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MPAA Raing: R
Director: Clive Barker
Genres: Supernatural Horror, Sex Horror, Horror
Box Office: / $14,564,027
Sound By: Dolby
Released Date: September 18, 1987 (USA)
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Summary:
The feature-film debut of multi-talented filmmaker Clive Barker, this grim and surreal project is based on the writer/director's own novella -The Hell-Bound Heart. The film opens with a chilling prologue in which globe-trotting pervert Frank (Sean Chapman) -- a connoisseur of sexual depravity seeking the ultimate sensual experience -- purchases a small, intricate puzzle box fr... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Andrew Robinson - (Larry Cotton)
Clare Higgins - (Julia Cotton)
Ashley Laurence - (Kirsty Cotton)
Sean Chapman - (Frank Cotton)
Oliver Smith - (Frank the Monster)
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Review:
Clive Barker's feature-directing debut is not only his strongest work as a filmmaker but one of the finest horror films of the 1980's. Barker's script is ambitious and carefully controlled all at once: the backstory weaves an elaborate mythology that is equal parts H.P. Lovecraft and S&M iconography but the author wisely roots these heady ... Continue >>

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