Coldheart Canyon is an irresistible and unmerciful picture of Hollywood and its demons, told with all the style and raw narrative power that have made Barker's books and films a worldwide phenomenon. Just their titles gave me the need to read them). I also like 'The Scarlet Gospels' by Clive Barker, specially because im a big fan of his lore (like, they talks about mysterious esoteric texts. But to do that he must not only solve its mysteries but also face the powers that have protected it for seven decades, and that means stepping through the door.Īs a Hollywood insider with a keen eye for its idiocies and horrors Clive Barker is uniquely positioned to write this vitriolic Tinseltown ghost story. I just read 'The Butchers Table' by Nathan Ballingrud and I loved the ideas, the mythos and the descriptions in it. With his refuge now a prison, Todd needs to get out of Coldheart Canyon. There was a door in the bowels of the dream-palace, which reputedly opened onto another world - the Devils' Country - where nothing was forbidden. The Forbidden is a short story by Clive Barker that inspired the movie Candyman. It wasn't just the wild sex and the drugs that made Katya's parties so memorable. In the 20s, 'A' list stars came to the Canyon to have the kind of parties nobody was supposed to know about.

His manager finds the ideal location, Coldheart Canyon - a dream-palace hidden away in a corner of the city so secret it doesn't even appear on a map.

A famous Hollywood actor loses his looks - and is drawn into the dark and twisted world of Coldheart Canyon.įollowing extensive cosmetic surgery, Hollywood superstar Todd Pickett needs somewhere to hide away while his scars heal.

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