Books of Blood: Volume Two

Five stories. In "Dread", student Quaid wants to understand fear and starts testing it on real people, beginning with his girlfriend Cheryl. "Hell's Event" follows a London charity race that turns into a wager with Hell. "Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament" is about a woman who, after a suicide attempt, finds she can reshape other people's flesh with her mind. In "The Skins of the Fathers", demons cross the Arizona desert and the town of Welcome wants revenge. It closes with "New Murders in the Rue Morgue", where old Lewis Fox goes to Paris to help a friend's son accused of a savage murder.

1. ChangePhilosophy, not film school

   In the story, Quaid and Stephen Grace are philosophy students, and the test subject is Quaid's girlfriend Cheryl. In the film, they're making a film project, recording other people's fears.

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2. ChangeNew faces

   The film is "loosely based" on the story and adds people who aren't in the book, like Abby with her birthmark and Joshua, who fears going deaf again.

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3. ReferencePoe again

   "New Murders in the Rue Morgue" reworks Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

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4. Behind the scenesRecycled quicksand

   A quicksand scene from "The Skins of the Fathers" turns up again in Lord of Illusions, which Barker directed.

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