Clive Barker probably had no idea that his visions of hell would be so popular when he wrote "Hellraiser". It was Barker's first feature film and in my opinion the beginning of the most grotesque series of films to date.
The film opens with "Uncle Frank" buying the puzzle box, know as the Lament Configuration, in order to experience life's extreme pleasures and pains. Unfortunately for him he gets more than he asks for. He is ripped to pieces by the hooked chains that are meant to drag people to hell. Somehow Frank's soul escapes from the grasp of hell and is brought back to life when his half brother cuts his hand and spills some blood in the attic of the old family home. But Frank isn't in the clear just yet. It seems that hell has sent four bounty hunters, known as the Cenobites, to bring back what has escaped. The assumed leader of the Cenobites is the infamous "Pinhead", a character bent on making people understand all of the pleasures hell has to offer. Pinhead has since become an icon in the horror movie genre with staring roles in nine Hellraiser films and a remake of the 1987 original that's supposed to be released sometime in 2011. Until then, here is a reminder of what hell looked like in 1987.
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"No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering."
ReplyDelete"Jesus wept."
"Come to daddy."
So many good lines in that movie.