Several of the tales from the Books of Blood have been optioned by Britain's Limehouse Productions for release as films, with screenplays by the author.

"The Yattering and Jack" (Volume I) is scheduled to be adapted as a segment of the American television series, Tales from the Darkside.

Barker's first film, the hit based on his novella "The Hell-Bound Heart," was entitled Hellraiser and appeared in 1987. The film was produced by Christopher Figg and starred Andrew Robinson, Claire Higgins, and Ashley Laurence. Nightbreed followed and was released in early 1990. The fourth, and supposedly final installment of Hellraiser (1996), was held in distain by its participants, and the director had his name removed from the credits. The film starred Bruce Ramsay and Douglas Bradley.