After years of development hell and abandoned attempts, the Hellraiser remake has arrived. Well, if you live in America and happen to subscribe to Hulu, Hellraiser has arrived. Everyone else will have to wait. Still for a horror franchise that has languished in straight-to-video hell, the remake represents a step in the right direction. Arguably, […]
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Based on Clive Barker’s novella The Hellbound Heart and made on a relatively small budget, Hellraiser surprised enough at the box office to earn an immediate sequel. Its follow-up, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, performed a little below its predecessor at the box office. In addition, critics were less impressed with the results this time around. Not […]
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In his original review, Roger Ebert referred to Clive Barker’s Hellraiser as a ‘bankruptcy of imagination’. Despite Ebert’s role in elevating the art of film criticism, he most certainly got it wrong with Hellraiser. There may be many things wrong with the movie, but a lack of creativity is not one of them. Hellraiser premiered in […]
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Horror novelist Clive Barker’s work has never enjoyed the same success in its translation to the big screen as the work of his contemporary Stephen King. Lord of Illusions was truthfully a bit of a mess, and while it has gained a cult following, Nightbreed was a box office miss. To date, Hellraiser remains the […]
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At the time of its release, Hellraiser marked a completely different turn for horror. Clive Barker’s vision was low-budget, but high-concept. In addition, Hellraiser bucked the 80’s horror trend of masked, wise-cracking killers stalking horny teenagers. A quick follow-up sequel, Hellbound: Hellraiser II actually exceeded the original. Yet in spite of Barker’s unique vision, the Hellraiser […]
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The original Hellraiser (1987) was released over 30 years with its first sequel, Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988), hitting theaters a year later. You’ll be forgiven for not knowing that Hellraiser films have continued to be be sporadically released since those first two films with the majority of these sequels going straight to video since […]
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