“Barker’s dazzling debut as a director creates such an atmosphere of dread that the astonishing visual set pieces simply detonate in a chain reaction of cumulative intensity.”
Halloween Screening
In search of fresh kicks, sexual deviant Frank (Sean Chapman) inadvertently summons a crew of sadomasochistic demons called Cenobites, who promptly drag him to Hell for an eternity of torture. But when Frank's sister-in-law and ex-lover Julia (Clare Higgins) accidentally brings what is left of Frank back to life, Frank manages to convince her to lure men back to the house so he can use their blood to reconstruct himself before the Cenobites notice he’s escaped... Clive Barker was the enfant terrible of 80s horror fiction and his debut feature is an absolute classic - with head Cenonbite Pinhead (Doug Bradley) a genuinely original and iconic movie monster.
