Still, in the slasher - film driven 1980s,
Hellraiser at least offered something different, and despite all that it had going against it, it did have Barker's name, and a ringing endorsement by horror maestro Stephen King, who hyped up Barker as the «future of horror fiction.»
Not exact matches
(But yes, of course, for those still keeping score
at home,
Hellraiser: Judgment does end with... another sequel teaser.
It took almost no time for the
Hellraiser and Wishmaster series to converge into some half - congealed mess of tits and gore presided over by a recognizable bogey — around the same amount of time it took for someone to notice that you could rake in a lot of money
at the expense of somebody else's good idea.
It was recently stated by
Hellraiser: Judgment «s Paul T. Taylor (Pinhead) on his official Facebook page that the new film might see a limited theatrical release
at some point in the future.
It wasn't very long ago that we got our first look
at the new Pinhead courtesy of the
Hellraiser: Judgement poster.
We have just been notified that Bloody - Disgusting posted the first look
at Pinhead from
Hellraiser Judgement, who is being played by Paul T. Taylor.
The formula here roughly comes out to Halloween II + The Thing +
Hellraiser, combining slasher - movie aesthetics with nightmarish, goopy monsters and an interdimensional black - magic cult over one fucked - up night
at a rural Canadian hospital.
Warlock joins Sid Haig (House of 1000 Corpses), Danny Trejo (Halloween, Machete), Chris Sarandon (The Nightmare Before Christmas), Doug Bradley (
Hellraiser), Tobin Bell (Saw), Adam West (Batman), and many more
at the 4th annual Mad Monster event in Charlotte, NC.
Whether or not he'll succeed is anyone's guess
at this point, but
at least Taylor will likely be better than the horrible version of Pinhead featured in 2011's
Hellraiser: Revelations.
Horror novelist and filmmaker Clive Barker («
Hellraiser» / «Nightbreed») directs and writes this gruesome but somewhat intelligent supernatural thriller — it works, even if unfocused
at times.