[ironjade]

This boring and generally hopeless Clive Barker movie has been resurrected and (gulp) made longer. A Blu-Ray release has been threatened.
Sometimes dead is better.

[sheila blige]

Originally Posted by ironjade

This boring and generally hopeless Clive Barker movie has been resurrected and (gulp) made longer. A Blu-Ray release has been threatened.
Sometimes dead is better.

I agree! It was bloody awful (and I actually really, really liked one of the actors in it!!!!)

[ironjade]

This month's "Empire" gives details about the restoration. It seems a video copy of the full version had been on a shelf for over 20 years but no one noticed.
I'm still hoping for a decent remake of "Rawhead Rex".

[JaiJai]

There's a really good article on this upcoming release in this months Empire - the version we've seen was hacked to pieces by producers and this version has the blessing and approval of Clive Barker, is about an hour longer and fleshes out a lot of the characters to make a more balanced movie.

Plus the reaction has been positive so I'll keep an eye out for it.

EDIT: What Ironjade just said above

[Rhodes666]

I guess im in the minority cause i loved it lol saw it when first released along with misery and i really enjoyed it,had a bit of everything,monsters,action,horror,something a bit unusual,theres been petitions for years trying to release the "lost" footage and im so glad its coming out now,from what i understand it was a barker fan who found the footage in the studios vault,3 diff cuts were found but the longest one was the last discovered clocking in at nearly 150+mins.

[Erythroleukos]

I was cheering for the psychiatrist. He was great!

[PJ68]

that was david cronenberg

[ironjade]

At least they can't make it any worse.

[Craigywageybaby]

I loved that film! But I was only 11 when it came out.

[Hugh Jboobs]

Never saw the film, but I remember playing the game on my Commodore Amiga.

It was crap.

[Aneechik]

I remember being really excited when this came out because it was a Clive Barker movie, and being quite disappointed when I saw it.

It wasn't Hellraiser, but then it also wasn't Rawhead Rex.

[Rhodes666]

I remember reading years ago that rawhead was part of the breed,dont know if its true,i know there is comics of them.

[Straker]

Originally Posted by ironjade

This boring and generally hopeless Clive Barker movie has been resurrected and (gulp) made longer. A Blu-Ray release has been threatened.

It is abysmal but Barker went on to prove he can repeat such a piss-poor nadir with the lamentable ( ) Lord of Illusions.

The longer he lives the more Hellraiser looks like a total fluke. Are we absolutely sure he really directed it.....?

Originally Posted by ironjade

Sometimes dead is better.

If only the person who let Wim Wenders back at Until the End of the World had heeded that admonishment. The extended version of that film makes you long for death as an easy way out of having to sit through the rest of it.

[jamespondo]

Cliver Barker is a great writer but poor film director, with the exception being Hellraiser ofcourse. Even that isn't a great movie.

[ironjade]

Originally Posted by Straker

It is abysmal but Barker went on to prove he can repeat such a piss-poor nadir with the lamentable ( ) Lord of Illusions.

The longer he lives the more Hellraiser looks like a total fluke. Are we absolutely sure he really directed it.....?



If only the person who let Wim Wenders back at Until the End of the World had heeded that admonishment. The extended version of that film makes you long for death as an easy way out of having to sit through the rest of it.

I rather liked Lord of Illusion but Hellraiser was scuppered by the producers trying to make us believe it was set in the US. Impressive if gruesome fx aside, it was nothing special. A former colleague of mine, who did all the animated lightning around the puzzle box, said he'd never worked so hard in his life.

[ironjade]

Originally Posted by Rhodes666

I remember reading years ago that rawhead was part of the breed,dont know if its true,i know there is comics of them.

I think a great monster like Rawhead Rex deserved better than he got in his feeble film outing. His first appearance, bursting out of his tomb, is impressive but after that it's a train wreck.

[Rincewind78]

I loves this film!! Was a huge Baker fan back then and loved this. But it did feel very cut.
Can't wait to see the new version. Also played the Amiga game which came free with the computer pack I got at the time. I found it impossible and couldn't play it!!'

[Hugh Jboobs]

Originally Posted by Rincewind78

I loves this film!! Was a huge Baker fan back then and loved this. But it did feel very cut.
Can't wait to see the new version. Also played the Amiga game which came free with the computer pack I got at the time. I found it impossible and couldn't play it!!'

Indeed. The Screen Gems pack! Back to the Future II, Shadow of the Beast 2, Nightbreed and Days of Thunder!

They were all rubbish!!!!

[Rhodes666]

Originally Posted by Erythroleukos

I was cheering for the psychiatrist. He was great!

theres supposed to be scenes of him on his knee's talking to the mask,green goblin style lol

[Straker]

Originally Posted by ironjade

I rather liked Lord of Illusion but Hellraiser was scuppered by the producers trying to make us believe it was set in the US.

Yes, that was feeble indeed. Despite that I still think it’s one of the best British horror films of the last 50 years. I even have a lot of time for the sequel, Hellbound with the superb Ken Cranham overacting wonderfully.

Met Doug Jones at a preview screening of Hellraiser 3 (IIRC) and the fact that he is such an affable chap kinda takes some of the fear out when rewatching Hellraiser!

Barker seems more interested in tattoos, goatees and cut-off t-shirts these days but as long as that keeps him away from the director’s chair I’m not complaining.

[ironjade]

I met Kenneth Cranham once and asked him about Hellbound. He replied, "Why were you watching that rubbish?"

[Aneechik]

Hellbound is an incoherent mess, but it deserves some credit for being the most grotesque mainstream horror movie of its time, possibly ever.

[Alt-F4]

Originally Posted by Craigywageybaby

I loved that film! But I was only 11 when it came out.

Target audience right there

[Rhodes666]

Found this site for fans of the movie,lots of info and all the upcoming dates the cut will be played in the uk...

http://www.occupymidian.com/

Also a new trailer for the cut....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX0-A...layer_embedded

[PheebShirl]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jboobs

Indeed. The Screen Gems pack! Back to the Future II, Shadow of the Beast 2, Nightbreed and Days of Thunder!

They were all rubbish!!!!

Compared to games nowadays they are rubbish, but I remember really enjoying those games when my family first got our Amiga when I was about 7. Nightbreed and Shadow of the Beast 2 really petrified me and my younger brother though, especially the bit in the Nightbreed game where the main character is in a straight jacket and screaming.