Clive Barker is one of the founding
fathers of modern horror, helping to shape it through nearly every
medium possible including books, movies, art, comics, and even video
games. One of his short stories, “The Forbidden” was the
foundation of one of my all time favourite horror movies Candyman,
which starred one of the heroes of this blog: Mr. Tony Todd.
However he is best known for creating
the Hellraiser franchise, which was also based off another
story of his “The Hellbound Heart”. Despite featuring one
of the all time iconic horror movie villains in the form of the
terrifying looking Pinhead, this franchise has always kind of been
the red-headed stepchild of the genre. It's the lowest grossing
series out of any major horror franchise, but to be fair only four of
the NINE movies in the series were released theatrically. Wait, nine
movies? They've made nine of these things? Bloody hell, what have I
gotten myself into?
