Demon to some and angel to others, Doug Bradley achieved horror icon status for his portrayal of Pinhead in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser and its first seven sequels. Although he hasn’t reprised the role since 2005, the consummate actor wouldn’t rule out a return. “I certainly never say never. I’ve never said I was done with […]
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Doug Bradley returns to familiar territory in Thorns, a Hellraiser-inspired movie that melds themes of religion and science with practical special effects. The horror icon was intrigued by the script and his mysterious character, Archbishop Jenkins. “The script catches you or the script doesn’t catch you, and there was a lot about this that did […]
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Doug Bradley, legendary horror actor known for his portrayal of Pinhead in the Hellraiser films, has joined the cast of the upcoming film The Demonatrix, Bloody Disgusting has exclusively learned this week. Bradley joins Hannah Fierman (V/H/S, Siren) as well as indie horror icon Larry Fessenden (Jakob’s Wife, Killers of the Flower Moon, We Are […]
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We’re here about a mattress… After wrapping up 2023 with look at New French Extremity in Inside (listen), horror musicals in Anna and the Apocalypse (listen) and the Best Horror Films of 2023 (listen), we’re kicking off our first official episode of 2024 with a lengthy discussion of Tony Randel‘s better-than-it-has-any-right-to-be sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II […]
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Demon to some… angel to others. Doug Bradley is back in the upcoming horror movie The Exorcists, a riff on William Friedkin’s horror classic that’s headed our way later this month. The Exorcists comes to theaters and Digital on September 29, and Bloody Disgusting is debuting the official trailer from The Asylum this morning. You […]
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An homage to films including Hellraiser, The Thing, Alien, and The Exorcist, upcoming horror movie Thorns is said to be “ripe with physical makeup effects and plenty of gore,” both of which have been on full display in all the imagery we’ve seen so far. Bloody Disgusting has now been provided with several more first-look images, […]
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Coming soon from filmmaker Douglas Schulze (The Dark Below, Hellmaster, Mimesis), Thorns immediately caught our attention last year, and Fangoria now shares some fresh imagery. Schulze tells Fangoria, “The intention was to make a ‘monster’ movie as a kind of homage to the great horror cinema of the ’70s and ’80s. John Carpenter’s The Thing, Ridley Scott’s Alien, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist and, […]
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The CW’s brand new DC series “Gotham Knights” premieres March 14, and Bloody Disgusting has learned today that horror legend Doug Bradley (Hellraiser) has joined the cast! Bradley will appear in Episode 6 of “Gotham Knights” as Joe Chill. As one of DC Comics’ most infamous villains, Joe Chill irrevocably changed Gotham when he cruelly […]
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Coming soon from filmmaker Douglas Schulze (The Dark Below, Hellmaster, Mimesis) is the indie horror movie Thorns, and Gruesome Magazine has debuted the official trailer this week. Horror icon Doug Bradley (Hellraiser) makes an appearance in Thorns, and what’s interesting about this one is that it looks like a direct-to-video Hellraiser sequel from back in the day. […]
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As we prepare for David Bruckner’s new take on Clive Barker‘s iconic text Hellraiser, what better time to re-evaluate the state of the franchise up to this point? Even a cursory glance at the ten existing Hellraiser films (four theatrical, six direct-to-video) reveals that not all Cenobite films are made equal. And while the top […]
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Frank, ya basic! After looking at two very different types of queer-coded bromances in Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse and Rob Underwood’s Tremors, we took a trip to Poland to analyze the trans allegory in the mermaid horror musical The Lure. This week, we’re heading back into the twisted mind of Clive Barker to discuss his […]
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At the recent Silver Scream Con, I was surprised to hear Hellraiser star Doug Bradley remark, “The only one in the series I feel doesn’t work is Inferno, for various reasons.” I had always considered the 2000 effort one of the franchise’s stronger offerings, but it had been a while since I revisited the series, […]
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At this weekend’s Silver Scream Con in Massachusetts, horror icon Doug Bradley — who, of course, portrayed Pinhead in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser and its first seven sequels — weighed in on the decision to cast Jamie Clayton as a female Pinhead in David Bruckner‘s upcoming Hellraiser reimagining. “It seemed like [a female Pinhead] was coming. […]
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In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be discussing Gary J. Tunnicliffe’s 2018 sequel, Hellraiser: Judgment. Watching a bad movie doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad experience. Even the worst films can boast a good idea or two, and that’s why we’re trying to look on the bright side with The Silver Lining, […]
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This year, no one can stop the harvest. Now streaming on Bloody Disgusting and Cinedigm’s Screambox, 2016 horror movie The Barn (from Terror Films) was a retro throwback horror movie that took you back to 1989, and the Halloween horror movie is soon getting a follow-up sequel with, well, The Barn: Part II! The 1992-set sequel is currently in post-production […]