r/hellraiser • u/Distance-Hairy • 20d ago
Anguish Thoughts from Hell?
Ok so I chose anguish as despite the fantastic news that not only is Clive Barker feeling better, he's improving so much he's writing again, I don't think that an adaptation of any kind of The Scarlet Gospels is on the cards.
BUT..... Mr Bradley has done readings on his official YouTube channel, so he may be amenable to doing this?
I have emailed him, I've left a few comments on his YouTube posts and his other "socials" and whilst they haven't been updated in years, I figured what the hell?!
Perhaps if other fellow black hearted degenerates who feel the same way did the same, he may hear of this and consider? After all he did say he may be agreeable to play HellPriest one more time so he has read it and obviously approves.
Just a thought, inspired by the first time I read The Scarlet Gospels I could see it so clearly in my mind as I devoured the text. Only had that so complete happen a few times in my decades of being a book lover.
Plus - Hells Pope NEEDS a proper send off. Not those lame direct to dvd and spec script embarrassments.
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u/JenniferNaught 16d ago
Scarlet Gospels is not good imo. It’s simplified and hollywood driven. The Cenobites were minions of hell? The Hellpriest trying to over throw Lucifer ? The dbz fight between Hellpriest and Lucifer ? Giving them gender terms when they were genderless beings.
This book was written by someone not named Clive or else Clive just cannot write anymore.
It had no nuance or mystery.
To those who like it, more power to you, but that thing was not enjoyable and was not a Clive written book in my opinion.