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thenightling · 3 years

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Show and movie recommendations for people who like Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman

This morning someone asked me for some movie recommendations that are like Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. There’s really nothing quite like The Sandman but I will list similar films and shows here.

1. Over The Garden Wall.

Over the Garden Wall was an animated mini-series that aired on Cartoon Network in 2014. It is a very unique mini-series that was shown as ten minute shorts. When compiled together the shorts tell a full length movie about two brothers lost in a surreal forest known as The Unknown. Most of the visuals are inspired by early twentieth century Hallowe’en greeting cards. This is a very, very underrated mini-series. I actually consider it my comfort food of media. I watch it when I’m not feeling well and it makes me feel better.

2. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare before Christmas.

I know a lot of people might think of this one as overrated and far too common place but when I was eleven-years-old I felt like I was the only one in the world who loved it. I saw Nightmare before Christmas in the threatre in 1993 and was fast obsessed. The King of Halloween is weary of his routine and feels like something is missing from his life so he discovers and attempts to do Christmas. It has a beautiful score by Danny Elfman and many surreal and wonderful imagery.

3. Jim Henson’s Labyrinth.

Labyrinth is a fantasy film from 1986 featuring David Bowie as The Goblin King. A young girl named Sarah wishes away her half-brother. After the baby is actually abducted by goblins Sarah must solve an intricate maze within thirteen hours to save him before he is transformed into a goblin. The film is full of goblin creatures created by Jim Henson and you can see how it had some influence on certain aspects of The Sandman including Barbie’s dream world in the A Game of you story arc.

4. The Company of Wolves.

The Company of wolves is a horror film based on the short story collection The Bloody Chamber and other stories by Angela Carter. It was directed by Neil Jordan, director of Interview with The Vampire. Most of the film is set in the mind of a sleeping pubescent girl who is apparently having her first period. In her dream world she is Little Red Riding Hood. And her grandmother tells her various stories about werewolves. Werewolves fast become a metaphor for puberty, masculinity, and sexual awakening and all those confusing and frightening emotions that come with them. For all its symbolism and subtle beauty this is still very much a horror film.

5. Clive Barker’s Nightbreed

Sometimes sold as Night Breed or Nightbreed I strongly recommend tracking down the Cabal cut or director’s cut of this movie. It’s not just longer. Some scenes are entirely different from the theatrical release. It even has a different ending. The plot deals with a man named Boon who has been having strange dreams of a place called Midian. An underground city entirely inhabited by monsters. He yearns to be a part of that world. Meanwhile Boon’s own therapist frames him for murder and manages to even convince Boon that he might be the killer. But things get even more strange when Boon discovers that Midian and it’s monstrous inhabitants are, in fact, real. This film is based on the book Cabal by Clive Barker. This one is very much a horror film.

6. Pan’s Labyrinth.

Not to be confused with Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, Pan’s Labyrinth is a Spanish language film about a young girl in a very unpleasant situation so she escapes into a fantasy world where she is a lost princess. Beautiful, surreal, and very well made. Pretty much any film by Guillermo del Tor can fit on this list. My only complaint about this movie is that it is ONLY available with subtitles with no dub option. I understand that Guillermo del Toro does not like badly dubbed movies but this is very inconsiderate for the visually impaired. I am visually impaired and have to sit very close to read those subtitles. Either that or learn Spanish...

7. The Dark Crystal and it’s one season prequel series: Dark Crystal / Age of Resistance.

Similar to Labyrinth only with a surprisingly more serious tone and no song numbers, The Dark Crystal is a movie that takes you into a surreal fantasy world inhabited entirely by puppet creatures. The prequel series recently aired on Netflix and has the same charm and beauty as the original.

8. Swamp Thing.

The 2019 Swamp Thing series for DC Universe (now on HBO Max) only got one season but it features a character you might recognize from The Sandman. Matthew Cable. After Matthew’s death he becomes Morpheus’ raven in The Sandman. There’s actually a lot of atmosphere in this show and it is very underrated.

9. Lucifer.

Though not faithful to the comics the premise of Lucifer is based on events from The Sandman: Season of Mists and The Sandman: The Kindly Ones where Lucifer quits ruling Hell, moves to Earth, opens Lux and takes up playing piano.

10. Justice League: Action episodes Trick or Threat and Supernatural Adventures in babysitting.

The Justice League: Action episode Trick or threat features the first TV animated appearance of Cain and his House of Mystery as they appear in Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. The Supernatural Adventures in Babysitting episode features the Magdalene grimoire. This is the spell book that was used to summon Morpheus in the very first issue of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman.

Bonus mentions:

MirrorMask Stardust Howl’s Moving Castle Princess Mononoke The Wizard of Oz Return to Oz (features a character Jack Pumpkinhead who helped inspire Mervyn Pumpkinhead on a superficial level) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (animated or TV mini-series)

10th Kingdom (TV mini-series)

Gulliver’s Travel’s TV mini-series (features a young Tom Sturridge) Rise of the Guardians Maleficent

Faust (1926 silent film) Tales from the Crypt (TV series) Tales from the Cryptkeeper (animated series) Carnival Row (TV series) Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Neverwhere Good Omens @sex-and-games-in-new-york-city

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retrocgads · 6 years

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barkercast · 7 years

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Episode 062 : 2013 in Rerview

1/12/2014

We’re finally back after a holiday and New Years hiatus. Did you miss us? This time around Jose and Ryan were joined by guest-host Stephanie Iribarren. We talked about all the releases, and especially the announcements made in 2013, and the promise of things to come in 2014.

