What I’m Reading: The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

Synopsis: “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.”

My take: Not sure why it took me so long to read The Hellbound Heart when I’ve seen every Hellraiser film, some multiple times, but Barker’s quick-paced classic is a visceral, grotesque, frightening, one-session read, with Cenobites much ghastlier on the page than they are on screen.