We'll tear your soul apart! Just kidding... but this episode might! This week your favorite ghouls will be discussing Clive Barker's HELLRAISER! Topics covered: The women of Hellraiser, domestic horror, the symbolism of the Lament Configuration, flower imagery, and dislocating eroticism.
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Resources:
Spot the movie subliminal - HELLRAISER (engineer tunnel chase scene)by Collative Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEpaMwAe09A
Open to Question - Clive Barker (12/8/1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOqaKgrbjfQ
"Writing Horror and the Body: The Fiction of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Anne Rice" By Linda Badley
Scary! in an Era of "Positive Images" for Gays and Lesbians, Can Queer Characters Still Get Chopped Up in Horror Movies? By Sean Abley
CLIVE BARKER’S HELLRAISER MYTHOLOGY: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
https://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/001/414/114/RUG01-001414114_2010_0001_AC.pdf
How we made Hellraiser: Interviews by Phil Hoad
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/30/how-we-made-hellraiser-horror-film-pinhead-clive-barker
Bloody Bodily Horrors: Clive Barker’s Hellraiser & AIDS by Javier Martín-Párraga http://www.uco.es/users/javier.martin/www.uco.es_users_javier.martin/Current_3_files/bloody%20Bodily.pdf
Shudders of Pleasure: The Story of Hellraiser
https://lwlies.com/articles/shudders-of-pleasure-the-story-of-hellraiser/
‘What a woman will do for a good f*ck’ – Julia Cotton’s sexual agency in Hellraiser by Katie Welsh
https://lwlies.com/articles/hellraiser-julia-cotton-sexual-agency/
Women Of Horror Series: “Hellraiser” by Kelcie Mattson
https://medium.com/@wewillbethestars/women-of-horror-series-hellraiser-7e2d822475a5
31 Days of Feminist Horror Films: The Stepfather & Hellraiser by Katie Hagen
https://blog.blcklst.com/31-days-of-feminist-horror-films-the-stepfather-hellraiser-5d88b50b82b5
Clive Barker is the LGBT* and Feminist Friendly Monarch of Horror
https://powderroom.kinja.com/clive-barker-is-the-lgbt-and-feminist-friendly-monarch-1705767112
CELEBRATING A BROADER PICTURE OF WOMEN IN HORROR
http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/celebrating-a-broader-picture-of-women-in-horror/
Hell Hath No Fury
http://theculturalgutter.com/horror/hell-hath-no-fury.html
12 Sharp Facts About Hellraiser BY GARIN PIRNIA
http://mentalfloss.com/article/503748/12-sharp-facts-about-hellraiser
Transcendence: the Ultimate Goal - A Hellraiser Review by Nizin Lopez
http://nizinrafaellopez.blogspot.com/2013/07/review-of-hellraiser-movies-by-mr-nizin.html
Satanic Panic: How British Agents Stoked Supernatural Fears in Trouble by Henry McDonald
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/09/satanic-panic-british-agents-stoked-fears-troubles
