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Hellraiser (1987)

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All Time

of 190,141

1,481

1980's

of 12,798

192

1987

of 4,129

23
Horror
- Horror All Time
  
  of 4,952
  
  122
  
  Horror of 1987
  
  of 125
  
  6
  
  Horror of the 1980's
  
  of 844
  
  34

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Hellraiser (1987) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.9435

Avg Critic Score:2.8400

Hellraiser (1987) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

"I have seen the future of the horror genre, and his name is Clive Barker." - Stephen KingNow there's a blurb Stephen King should have written under one of his pen names. ...read the complete Hellraiser movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)

Jaded Frank Cotton (Sean Chapman) visits a Middle Eastern cafe to meet his contact who agrees to sell him a very particular kind of box. Returning to his family home, he sets up a makeshift camp in one upstairs room and sets about solving the riddle of...read the complete Hellraiser (1987) review at The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)

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Mike Bracken's Horror Films (Mike Bracken)

Full of both weighty philosophical concepts and fun, over the top gore, it's got something guaranteed to please almost any genre fan....read the complete Hellraiser (1987) review at Mike Bracken's Horror Films (Mike Bracken)

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DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)

...some memorable screen monsters and a vision of hell that's hard to forget....read the complete Hellraiser (1987) review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)

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Mark R. Leeper

Clive Barker is the new *wunderkind* of horror fiction. While Stephen King writes pretty much in the well-trodden areas of horror--clairvoyance, psi powers, vampires, etc.--Clive Barker seems to create startlingly new ideas that are usually totally off...read the complete Hellraiser (1987) review at Mark R. Leeper

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