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Chaos of the Flesh – Hellraiser Nightbreed: Jihad Comic Book (1991)

Hellraiser Nightbreed Jihad comic book (1991)

Two of Clive Barker’s most famous creations, the Hellraiser Cenobites and the monsters of Nightbreed, collide – but only in comic book form. While the author/filmmaker’s Hellraiser was successful enough to launch a franchise of sequels, his Nightbreed wasn’t quite as lucky. Nonetheless, Epic Comics (an imprint of Marvel) spun off both properties into comics… Read More Chaos of the Flesh – Hellraiser Nightbreed: Jihad Comic Book (1991)

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Hellishly Dumb – Clive Barker’s The Harrowers Comic Book (1993-1994)

Clive Barker's The Harrowers comic book

For as uneven and frequently disappointing as the 1990s Hellraiser comic could be, the book at least managed some pretense of being artistically motivated with ambitions of literary merit (however rarely achieved). In contast, spin-off title The Harrowers was a straight-up embarrassment in all respects. Its short six-issue run was six too many. In the… Read More Hellishly Dumb – Clive Barker’s The Harrowers Comic Book (1993-1994)

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Hell Illustrated – Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Comic Books (1989-1994)

Hellraiser Comic Book

The success of both Hellraiser (1987) and Hellraiser II (1988) ensured that further movie sequels would of course get moved into development, but the next one wouldn’t show up on theater screens until 1992. In the meantime, Clive Barker’s horror franchise found additional life on the printed page as a comic book published by Epic… Read More Hell Illustrated – Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Comic Books (1989-1994)

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Your Suffering Will Be Legendary – Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) Blu-ray

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

Clive Barker’s stylish, creepy Hellraiser made such a splash in 1987 that studio New World Pictures moved quickly to cash in with a sequel ready for release less than one year later. With Barker himself and most of the original cast still attached, Hellbound: Hellraiser II is often regarded as the best of the many… Read More Your Suffering Will Be Legendary – Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) Blu-ray

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Demons to Some, Angels to Others – Hellraiser (1987) Blu-ray

Hellraiser (1987)

The feature filmmaking debut for up-and-coming author Clive Barker, Hellraiser represented an attempt to produce what we might now call an elevated slasher movie. That was a risky proposition to deliver into a cinema landscape dominated by jokey genre schlock at the time. Amazingly, despite initially mixed reviews and modest box office returns, the little… Read More Demons to Some, Angels to Others – Hellraiser (1987) Blu-ray

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