12 - Clive Barker's Hellraiser

Hellraiser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker based on his 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart. The film marked Barker's directorial debut. Its plot involves a mystical puzzle box which summons the Cenobites, a religious sect in Hell known as the ‘Order of the Gash’, describing themselves as "explorers in the further regions of experience", and granting sadomasochistic pleasures to those who call upon them. The leader of the Cenobites is portrayed by Doug Bradley, and identified in the sequels as "Pinhead".

Filmed in late 1986. Barker originally wanted the electronic music group Coil to perform the music for the film, but on insistence from producers the film was re-scored by Christopher Young. Some of Coil's themes were reworked by Young into the final score. 

Since its release in September 1987, the film has divided critics but generally received praise; initial reviews ranged from Melody Maker calling it the greatest horror film made in Britain, to Roger Ebert decrying its "bankruptcy of imagination". It was followed by nine sequels, the first seven of which featured Bradley reprising his role as Pinhead. A remake is currently in the works

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PJ Harvey

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6v3zljSKKxioPywlGXs3-Q

Housebound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji8Tsuj3u0c

Blood on Satans Claw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RMySPyhMUY

https://www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk/film/the-demonic-in-british-horror-cinema/

https://www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk/reviews/review-devils-advocates-the-blood-on-satans-claw/

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