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Hellraiser

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Hellraiser (1987)

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Reviews Counted: 28 Fresh: 17  Rotten:11 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 12 mins
Synopsis:
Clive Barker's feature directing debut graphically depicts the tale of a man and wife who move into an old house and discover a hideous creature--the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover--hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons called the... [More]
Clive Barker's feature directing debut graphically depicts the tale of a man and wife who move into an old house and discover a hideous creature--the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover--hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons called the Cenobites, he is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him human sacrifices to complete his body... but the Cenobites won't be happy about this. One of the best horror films of the 80s, based on Barker's novel THE HELLBOUND HEART and followed by 3 sequels. [Less]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence

Director: Clive Barker

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 23, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Clive Barker - Director/Writer; Ashley Laurence - Actor; Moderated by Peter Atkins - Screenwriter
  • Featurette - 1. HELLRAISER: RESURRECTION
  • 2. UNDER THE SKIN: Doug Bradley on HELLRAISER
  • Interview - 1. MR. COTTON, I PRESUME? - An Interview with Star Andrew Robinson
  • 2. ACTRESS FROM HELL - An Interview with Star Ashely Laurence
  • 3. HELLCOMPOSER - An Interview with Composer Christopher Young
  • Trailer - 1. U.S. R-Rated Trailer Spot
  • 2. U.S. G-Rated Trailer Spot
  • 3. International Trailer
  • TV Spots - 4 TV Spots

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Posters & Advertising Gallery
  • Storyboard Gallery

DVD-ROM:

  • 1. First Draft Screenplay
  • 2. Final Draft Screenplay

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Minor grisly fun, but don't expect the movie to linger when it's over.

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01/11/08 11:23 AM
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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...an entertaining and downright creepy piece of work...

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11/25/07 07:50 PM
David Nusair
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One of the unsung titans of the horror industry

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11/03/07 06:23 PM
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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[Writer/Director Clive] Barker's dazzling debut as a director creates such an atmosphere of dread that the astonishing visual set pieces simply detonate in a chain reaction of cumulative intensity.

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02/09/06 03:17 AM
Derek Adams
Time Out
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No review available.

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07/21/05 11:09 PM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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No review available.

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04/07/04 09:21 PM
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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A maquiagem é interessante, mas o roteiro é ridículo; as atuações, risíveis; a direção, medíocre; e os efeitos visuais, datados.

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01/14/04 01:16 PM
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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Impressive debut film from Barker, though not quite the breakthrough film it was touted as being.

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09/11/03 07:55 AM
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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No review available.

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08/12/03 03:44 AM
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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Twisted and grotesque, but merely baby-steps compared with Hellbound: Hellraiser II.

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07/10/03 10:29 PM
Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com
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Cinematic Barker at its most clever and disturbed.

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04/27/03 09:58 PM
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com
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I love gore, but I never liked these. Drudgery even for a grue-monger.

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03/18/03 08:22 PM
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com
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[A] skillfully creepy film.

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03/10/03 08:27 AM
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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02/10/03 09:20 AM
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion
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An imaginative, frightening debut from Clive Barker. A landmark horror film.

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01/16/03 06:17 PM
Blake Davis
KFOR Channel 4 News
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No review available.

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12/14/02 11:16 AM
Nicolas Lacroix
Showbizz.net
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Barker onscreen has never been better, and this movie probably did more to bring sadomasochism into the mainstream than anything before or since.

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12/13/02 03:35 PM
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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Any resemblence to Clive Barker's real work is purely coincidental.

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12/04/02 06:01 PM
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
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Against the odds, Barker produced a unique, imaginative, if not somewhat stomach-churning, work that has since earned aplace in the annals of horror cinema.

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09/17/02 08:15 AM
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
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07/31/02 09:17 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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