Hellraiser III at 30

Time flies, and it certainly doesn’t seem like three decades since I scored the poster for Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth from the local video shop, back when you could ask nicely for posters at the end of their release run and – if the member of staff took mercy on you – you could […]

The Mind is a Labyrinth: Hellraiser II at 30

By Matt Harries If ever there was a horror franchise that elicited an equal sense of both joy and frustration, it is surely the Hellraiser franchise. How many films have managed to nail (sorry) such a heady blend of slasher flick and (to paraphrase Doug Bradley) ‘Gothic Ibsen’? The first film, Hellraiser, established a template […]

DVD Review: Umbrage: The First Vampire

Umbrage: The First Vampire (2009) Distributor: Left Films DVD Release Date: 17th October 2011 Director: Drew Cullingham Starring: Doug Bradley, Rita Ramani, Jonnie Hurn, Natalia Celino Review by: Aaron Williams  We open on a sweeping shot of a forest, a Jeep steadily working its way along rocky roads. Cut to inside the moving car and […]