hellraiser
“It’s Just a Game:” The Meta Weirdness of Hellraiser Hellworld
The Hellraiser sequels are a bit of a mixed bag. While the second is hopefully still considered something of a classic—not as much as it used to be, certainly—the third seems to divide fans and the fo...
Horror Tie-In Toys We Can’t Believe Actually Got Made
I’ll admit it, part of me is jealous of the kids just discovering the genre now. I’ll never forget what it was like for me as a kid to see all of my favorites for the first time. To watch each Hallowe...
How Hellraiser: Bloodline Went From An Ambitious Franchise Saver To The Pin In The Coffin
The Hellraiser franchise has always been rocky. The first two movies are absolutely spectacular. Hellraiser III is a bit underrated, but not without its problems by any stretch. And then you have Hell...
Eight Terrific Secondary Antagonists in Horror Movies
The killer is not always the killer in horror movies. One of my favorite things about the genre is that it takes characters who are pretty normal people on the surface and puts them in an unreal envir...
Five Bad Sequels That Were Almost Good
Many horror sequels don’t live up to the original. Many more are simply bad. But nobody sets out to make a bad sequel. Things just get in the way, whether it be time budget or any other consider...
Ten of the Best Films From The Mind of Clive Barker
Clive Barker is a powerhouse of imagination. He is an accomplished horror author with great works like The Books of Blood and The Hellbound Heart, as well as a great fantasy author, with the Abarat se...
Hellraiser TV Series is the Latest Attempt to Bring Pinhead to Television
In a surprising announcement via Deadline, Producers Roy Lee and Dan Farah have partnered with producers and rights holders Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman and Eric Gardner for a TV reimagining of Hell...
Hellbound: Hellraiser II – Crafting a Modern Fairy Tale
Hellraiser was a major horror hit that nobody expected; it even surprised those who had read Clive Barker’s Books of Blood and were already familiar with his work. But for once, t...
Repulsive Beauty: The Attraction to Monsters in the Films of Clive Barker
When Clive Barker first burst onto the scene with The Books of Blood, he changed the landscape of horror. The industry had never seen a style or, more importantly, an imagination quite like his. Consi...
