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Max Landis has an intriguing idea for a horror movie mash-up featuring Freddy, Jason, Chucky, and the Cenobites

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Max Landis — son of the legendary filmmaker John Landis (An American Werewolf in London) — has an intriguing idea for a horror mashup featuring the likes of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Chucky, and the Cenobites.  Speaking on The Writer’s Panel podcast, the writer, director, and sometimes actor explained his idea which involves a young orphan taking […]

Exclusive Interview – Await Further Instructions director Johnny Kevorkian on his biggest horror influences

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Flickering Myth chats with Await Further Instructions director Johnny Kevorkian about his biggest horror influences… From acclaimed director Johnny Kevorkian (The Disappeared) and BAFTA-nominated producer Jack Tarling (God’s Own Country), British sci-fi horror Await Further Instructions has been a hit at film festivals around the world and highly praised as an original and inventive festive […]

Hellraiser TV series in development

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Just a couple of months after it was announced that David S. Goyer (Blade, The Dark Knight Trilogy) is spearheading a big screen “reimagining” of Hellraiser, Deadline is reporting that a TV adaptation of Clive Barker’s classic 80s horror is also in the works. According to the site, producers Roy Lee (It) and Dan Farah […]

David S. Goyer writing and producing Hellraiser reimagining

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It looks like the Cenobites are set to emerge from years of straight-to-video sequel hell, with Deadline reporting that Spyglass Media Group has tapped David S. Goyer (Blade, The Dark Knight Trilogy) to write and produce a reboot of the Hellraiser franchise. The new project is described as a “reimagining” of Clive Barker’s 1987 movie, […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 17 – Hellraiser (1987)

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Hellraiser, 1987. Directed by Clive Barker. Starring Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, and Doug Bradley. SYNOPSIS: After opening a portal to a dimension in which pleasure and pain are one and the same, Frank is torn apart by the mysterious entities known as the Cenobites, taking his soul with them to hell. […]

30 Years Back: Celebrating the Cinematic Delights of 1987

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Tom Jolliffe celebrates the cinematic delights of 1987… The 80’s mark a special period in cinema for me. It’s predominantly an age thing. I grew up throughout the 80’s, soaking in some fantastic films. It was a rising golden age of blockbusters which took the foundations of what guys like Spielberg and Lucas launched in […]

New Hellraiser movie on the way; Doug Bradley will not star but Heather Langenkamp will

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Hellraiser fans got some exciting news a while back when it was rumoured that Clive Barker was returning to his creation for a new outing. Well, it looks like there is a new Hellraiser on the way – but not as we thought it would be. “I actually have an opportunity to play a small […]

Blu-ray Review – Hellraiser – The Scarlet Box Limited Edition Trilogy

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Hellraiser – The Scarlet Box Limited Edition Trilogy Directed by Clive Barker/Tony Randel/Anthony Hickox. Starring Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Doug Bradley , Ashley Laurence, Nicholas Vince, Simon Bamford, Barbie Wilde, Sean Chapman, Kenneth Cranham, Oliver Parker, Terry Farrell, Kevin Bernhardt, Oliver Smith, Grace Kirby, Paula Marshall, Ken Carpenter, Imogen Boorman, William Hope. SYNOPSIS: The first […]