Part of: Shocktober 2024
WITH INTRO BY MIKE MUNCER FROM THE EVOLUTION OF HORROR PODCAST
HELLRAISER • Clive Barker • 1987 • 1h 34m
A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.
"Hellraiser [is] one of the most gruesome, visually horrific fantasy films you will ever see. Written and directed by Clive Barker, the film is a relentless, unflinching foray into a netherworld of monsters, murder and the supernatural." - South Florida Sun Sentinel
"Horror is at its best when it's relentless. Clive Barker knows this, and his debut feature as director is so gleefully vicious, so relentlessly grim that it's going to be very hard for fans of the genre not to like it." - Empire Magazine
""This isn’t for your eyes", says the demonic Cenobite –- but he is so very wrong about Clive Barker'’s must-see horror." - Anton Bitel