Official site exploring the worlds and works of clive barker. In 1989, following the success of the hellraiser and hellbound. Hellraiser was a shot in the arm for the genre in 1987 and brought clive barkers unique vision to the screen. Actor doug bradley, who portrays pinhead in clive barkers hellraiser films, gives his own unique and personal guide to cinema monsters and the men who. Julia from the first hellraiser film nearly a candidate for this list herself. Hellraiser is a horror franchise that consists of 10 films, a series of books, various comic books. Book of monsters brings oldschool practical creature effects and a dark comedic edge to make for a deeply entertaining monster movie. Pinhead poster cenobites art print clive barker horror movie monsters by scott jackson. Angelique eventually joined pinhead as a cenobite, and is the only known demon who was turned by pinhead. Hellraiser ii movies, epic comics began publishing series of comic book spinoffs for the hellraiser franchise. Oh sure he looks a little silly if you stare too closely, but within the context of this classic monster movie hes quite the eerie, ominous presence.
The cenobites first appeared in clive barkers 1986 novella the hellbound heart. The book offers a fascinating history of the masked screen monster in silent. Clive on hellraiser the official clive barker website. Nov 15, 2012 a collection of hellraiser short stories written by various authors. Whereas most other horror villains are dumb, monosyllabic brutes, pinhead is an intellectual. Clive barker celebrity profile check out the latest clive barker photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. It took several centuries for the lemarchands to finally devise a way to permanently kill angelique and the rest of the cenobites after building the elysium configuration in space. Hellraiser pinhead stories to end with longawaited novel the. I remember when i watched hellraiser 1987 with my mother. The main plot is essentially a love story, where a cheating wife agrees to help her cursed lover her husbands brother regenerate feeling a stint in hell by feeding him victims.
Movie monster adult vod aebn porn pay per view network. In 2016 he was awarded the london horror society award for. As much of a fairytale as a clive barker book can be, the thief of always. I also made use of clive barkers hellraiser concepts and guidelines for a horror anthology series from epic comics, often referred to as the hellraiser comics bible. Though not a cenobite, the engineer appears to be more of a being created to serve within the labyrinth. Behind the mask of the horror actor by doug bradley goodreads. The hellraiser series is a topic of a lot of contention here on bloodydisgusting. In the comic book series, pinhead is depicted as the latest incarnation of the cenobite spirit xipe totec, an entity derived from aztec mythology. The dvd releases of the films contain commentary tracks which were also useful as resource material. The book tells the story of a hedonistic creep by the name of frank cotton, who is constantly looking for the next level of sensual exploration, no matter how depraved. The box also has a 200 page hardcover book going into more detail of the process of making the movies, plus you get postcards, a poster, and a small booklet. She cried when she saw my name in the opening credits and i had to tell her that that was.
The cenobites are some of the darkest monsters in horror movies, and. Generally in monster movies the monsters dont talk about their condition about being a monster. But before i get into it, id like to give fair warning to our listeners that i only consider the first four films to be the beginning and end of the series. Over 100,000 xxx straight and gay adult vod movies.
Hellraiser s malevolent cenobites listed from the worst to the best. I used to read the series of graphics occassionally. The book has been in the works for over 20 years, with barker originally envisaging it as a short story. The hellraiser series of movies have been uneven, although i think 2 was the best. Unfortunately for all involved, larrys house is already occupied. When kirstys father, larry, and stepmother, julia, move into larrys childhood home, kirsty and her boyfriend take a room nearby.
