Hellraiser (1987)
Directed by Clive Barker
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
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Hellraiser seems inspired more by the Italian horror masters Dario Argento ( Suspiria ), Mario Bava ( Black Sunday ), and Lucio Fulci ( The Beyond ) than by any American horror films.
Hellraiser seems inspired more by the Italian horror masters Dario Argento ( Suspiria ), Mario Bava ( Black Sunday ), and Lucio Fulci ( The Beyond ) than by any American horror films.
Hellraiser seems inspired more by the Italian horror masters Dario Argento ( Suspiria ), Mario Bava ( Black Sunday ), and Lucio Fulci ( The Beyond ) than by any American horror films.
The kinds of horror films we got then were usually comedies in nature, like Evil Dead 2 (1987) or Re-Animator (1985) or were full of sudden "jump-scares" that don't date very well, like A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) or An American Werewolf in London (1981).
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The kinds of horror films we got then were usually comedies in nature, like Evil Dead 2 (1987) or Re-Animator (1985) or were full of sudden "jump-scares" that don't date very well, like A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) or An American Werewolf in London (1981).
A few years later, brother Larry (Andrew Robinson, best known as the psycho in "Dirty Harry") moves in with his new British-born wife Julia (Clare Higgins) and Kirsty (Ashley Laurence), his daughter from a previous marriage.
The kinds of horror films we got then were usually comedies in nature, like Evil Dead 2 (1987) or Re-Animator (1985) or were full of sudden "jump-scares" that don't date very well, like A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) or An American Werewolf in London (1981).
Thenagain, this is his first film, and it's a lot more accomplished than Stephen King's directorial debut, "Maximum Overdrive."