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Eye catching and enticing - the magazine covers that encourage casual newsstand sales have proved hugely receptive to the subtle lures of Pinhead, Boone, various Nightbreed and others - including the visage of the creator himself...



Midnight Meat Train Covers
...Mahogany, the hammer, the train...

[ ] Fangoria - No 273, May 2008 [ ]

Fangoria - No 273, May 2008
Arriving 22 April 2008 will be Fangoria issue 273, the first cover slot for this year's Ryuhei Kitamura helmed adaptation...


Lord Of Illusions Covers
...Without the iconic status of a Pinhead or the sheer variety of the Nightbreed, Lord of Illusions struggled to make the same kind of impact as Barker's first forays into the celluloid world...

Au Courant - Vol 13 No 43 Bloodsongs - No 6

Au Courant - Vol 13 No 43, 29 August - 4 September 1995
Two stills from the movie accompany 'Horror's Homo Hero' on the cover of this Philadelphia gay magazine. Contains an interview with Barker.
Bloodsongs - No 6, March 1995
Steve Proposch headlines Lord of Illusions in his Australian horror fiction 'zine with a Barker interview and a review of Salome and The Forbidden.

Coenobium - No 14 Doom, No 0, June 1995 L'Ecran Fantastique, No 149, May 1996

Coenobium - No 14, Summer 1995
Nina Arlene Kempf's Nix sets up an issue covering Lord of Illusions and Candyman 2 amongst other things.
Doom, No 0, June 1995
This German horror and fantasy magazine goes for a candid on-set photo to promote its Barker interview.
L'Ecran Fantastique, No 149, May 1996
While France's excellent L'Ecran Fantastique magazine opts for a more traditional shot of the same doomed cultist.

Fangoria - No 139 Fangoria - No 140 Fangoria - No 141

Fangoria - No 139, January 1995
Part two of Fangoria's excellent Lord Of Illusions production diary includes an interview with Barker.
Fangoria - No 140, March 1995
Barker abounds on this cover with Nix the centrepiece of an issue with articles on Lord Of Illusions, Hellraiser IV and Candyman 2. The third part of the Lord Of Illusions production diary includes an interview with Barker.
Fangoria - No 141, April 1995
Nix lurks opposite Angelique as the fourth part of the Lord Of Illusions production diary including an interview with Barker, is accompanied by a Hellraiser IV set visit.

Fangoria, German No 2, 1995 Fangoria, German No 3, 1995

Fangoria - German Edition, No 2, 1995
We don't have this but it looks to have similar to the US issue 140?
Fangoria - German Edition, No 3, 1995
Again, we don't have this but it looks to be similar to the US issue 141?

Home Cinema Choice - September 1996 Starlog - No 212

Home Cinema Choice - September 1996
There was no UK theatrical release of Lord Of Illusions, so cover appearances had to wait for the release of the director's cut on video. Contains an interview with Barker.
Starlog - No 212, March 1995
"Scott Bakula leaps into Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions" and Bakula is interviewed inside.

Video Watchdog - No 34 World Of Fandom - No 22

Video Watchdog - No 34, 1996
A tasteful shot of Harry's bad dream for the cover. Inside, Douglas Winter writes about the movie and interviews Barker.
World Of Fandom - No 22, 1997
Nix in his S&M gear getting ready for a night on the town. Cultists beware.


Underworld/Transmutations and Rawhead Rex Covers
...The early films struggled for attention but each still secured a prestigious cover slot with Fangoria...

Dread - No 6 Fangoria - No 53 Fangoria - No 61

Dread - No 6, 1992
If you look really hard there's a grainy picture of Rawhead emerging from the shadows. Contains an interview with Barker.
Fangoria - No 53, May 1986
An unhappy looking animatronic of Denholm Elliot as Doctor Savary acts as a cover for an issue interviewing Peter Litton, the make-up effects man responsible for Underworld.
Fangoria - No 61, February 1987
Includes an interview with Clive's 'favourite' director, George Pavlou.


Candyman Covers
...Dare you put his image on a magazine cover five times..?

Dread - No 7 Fangoria - No 117 Fangoria - No 118

Dread - No 7, 1992
Dread's coverage of Candyman includes an interview with Bernard Rose.
Fangoria - No 117, October 1992
Previewing Candyman by showing Tony Todd going up in flames on the cover, this contains an article on the making of the movie (including a brief interview with Barker) as well as an interview with Bob Keen on the new cenobites and other effects in Hellraiser III.
Fangoria - No 118, November 1992
The following month Fangoria continued its coverage with an interview with Bernard Rose.

Fangoria - No 183 Other Dimensions - No 2 Shivers - No 50

Fangoria - No 183, June 1999
'Clive Barker's bogeyman returns' to announce Candyman 3. There's also an article on the various drafts of The Mummy, including Barker's version.
Other Dimensions - No 2, Fall 1994
Douglas Winter pens a literary criticism of Candyman in this issue.
Shivers - No 50, February 1998
Shivers' Sgt. Pepper tribute has Pinhead in the front row, while Candyman and Peloquin share similar mouth-open poses towards the right hand edge.

[ ] Starburst - No 176 [ ]

Starburst - No 176, April 1993
Yes Sarah, Tony Todd's interview is accompanied by a picture of Candyman on the cover, just concentrate on something other than Mel Gibson's clear blue eyes if you can...


Gods And Monsters Covers
...The arthouse crowd is less easy to reach in the mainstream press, so Gods And Monsters registers just one cover slot - covers of the time preferring straightforward publicity shots of Ian McKellen or Brendan Fraser...

[ ] Scarlet Street - No 30 [ ]

Scarlet Street - No 30, November 1998
Dedicating three or four separate articles to Gods And Monsters and the original James Whale pictures, this issue includes interviews with Barker and Bill Condon.


Quicksilver Highway Covers
...The TV pairing of Barker and King left little impression on graphic designers, but securing a cover slot for a TV movie is no mean feat in itself...

Shivers - No 42

Shivers - No 42, June 1997
Ranking as the only Quicksilver Highway image we know of on a cover, even here a smouldering Fox Mulder is preferred to Christopher Lloyd's manic grin!


Saint Sinner Covers
...TV again, with the arrival of Saint Sinner on the Sci Fi channel cause for celebration in the pages of Fangoria. Spielberg's Taken miniseries took the cover spot on Sci Fi's own magazine, leaving Fangoria alone to use Saint Sinner on its cover that month...

Fangoria - No 217

Fangoria - No 217, October 2002
An unfortunate victim on the cover as Fangoria asks, 'Saint Sinner - Too gory for TV?' Barker is interviewed inside and there's also a Hellseeker feature.


The Mummy Covers
...The Mummy dominated magazine covers in the summer of 1999. Just not the one we were interested in seeing...

Fangoria - No 183

Fangoria - No 183, June 1999
An impressive achievement, making the front cover of Fangoria with a movie that was never even made... More pictures of Steve Johnson's designs for Clive's version of The Mummy are included inside, as well as an article on Candyman 3.




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