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You announced this book a long time ago when did you first announce it? It’s always nice to have some background, but I like to think that the book is completely self-contained. If people have read The Hellbound Heart, is that a good enough introduction to The Scarlet Gospels? Or are there other things they should read? In the movie, he comes to LA and investigates what seems to be a murder, and it turns out to be much more. He is a down-at-the-heel, pissed-off, rather exhausted PI. Harry is a film noir character he’s a Philip Marlowe. In a way, the comic books have to tell their own tales through the people who write and paint them.Īnother character that features prominently in The Scarlet Gospels is Harry D’Amour. I’d like to say I was a major part of the comic book creation, but that’s pretentious of me. Were you involved with the comic books at all? I’m really proud of the comic books in a way that I’m not really proud of any of the sequels to the movie. I think they have nine movies, sequels - two of which I was connected with - and then the comic books, which have been rather brilliant and taken the mythology into new and interesting places. What else has Pinhead appeared in after that?

People teach you what they want they educate you in what you’ve done. And that had to tell you something, right? People were choosing an image to identify what the movie was, and he wasn’t a significant part of it. Soon after the movie opened, we saw that almost every photograph that was printed from the movie was of the guy with the pins in his head. When did you first get the idea that Pinhead was turning into this cult figure? Not so much in the book, but when the movie came along, people really liked the character. Pinhead, or the character called Pinhead by some, was a minor character in that book. That started the whole thing off, many years ago. Your character Pinhead first appeared in a novella called The Hellbound Heart. Visit to listen to the interview or other episodes. This interview first appeared on ’s The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, which is hosted by David Barr Kirtley and produced by John Joseph Adams. His most recent book is a new Harry DʼAmour/Pinhead tale, The Scarlet Gospels. In addition to his work in Hollywood, he is the best-selling, award-winning author of many novels, such as The Damnation Game, Weaveworld, Imajica, The Thief of Always, and Sacrament. He has written and directed other films as well, such as Lord of Illusions and Nightbreed, and other works of his have been adapted to film by others, such as his short story “The Forbidden,” which was made into the film Candyman. He is probably best known for writing and directing the Hellraiser films, featuring his iconic character Pinhead.

Clive Barker is a legendary horror writer and filmmaker.