Show Notes

Clive Barker News

Books of Blood V4, V5, V6 Unabridged on Audible 12/19/13

http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/The-Books-of-Blood-Audiobook/B00HEP7Q7Y

Clive Barker Announced as Noise Festival movie curator

http://www.noisefestival.com/festival/2014/curators/CliveBarker

January Cover of Fangoria, Nightbreed.

http://www.clivebarkercast.com/2013/12/19/nightbreed-to-feature-on-next-fangoria-cover/

Clive Barker Imaginer Art Book

Lord of Illusions release from 101 Films

Nightbreed: Fall

Introduction video Seraphim (Clive, Nightbreed)

2013 in Review

RELEASES

realclivebarker.com store

AUDIBLE

Hellbound Heart Abridged edition read by Clive Barker now on Audible.

http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B00DGBDJNK&qid=1371575809&sr=1-1

Books of Blood Volume 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on Audible

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/The-Books-of-Blood-Audiobook/B00G3IV3EU

Thief of Always on Audible

http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/The-Thief-of-Always-Audiobook/B00H7J4CK6/

1) Fiddleblack Annotated Cabal Book is already available to buy! $40.00 Hardcover. https://fiddleblack.org/press/cabal-and-other-annotations

ANNOUNCEMENTS and News

Clive Barker and Robert McCammon win Horror Writers Association lifetime achievement award.

Clive Confirms on Facebook Oliver Parker will direct Thief of Always Live Action Film. http://www.clivebarker.info/filmswip.html#thief

Clive Announces David Barron’s involvement in Abarat movies.

http://www.clivebarker.info/filmswip.html#abaratnew

New Machine Studios is a Canadian animation company that is optioning “The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus,” and buying the script, which has been adapted from my book by Mr. Mark Miller of Seraphim Studios. He’s done a wonderful job.

Tortured Souls Book Announcement

“Hello friends! We have some exciting news! Subterranean Press will be publishing the novella for Tortured Souls, soon after the publication of Chiliad: A Meditation. As an added bonus, it will be fully illustrated as well.”

1) New Art Representation: Century Guild http://www.clivebarker.info/presscentury.html

Midian Unmade

Nightbreed Shout! Factory Announcement / Cabal Cut Memories

Clive wants to film Weaveworld Mini-Series in Liverpool

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/master-horror-clive-barker-hoping-6237171

Turn Down The Lights : “Dollie”previously unpublished. Cemetery Dance.

http://www.clivebarkercast.com/2013/11/15/previously-unpublished-story-dollie-available-for-pre-order/

Criss Angel did a Clive Barker-inspired trick, “Death premonition”

http://www.clivebarkercast.com/2013/11/15/clive-barker-on-chris-angels-death-premonition/

Midnight Meat Train: Dark Regions Press

http://www.clivebarker.info/bookswip.html#mmtdark

Leviathan, The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound, Hellraiser 2. http://www.clivebarkercast.com/2013/11/28/leviathan-the-story-of-hellraiser-and-helbound-hellraiser-ii/

New Damnation Game http://www.clivebarkercast.com/2013/11/28/new-edition-of-the-damnation-game/

http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/barker01

First Tales. http://www.clivebarkercast.com/2013/11/28/clive-barkers-first-tales-available-midnight-pst/

Bandwidth by Jose Leitao

web www.clivebarkercast.com

iTunes (Leave a review!), Podomatic, XBOX Music Store, Tune-In Radio, Stitcher, Doubletwist, Blackberry and Pocketcast.

Facebook and Join the Occupy Midian group

Twitter: @BarkerCast | @OccupyMidian

forum: www.clivebarkerfans.com/forum

Theme by Colin Lacativa

New episode of the Clive Barker Podcast

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barkercast · 7 years

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129 : 2016 In Review

Happy New Year, and welcome to the Clive Barker Podcast! The one and only podcast dedicated to Clive Barker, his many works, those he inspires.

This is episode 129, 2016 in review.

Releases

The Last Illusion Fiddleblack

Imaginer 3

Arrow Scarlet Box Region A

Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell

The Clive Barker Archive

For the Future

Hellraiser Judgement

Hellraiser Anthology Comic Seraphim Ink

Imaginer 4

The Body Book

Infernal Parade (Feb 2017)

Thief of Always Anniversary Edition

Thommy Hutson CB Documentary

Next Testament Novelization by Mark Alan Miller

Moments from the The Clive Barker Podcast

Re-playing, reviewing Jericho

Playing Reviewing Nightbreed the Action Game

Transmutations Commentary

Duels of Blood episodes with Max Lichtor

Announcing the Hellraiser Anthology (exclusive)

Discussing the Hellraiser treatments that never got made

Conversation with Don Bertram, an extremely knowledgeable CB collector and philantropist

Replaying Undying, modding it, recording gameplay

Discussing IMAJICA (126) with Ben Warren, and listening to his composition Cradle of Chzercemit

Researching Hellraiser Bloodline for the upcoming documentary

Ryan completed his Imajica CCG 4/8/16 thanks to Ben Orchard

The Clive Barker Podcast (or @Barkercast) is an independent editorial fan site and podcast that is not affiliated with or under contract by Clive Barker or Seraphim Films. This is a labor of love by the fans, for the fans.

web www.clivebarkercast.com

iTunes (Leave a review!), Stitcher,Libsyn, Tunein, Pocket Casts, Google Play, DoubleTwist and YouTube Facebook and Join the Occupy Midian group

Twitter: @BarkerCast | @OccupyMidian

New episode of the Clive Barker Podcast

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