The Hellbound Heart

A Novel

By: Clive Barker

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

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.

©2007 Clive Barker Ink, Inc. (P)2013 David N. WIlson

so much better than the movie

I think I've figured out why I wasn't too thrilled with the Hellraiser movie. The book deals so much with all 5 senses and on film you can only truly portray sight and sound. But Clive Barker's true mastery of horror lies in his ability to exaggerate and heighten the senses of the reader and play with their imagination based on their physical experiences. Jeffrey Kafer's monotone gravelly voice is chilling enough for narration but he does the same voice for every character, from Cenobites to humans. Even after Pinhead is described as having a "high breathy girlish voice" he uses the same deep monotone voice but with a sound effect to sound like there's an echo, which begs the question, for me, if you're going to go through the trouble and edit the voice, why not at least adjust it to the right pitch, or aim for the right voice in the first place? Less than impressed with Kafer's portrayal of dialogue, but will most definitely be listening to more of Barker's writing.

Awesome, and so very Twisted!!

I grew up on the Movie. I always wanted to experience the source material. FYi, this is a more recent recording of the book. The other version was originally recorded on tape by the author years ago and coverted to Digital media.

excellent

this book was really quite something. I read it because I enjoyed the movie hellraiser, but now I think I will read the rest of Clive Barker's work. spooky, thrilling, and fast-paced.

Loved it

Absolutely loved it. Great job and loved Jeffrey's way of bringing those characters to life.

Movie is true to the book

I was surprised with how true the movie stayed to this. If you enjoyed the movie, you'd enjoy this as well.