Dumpster Raccoon x Nightmare Alley: HELLRAISER (1987)

Runtime: 94 mins | Release Year: 1987 | Rating: R | Genre(s): Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Production Country: USA | Original Language: English

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“We have such sights to show you.”

“Dreamy, erotic, visceral, and frightening in equal measure, HELLRAISER cemented my love for Clive Barker’s work, to which my bookshelf can attest.” – Steven Landry

“HELLRAISER is one of cinema’s great queer classics, as Barker dons the handy stripped skin of the supernatural to examine his career-long fascination with – and eloquent poetic exploration of – the beautiful horror and horrible beauty of his singular S&M fantasies.” – Anthony Oliveira

Hedonist Frank Cotton (Sean Chapman) thinks he has reached the limits of earthly pleasure. But a mysterious puzzle box will take him further than he can possibly imagine, opening the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible and summoning the Cenobites, whose experiments in the higher reaches of experience will tear his soul apart. When he manages to escape, Frank returns to the world skinless and in need of help. Now his former lover Julia (Clare Higgins) must kill to make him whole again. But the Cenobites want Frank back, and there’ll be hell to pay when they find him.

Dumpster Raccoon and the Nightmare Alley Film Society have joined forces to lure you into the transgressive world of Clive Barker’s unique vision of Hell. Unhappy with how his first two screenplays turned out on the big screen, (TRANSMUTATIONS in 1985 and RAWHEAD REX in 1986) Barker took it upon himself to direct the next film, based on his novella THE HELLBOUND HEART, and it was a revelation.

Join queer film and horror enthusiasts alike this Halloween in Toronto for HELLRAISER – with exquisitely spooky video preshow, hosts Steven Landry and Anthony Oliveira, live performance, and cocktails by the Shameful Tiki Room!

Cast/Crew Info
Director:
Clive Barker | Cast: Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Oliver Smith, Andrew Robinson