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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]