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" 'The Scarlet Gospels' does, by general consensus, seem to mark a new high - or low, depending on your point of view - in its excessiveness, in its extremities. "

Clive Barker

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Clive Barker

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" What I tried to do is deliver movies that have worked for me more than once. "

Clive Barker

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" My grandfather was a ship's cook, and he came back from the Far East very often with strange little toys. One of the things he brought back was a puzzle box, which obsessed me for a long time. "

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