Story Line
Based on the wraparound story penned by Clive Barker in the author's "Books of Blood" collection, the story centers on a paranormal expert who, while investigating a gruesome slaying, finds a house that is at the intersection of "highways" transporting souls to the afterlife.
“The dead will not be silenced.”
Top Cast
Jonas Armstrong
Simon McNeal
Sophie Ward
Mary Florescu
Clive Russell
Wyburd
Paul Blair
Reg Fuller
Romana Abercromby
Janie
Simon Bamford
Derek
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Rating
5.4/ 10
Release Date
2009-03-07
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
HorrorDramaMysteryThriller
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User Reviews (2)
CinemaSerf
5/10
•1/22/2025Fresh from his success as tea-time totty "Robin Hood" for the BBC, Jonas Armstrong takes on something altogether more sinister here in this low brow adaptation of Clive Barker's "Book of Blood" stories. He is "Simon" who becomes the fascination of wr...
Sierbahnn
5/10
•5/1/2026This is nowhere near as good or as though-out as the 2020-version. This narrative-within-a-narrative is not a draw, the story meanders at times and then tries to rush tension. The characters are not really compelling, and thus the tension is missing....