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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:18
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5.9/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 12 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
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... [More]
Starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman
Director: Clive Barker
Barker's vision cribs equally from the mythos of vampires and zombies, but Hellraiser's overriding ridiculousness (and nagging budgetary shortcomings) can't disguise the fact that the movie is at least unwittingly a product of the AIDS crisis.
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Top CriticMinor grisly fun, but don't expect the movie to linger when it's over.
Top Critic...an entertaining and downright creepy piece of work...
One of the unsung titans of the horror industry
[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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A maquiagem é interessante, mas o roteiro é ridículo; as atuações, risíveis; a direção, medíocre; e os efeitos visuais, datados.
Impressive debut film from Barker, though not quite the breakthrough film it was touted as being.
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Twisted and grotesque, but merely baby-steps compared with Hellbound: Hellraiser II.
Cinematic Barker at its most clever and disturbed.
I love gore, but I never liked these. Drudgery even for a grue-monger.
[A] skillfully creepy film.
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An imaginative, frightening debut from Clive Barker. A landmark horror film.
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Any resemblence to Clive Barker's real work is purely coincidental.
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April 08, 2008:
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February 19, 2008:
Weinsteins' Hellraiser Remake Has Its Writers
Hollywood's never-ending remake party had to take a brief hiatus during the writers' strike, but now that the lights are back on in Tinseltown, studios are moving forward with... More...
October 16, 2007:
Barker's Hellraiser Remake Adds Writers, Directors
If the 1987 original and its seven -- yes seven -- sequels weren't enough for you, good news: Clive Barker and Dimension Films are bringing Hellraiser back to the big screen. More...
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