In 1987, Clive Barker’s “Hellraiser” reinvigorated a genre that was, at that time, dominated by homicidal slashers. Barker’s story, based on his novella “The Hellbound Heart,” countered that trend by ...

The Cenobites were not the most interesting part of the original Hellraiser. Nor were they even the primary villains. That was Julia, at first glimpse a fairytale evil stepmother, but truly one of ...

David Brockner’s Hellraiser feels like a prime example of what has become a ‘Don’t f*** it up!” era of franchise filmmaking. It’s a new variation of Clive Barker’s short story “The Hellbound Heart,” ...

Based on the Clive Barker novel The Hellbound Heart, David Bruckner’s Hellraiser (2022) takes the original concepts of addiction, pleasure and pain and molds them for a Gen-Z audience. However, the ...