EJ Moreno looks at horror’s underrated final girls… A Final Girl is defined as the “last girl(s) or woman alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story.” But horror fans know that she’s much more than that. From kicking ass to inspiring a younger generation, we’ve seen some iconic final […]
A sequel to the Hellraiser reboot is still being developed
Hellraiser made its mainstream return with the Hulu release of 2022’s reboot, but it’s been quite some time since we’ve had any follow-up news. Producer Keith Levine has finally provided a tiny morsel for fans, saying that they’re in the early stages of crafting a Hellraiser 2. Speaking to ComicBook.com, Levine notes, “We are trying […]
Fantastical, Flawed and Madcap: 80s British Horror Cinema
We take a look back at the curious case of 80s British Horror – an era of odd fusions, oddities, indulgent auteurs and flawed cult favourites… Think of those iconic periods in horror around the world. German expressionist horror of the 1920s and 30s, the Giallo boom of the 60s and 70s, British hammer horror […]
Who is the Best Final Girl in Horror?
EJ Moreno looks at ten influential and badass final girls… Did Carol J. Clover think we’d have endless discourse around the term she coined in her 1992 novel Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film? God, no, but thankfully she’s given horror fans endless conversations about who is the real screaming queen […]
Arrow brings a Quartet of Torment to 4K Ultra HD with new Hellraiser box set release
Arrow Video has announced the 4K Ultra HD release of the Hellraiser Quartet of Torment set which includes new remasters of the first four films in the horror franchise – Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth and Hellraiser: Bloodline – as well as a host of extras including a newly-discovered workprint edition of […]
Hellraiser: Judgment finds its new Pinhead
Hellraiser fans felt rather deflated a couple of weeks back when a new movie was announced with Doug Bradley – who famously played the role – not returning again to reprise his role. Well, it looks like we’ve got our new Pinhead. Director Gary Tunnicliffe has announced that Paul T. Taylor (Sin City) will take on […]
Movie Review – Hellraiser (2022)
Hellraiser, 2022. Directed by David Bruckner. Starring Odessa A’zion, Jamie Clayton, Adam Faison, Drew Starkey, Brandon Flynn, Aoife Hinds, Jason Liles, Yinka Olorunnife, Selina Lo, Zachary Hing, Goran Visnjic, Hiam Abbass, Predrag Bjelac, Gorica Regodić, Vukašin Jovanović, and Kit Clarke. SYNOPSIS: A take on Clive Barker’s 1987 horror classic where a young woman struggling with […]
Is “Cinema” turning the tide against “Theme Park” blockbusters?
With 2022 particularly impressive so far, we look at whether great films which might pass the Scorsese “cinema” test might be turning the tide against formulaic blockbusters… 2022 has been pretty horrible all told. From a cost of living crisis to the war in Ukraine to skyrocketing energy bills and a farcical political landscape, real […]
A look back at Clive Barker’s Hellraiser
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Clive Barker’s Hellraiser… For a good few years, rumours of a Hellraiser reboot have been on the table. The whispers and near starts have persisted for a long time along with a number of other false starting reboots like Highlander and The Crow. Now it appears that HBO […]
What Makes a Great Horror Concept?
Tom Jolliffe on what makes a great horror concept… No doubt many film fans will be having a particular focus on the horror genre right as we work our way to Halloween. The genre is loaded with the great, and the not so great (and everything in between). The key to horror has always been […]
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