @RT18864280 07/11/2024 This was actually a decent movie, with a few twists and turns thrown in. I liked the story line, and the acting was good. I think a longer movie with more exploration would have been better. See more 01/23/2024 in all honesty I thought it was pretty average Clive Barker isnt a bad director but he never actually uses his potential here the acting is ok, the story sounds cool but never gets any real treatment the blood and gore should satisfy most horror fans you could pretty much catch this on TV See more Patrick C @Breakthescreen 02/07/2023 I watch a lot of horror movies and this is one of the better ones I've seen. See more Read all reviews
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John Harrison

Director

Jonas Armstrong

Simon McNeal

Sophie Ward

Mary Florescu

Paul Blair

Reg Fuller

Doug Bradley

Tollington

James Watson

Jimmy

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Clive Barker's Book of Blood

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Movie Info

Synopsis Mary Florescu (Sophie Ward) and Reg Fuller (Paul Blair), experts in the supernatural, are enlisted to probe strange happenings at a family's home. Joining them is Simon McNeal (Jonas Armstrong), a young student who has a gift for interacting with the spirit world. After staying the night in the eerie dwelling, they discover indecipherable writing on the walls, and Simon finds strange scars all over his body. As their investigation continues, the nightmare deepens.
Director
John Harrison
Producer
Lauri Apelian, Clive Barker, Joe Daley, Micky McPherson
Screenwriter
John Harrison, Darin Silverman
Production Co
Midnight Picture Show, uFilm, Plum Pictures, Matador Pictures, Scottish Screen, Umedia
Rating
R (Sexuality/Nudity|Language|Bloody Violence)
Genre
Horror, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 7, 2019
Runtime
1h 40m