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Ultimate Evil Movie Villains from the 1980s

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Marvelous Videos presents 80s movie villains who were deliciously evil…Man, what was it about the 80s that made their action genre so damn good? This was an era that somehow knew where to draw the line between B-movie thrills and A-list production value. The writers, directors, and producers were all aware of the core traits […]

Blu-ray Review – Hellraiser: Judgment (2018)

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Hellraiser: Judgment, 2018.Directed by Gary J. Tunnicliffe Starring Damon Carney, Randy Wayne, Alexandra Harris, Heather Langenkamp, Paul T. Taylor.SYNOPSIS: Detectives Sean and David Carter are on the case to hunt down a gruesome serial killer who is terrorizing the city. Joining forces with Detective Christine Egerton, they dig deeper into a maze of horror, which […]

Hellraiser: Revelations and Hellraiser: Judgment set for first UK Blu-ray release

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Lionsgate UK has announced that Hellraiser: Revelations and Hellraiser: Judgment, the ninth and tenth instalments in the iconic horror franchise, are set for a UK Blu-ray release for the first time ever this March. Check out the cover artwork, official images and trailers here…When two American teenagers discover a familiar puzzle box in Mexico they […]

What Makes a Great Horror Concept?

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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 in […]

Clive Barker returns to the Hellraiser franchise for upcoming HBO series

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Earlier in the year, HBO announced a new version of the horror series Hellraiser was in development, with David Gordon Green (Halloween) directing the pilot and several other episodes, and Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat) writing alongside Mark Verheiden (Swamp Thing). And now we can add one more name to the mix, and it’s the […]

Ranking The Ten Most Impactful Slasher Movie Franchises

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EJ Moreno ranks the ten biggest slasher franchises…From Halloween to Hellraiser, slashers are a huge part of what makes horror so great. But who is the king of the kills? Which slasher franchise ranks as the best of the best?Below, our host EJ Moreno dives into the ten biggest slasher franchises of all time and […]

Hellraiser franchise rights could revert back to creator Clive Barker

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While the Friday the 13th lawsuit between screenwriter Victor Miller and director Sean Cunningham’s Horror, Inc is one of the most documented cases in the film industry, it seems like another popular horror franchise could be heading down a similar path.According to Friday the 13th Part 3 star and entertainment lawyer Larry Zerner, who has been keeping audiences […]

A look back at Clive Barker’s Hellraiser

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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 will […]