Hellraiser

1987 • 93 minutes

About this movie

IT WILL TEAR YOUR SOUL APART. Stephen King was once famously quoted as saying: "I have seen the future of horror... his name is Clive Barker." That future became a reality when, in 1987, Barker released his directorial debut, Hellraiser. Based on his own novella The Hellbound Heart, Barker's Hellraiser sees Larry and his wife Julia move into their new home, unaware that something lurks beneath the floorboards of the rundown house, waiting for human blood to bring it back to life… Coming at a time when the genre was descending into self-parody and an endless slew of inferior sequels, Hellraiser remains one of the most frighteningly original visions in horror, which introduced the world to the fearsome and iconic Pinhead and his sadistic band of Cenobites. 2015 Arrow Films

Ratings and reviews

This original horror film has an unmatched poetic adult fairy tale elegance that is pure unfiltered Clive Barker genius. Hellraiser (1987) is the best film in this series and the Cenobites remain a terrifying creation from the deepest, darkest nightmare. A cinematic treat for a Samhein/Halloween night-in.

Yes it's old now, yes it's corny, yet turn the lights down low, turn the sound up and prepare to be scared silly and vow never to touch another puzzle box in your life

when uncle frank turns up at the family home stead of his brother and his children from his journey into the occult in the furthest reaches of the orient you just know your in for a belter in this massive popular huge film from CLIVE BARKER we have a journey into that occult with scenes and screams that will remain with you for years you don't know what you letting yourself in for in this classic masterpiece and fright fest we have an eternity to know your soul. don't you know.