The cenobites masters of pain hellraiser explored youtube. Unlike other engineers, the engineer occasionally takes part in the actions of a certain gash. The engineer is the only one of its kind to have shown itself during the hellraiser series. These stories dont have much to do with the mythology of the movies, instead recreating the horror without the depth. Frank utilizes a puzzle box known as the lemarchand configuration. Book of monsters horror movie teaser trailer out now. The series storyline focuses on a puzzle box that opens a gateway to the helllike realm of. The cenobites are fictional extradimensional beings who appear in the works of clive barker, including the novella the hellbound heart as well as its semisequel the scarlet gospels, the ten hellraiser films, and intermittently in hellraiser comic books between. Hellraiser is a great horror movie, and a fine movie in general. In clive barkers hellraiser franchise of novels, films and comic books leviathan, the god of flesh, hunger and desire, was the cosmic being responsible for the creation of the demonic cenobites, and ruler of the dimension known as the labyrinth.
The cenobites are extra dimensional beings created by leviathan as featured in clive barkers hellraiser series. A collection of hellraiser short stories written by various authors. The films, as well as the comic book series, continually feature the cenobite pinhead. Watchmojo presents our second list the top 10 scariest movie monsters of all time. The book has been in the works for over 20 years, with barker. This writer just celebrated a birthday and, thanks to my editor, im indulging myself and my love of clive barkers. Despite the ability of the original 1987 hellraiser movie to stand tall in the company of other horror films of the eighties and beyond, the weinstein brothers decided there was the potential, nearly twenty years on, for a remake. An arbitrarily ranked list of clive barkers 10 coolest. Hellraiser is clive barkers dark, daring, and macabre adaptation of his own novella, books of blood. Clive barker born october 5, 1952 is a british horror and dark fantasy author responsible for over a dozen novels, several movies, a few graphic novels, some artwork, and a couple of video games as well.
Monsters, fun kills, silly practical effects make this an enjoyable watch. Actor doug bradley, who portrays pinhead in clive barkers hellraiser films. In the ashgate encyclopedia of literary and cinematic monsters, david. The cenobites are without a doubt the aristocrats of horror movie monsters, and pinhead is the dark prince. One of barkers coolest and scariest monsters actually comes from his first childrens book, the thief of always. Hellraiser is a fastmoving, intelligent and popular horror movie filled with demons, haunted houses, things coming back from the dead. Whether the films were superior remakes of classic horror movies or wholly original flicks, the monsters arriving in that decade left most movie fans with disturbing nightmares. Will it be pinhead from hellraiser, the ghouls from the pack.
Hellraiser is a horror franchise that consists of 10 films, a series of books, various comic books, and additional merchandise and media. The comics contained a set of short stories, with clive barker acting as a. Nightbreed also night breed on publicity material, or clive barkers nightbreed is a 1990 american dark fantasy horror film written and directed by clive barker, based on his 1988 novella cabal, and starring craig sheffer, anne bobby, david cronenberg, charles haid, hugh quarshie, and doug bradley. An arbitrarily ranked list of clive barkers 10 coolest monsters. The character appears in various hellraiser comics and received his own comic miniseries, entitled pinhead, published by marvel comics epic comics imprint. There are some who are extremely passionate about the series and all the entries it has offered. Actor doug bradley, who portrays pinhead in clive barkers hellraiser films, gives. The book tells the story of a hedonistic creep by the name of frank. The kind of book that makes you feel hungover just reading it, this is a fitting and funny tribute to four great hellraisers richard burton, richard harris, peter otoole and oliver reed along with cameos from a few other notorious cohorts. Across books, movies and film, barker has created some of the most. By the way, doug bradley is a wonderful perfomer the weaknesses of this particular movie. The franchise is based on the novella the hellbound heart by english author clive barker, who would go on to write and direct the adaptation of his story, titled hellraiser.
Hellraiser made a mint at the box office when it was released in 1987, in part, perhaps, because it really pushes the envelope not to mention limits of human anatomy in depicting the gruesome. Here is a look at the 10 scariest 80s horror movie monsters, ranked. Now on the disc for hellraiser 3 there is an unrated cut of the film which is cool since it adds in some extra gore and dialog but it looks rough when spliced in with the rest of the movie. Hellraiser is a 1987 british supernatural horror film written and directed by clive barker, and produced by christopher figg, based on barkers novella the hellbound heart.
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