Hellraiser (1987)

6.9	Listal rating
7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Clive Barker

Starring (View all)

Larry

Julia

Kirsty Cotton

Frank

Frank the Monster

Steve

1st Victim

2nd Victim

Written by

Clive Barker

novel The Hellbound Heart

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A classic

4 months ago at Jan 19 16:16

johanlefourbe

2 votes

When I was a kid, the poster for this movie used to terrify me. Eventually, I finally saw it, twenty years later. Even though it is considered a massive horror classic, I wasn't sure what to expect, especially since I discovered last week that Roger Ebert really hated this flick. Well, for this time, I have to say I didn't agree with good old Roger. Indeed, I thought it was pretty good and Clive B... read more

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5 years, 5 months ago at Dec 1 6:38

Jim

2 votes

what a beautiful mindfuck of a movie

"We have such sights to show you"

5 years, 2 months ago at Mar 23 1:33

Hexenkult

2 votes

Clive Barker directs, from his novella 'The Hellbound Heart'. Definitely the best of the series. Part 2 was pretty good, but they start to go downhill for me after that. Doug Bradley as Pinhead is a true horror icon.

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Description: In 1986, critically acclaimed and celebrated author Clive Barker directed his first feature film which has since become a horror classic. Clive Barker's Hellraiser introduced some of the most frightening and sophisticated images of horror to ever grace the silver screen. No film has ever gripped the imagination so shockingly nor pres ... (more)

Release date : 18 September 1987
UPC: 013131033090

Horror (30), 1980s (12), Demons (11), 1987 (10), Fantasy (10), Gore (8), Thriller (7), Hell (6), Slasher (6), Based On Novel (4), Adultery (4), Series (4), Pinhead (3), Adaptation (3), Occult (2), Portal To Hell (2), (2), Cenobites (2), Mystery (2), Clive Barker (2)

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