Video: Clive Barker Answers Teens' Questions About Violence in HELLRAISER in Late '80s Show
Horror fans, you owe it to yourself to watch this. In the late '80s, Clive Barker went on a UK talk show and was grilled by audience members and forced to defend his film Hellraiser. As brutal as the questions can be, Barker is always calm and eloquent in discussing his thoughts on the film and his books.
While watching, you'll notice the questions come off as super conservative and are geared towards the idea that "violence affects public." You have to remember that Barker was one of the guys that spearheaded the type of violence that is practically commonplace in most rated R films we see today. People weren't used to seeing this level of gore in their films. Truly a cool interview to watch for both lovers of film and horror!