Hellraiser

The Hyland Cinema presents...

The 4th Annual "Horror At The Hyland" Film Series

HELLRAISER

OCTOBER 4th - 9:30PM Sponsored by Film London

Author/Screenwriter Robert Barrow helps "Set the Context" with a special live introduction at 9PM! This is YOUR chance to see one of the great horror films RARELY seen in theatres!

Sexual deviant Frank (Sean Chapman) inadvertently opens a portal to hell when he tinkers with a box he bought while abroad. The act unleashes gruesome beings called Cenobites, who tear Frank's body apart. When Frank's brother (Andrew Robinson) and his wife, Julia (Clare Higgins), move into Frank's old house, they accidentally bring what is left of Frank back to life. Frank then convinces Julia, his one-time lover, to lure men back to the house so he can use their blood to reconstruct himself.

Hellraiser - Film Review

Bob McCabe - EMPIRE

"A revitalisation of the British horror movie? A paean to S&M sex? Or a cruel attack on the profound but unexpected success - of the Rubik's Cube? Hellraiser was all this. And more. Here was a film that dared to equate sensuality with fear, that cast its "villains" as beautiful victims, who were described as "demons to some, angels to others."

Indeed, the film's most pivotal image — and in many ways its most successful element — was the creation of a new screen monster. From Dracula to Frankenstein to the dead-eyed Michael Myers, the image of the horror movie has always been one that leant itself to icon-status, the Munch inspired Scream mask being the most recent example. Yet these key images are hard to find — witness the countless schlock-worthy entries in the horror movie cannon that inspire nothing more than casual interest. With the Cenobites — and Doug Bradley's Pinhead in particular — Barker created a unique horror movie presence." To read the full review, please CLICK HERE.