An imaginative, frightening debut from Clive Barker. A landmark horror film.
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01/16/03
Hellraiser (1987)
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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
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Reviews for Hellraiser
One of the unsung titans of the horror industry
11/03/07
...an entertaining and downright creepy piece of work...
11/25/07
[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.
02/09/06
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.
04/20/09
No review available.
02/10/03
Twisted and grotesque, but merely baby-steps compared with Hellbound: Hellraiser II.
07/10/03
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.
09/17/02
We're on the edge of our seats with a feeling of uninhibited terror the whole time.
01/01/00
Impressive debut film from Barker, though not quite the breakthrough film it was touted as being.
09/11/03
No review available.
04/07/04
[A] skillfully creepy film.
03/10/03
Full of both weighty philosophical concepts and fun, over the top gore, it's got something guaranteed to please almost any genre fan.
02/13/01
No review available.
12/14/02
Clive Barker's deliciously warped imagination is on full display in this modern classic of horror.
03/07/01
No review available.
08/12/03
Cinematic Barker at its most clever and disturbed.
04/27/03
I love gore, but I never liked these. Drudgery even for a grue-monger.
03/18/03
No review available.
07/21/05
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