Summaries

A paranormal expert discovers a house that is at the intersection of so-called "highways" transporting souls in the afterlife.

Details

Keywords
  • gore
  • sex scene
  • based on short story
  • ghost
  • paranormal investigator
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Horror
  • Drama
Release date May 7, 2009
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Official sites Official site
Language English
Filming locations Black Island Studios, Alliance Road, Acton, London, England, UK
Production companies Matador Pictures Plum Films Midnight Picture Show

Box office

Budget $6000000
Gross worldwide $567723

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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.

Based on the wraparound story penned by Clive Barker in the author's "Books of Blood" collection, a psychic researcher, Mary Florescu, has employs medium Simon McNeal to investigate a haunted house. McNeal, at first, begins to fake his visions, but then real ghosts present themselves. They attack him and carve words in his flesh, and these words, claims the narrator, form the rest of the stories, stories written on a literal, living Book of Blood.

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