Author Clive Barker directs and adapts his own novella, The Hellbound Heart, for the screen in the 1987 horror cult classic Hellraiser.
As a Barker fanboy it's difficult to give this a fair rating but one can't help but notice the terrible acting, dubbed voices, pointless filler scenes of questionable creepiness and sloppy editing. However, the film excels in imagination, originality, make-up effects and Christopher Young's breakthrough musical score really raises the bar.
Barker might not be a great film-maker but he certainly is a fantastic visualist.
3½ dragon hobos from Hell out of 5
