Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994)
You know how they said the 1950s were the good old days? Well, a bunch of bullies helps make America great by attacking a deformed orphan named Tommy, stabbing and beating him and throwing him into a mine just because of his looks. Thirty-five years later, the old witch who raised Tommy has been gathering […]
Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)
We’re at the sixth Hellraiser movie and this one bring back Kirsty Cotton and Clive Barker, who had some influence on the third act. Trevor (Dean Winters, Mayhem from the insurance commercials) has been arrested for the potential murder of his wife — Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence) — whose body can’t be found. He’s been cheating […]
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
Scott Derrickson makes movies that are way better than you’d expect when you first hear about them. He wrote Urban Legends: Final Cut, which is way better than it should be. He’s made several occult-related films that I’ve enjoyed, like The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Deliver Us from Evil, as well as Sinister and Sinister 2, two of the better […]
Father’s Little Dividend (1951)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Melanie Novak writes about the Golden Age of Hollywood, infusing her weekly movie reviews with history, gossip, and the glamour of the studio era. You can read her reviews at http://www.melanienovak.com and follow her on Instagram @novak_melanie. You may not be familiar with Father’s Little Dividend, but you certainly know the original. […]
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
Directed by Kevin Yagher and Joe Chappelle, this is the last Hellraiser to play theaters, only has one returning character in Pinhead (Doug Bradley), the last to involve Clive Barker and is both a prequel and a sequel. Yagher left the production after Miramax demanded new scenes be shot. This is a theme that will appear […]
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Anthony Hickox made both Waxwork movies, so that qualified him to take on the third trip to visit the Cenobites, which was necessary as the two films that had already come out were huge rental successes. Series creator Clive Barker reprised his role as executive producer, though he was largely uninvolved until post-production, while Tony Randel […]
WATCH THE SERIES: Watchers
Dean Koontz — whose own website proclaims him as the “International Bestselling Master of Suspense” — has sold over 450 million copies of his books, but it always seems like he’s a little behind Stephen King. I mean, that’s not a bad thing, as King was just a monolith when it came to selling books. But […]
Pumpkinhead (1988)
It felt like at the end of the 80s everyone wanted to make the next great monster. Stan Winston made more monsters than anyone else, so when he got the chance to direct his first film, the monster had better be great. Sure, Pumpkinhead looks kind of like the xenomorphs from Alien, but it also has […]
Hellraiser II: Hellbound (1988)
Most of the cast and crew of Hellraiser returned to make this movie and you know, despite the reduced budget, the dark tone of this movie and continuation of the themes from the original makes this one of the better horror sequels. Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence, returning from the first movie) is admitted to a […]
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