Clive Barker on Crafting Horror: Write Without Boundaries [Exclusive]
On the latest episode of Post Mortem with Mick Garris, the Hellraiser writer-director Clive Barker reveals how to craft horror without boundaries.
By
Max Weinstein
Clive Barker has long been a master at immersing audiences in the wildly fantastical worlds he creates. But he insists that he pulls this off not by immersing himself in the writing process, but by taking himself out of it.
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Hellraiser writer-director says that he removes himself from the craftsmanship of his work by handwriting—never typing—all of his stories. “It’s a form of madness,” he jokes, and Garris teases him about the yellow pads he’s seen him scribble on when the two have worked together. But as with the best forms of madness, there’s a method to it, too.