Alpha Rookie apparently the scene would have Freddy and Jason fighting longer than the film we gotten. They somehow end up in Hell, when they carried on beating each other, before chains comes out of nowhere, holding but Freddy and Jason. Pinhead would then appear and the film would with him saying "What seems to be the problem, gentlemen?"
Thanks for this video. I stumbled upon the original Epic Comics as a young horror fiend at a flea market and was not prepared for them. They kind of blew my mind. Managed to read a couple more that my requisite "cool uncle" (a huge Barker fan) had as well. Almost forgot about these, but grabbed a couple of the Boom individual reprints for cheap at a local comic shop and now I'm hooked again. Really interesting stuff, and what makes it work is what you point out, that it abstracts the "puzzle and obsession leads to Hell" concept into some unexpected and disturbing directions.
I have issues 1 thru 19, the summer special, the x mas special (like you) Books of the Dammed 1,2 and 4, and "Jihad, Hellraiser vs Nightbreed"(2 part GN) All of the above comics that feature Pinhead on the cover are signed by Doug Bradley.
I originally found this channel when i was interested searching about the alien comics which there are hard to find in japan... thanks to your channel,i was able to find out these amazing comics, that would be impossible for me to find out in my country. I would love to watch more of your content! Sorry with my clonky english....but wanted to you my support form japan! Subscribed!
I stumbled across your channel, Alpha. But I love the lengths that you take to explain everything in impressive detail. You've earned a sub. Keep up the good work!
One of my favorite stories, and forgive me for not remembering the title, was about a blind pianist and his need to unluck the ultimate song and a bit of vengeance. It was haunting.
I was finally able to get my hands on all 5 copies! I also began reading them. So far my favorite story is For My Son. It blew me away! Wordsworth also gave me goosebumps. I am so happy to finally have these. Thank you for the fantastic recommendation!
@@matthew6173 there are 2 volumes of Hellraiser masterpieces and 3 volumes of Hellraiser collected best. I’m pretty sure each volume contains at least 9 issues.
@@SpaceLice ok... so the $140 pricing dosnt sound to over the top now... I know I can get vol 1 tp.. the 2ed might be harder .. and haven't even tried the other 3 that you speak of :)
I couldn't agree with you more, they were really excellent horror comics. Unfortunately the Nightbreed comic book series never quite connected with me, despite loving the film.
I first saw Hellraiser when I stayed up late one summer night watching Cinemax. It was HR3 HOE. I was in 3rd grade and 8 years old. I LOVED IT! IT TERRIFIED ME! IT PROBABLY MESSED ME UP!
My friends and I love Session 9 so much we named our podcast after it, Sessions with the Gory Boyz. And of course our ninth session was on…… you guessed it, Session 9. Damn near perfect movie. Another little known gem, Cookers.
Oh, man! THANK YOU SO MUCH for making this vid! I actually had a handful of the Hellraiser and Tapping the Vein issues back in the day. I TOTALLY forgot about them! Man! How could I have forgotten their delightfully evil beauty! You may have just very well set me on a coarse to track down these unholy relics of my past... May the doors of Hell begin to slowly open... ;)
There are even a couple of good stories that aren't in any of the collections. There's a story I really like by Ted McKeever that you can only read if you have the issues.
+Alpha Rookie OK. It's firmly settled now. I MUST own these again! ;) Oh, hey! I think it would be cool if someone did a Hellraiser story about a comic nerd who was obsessed with this one "forbidden" comic series. Like, maybe the publisher would have attempted to try and literally eradicate all copies of it from the world? So, then this guy would be on this unholy quest to complete his collection and, hey, maybe he just might have to murder a few people along the way to achieve his goal, right? I mean, the comic is worth THAT much to this guy. And of course, at the end it would turn out that the very act of collecting them all would in and of itself be, you guessed it, a Lament Configuration and also the guy who was helping him track all the issues down would turn out to be a cenobite! Ho, man... This stuff just writes itself! And it would certainly have a very Creepshow/Tales from the Crypt kind of vibe to it... :P Bonus fact: "cenobite" actually refers to "a member of a religious order living in a convent or community". I love it when writers appropriate an existing word and turn it into something sinister. I mean, how many times have you heard someone use "cenobite" in a sentence to refer to anything BUT Pinhead and his ilk? ;) Anyway, while I only read his Books of Blood series, I always loved how Barker would use religious terms to describe many of his evil entities and situations. Great stuff! :) Edit: I actually had the issue I think you are referring to! Oh, MAAAAAN!!! :/ comicvine.gamespot.com/clive-barkers-hellraiser-1-the-canons-of-pain-dead/4000-144429/
You should pick up the "Clive Barker's Hellraiser" comics, the official continuation of the Hellraiser story that picks up after the second film and was actually written by Barker.
I did read those and I honestly didn't care that much for them. If you listen to our Hellraiser podcasts, you'll find that I feel like "pinning" the series on pinhead was a bad idea and takes away a lot of the Lovecraftian horror/mystery inherent in the original movie/novella. But different strokes and all that.
Thank you thank you thank you. I’ve been trying to think of the name of a certain comic book for a straight year, over and over opening my comic book collection trying to find a hint of the name of one of my favorite and one of the most disturbing comics I have ever known, or maybe it was just my eyes were to juvenile to see that of which is and was, Marshal Law!! Thanks again, many mahalos!
i liked all the hellraiser movies except hellraiser revelation. hellraiser Inferno was good because it is about a selfish man who didnt care about anybody but himself and how sin has its own reward an eternity in hell.
While I think that HELLRAISER II is the best of the series, I think that INFERNO has the best looking Cenobites. It would have been nice too if Leviathan made a guest appearance in INFERNO at the end.
I discovered your channel some two hours back. Already watched three videos. Planning on finishing some more. Also ordered Hellboy: seeds of destruction from amazon after watching the video Where were you all my life ? You definitely deserve more subscribers.
We've heard that story a bunch of times. I guess tell your friends about us, we really have just grown by word of mouth and TH-cam suggestions. Either way, glad we can help and happy to have you here!
No it's completely different. The stuff in the omnibus is basically sequels to the original films. It stars Pinhead and Kirsty. I read it awhile ago and remember thinking it was ok.
Godamn you went there. Epic illustrated, metal hurlant, heavy metal. I have all the early hellraisers. Recognize everything u said. Props. Now do cerebus Dave sim. I kno u kno him if u bringing up all this
I loved Hellraiser 1,2 and 3 and I liked number 4.... But after that.. UGH!, it makes me happy that there are good comics to continue the greatness of Hellraiser after the terror that was the films after Hellraiser 4.
The cenobite designs in the comics were great. The weirdest one imo is the vietnam vet cenobyte. Also you have earned a subscriber. I have only watched 2 of your vids and you have already mentioned the hellraiser comics, the mask comics, the avp comics and of course hellboy .
omg! I wanted to mention the Hellraiser series in another video, but didn't want to derail that conversation. Lo and behold, you've covered this one, too! XD I love this series to death, and have read a lot of them. I think Clown, and Hunger are my two favorite original cenobites.
If you like the 90s Hellraiser comics, I highly recommend trying to track down Tapping the Vein. It was a series of adaptations of Clive Barker short stories published by Elcipse. There are stories with art by P Craig Russell, Klaus Janson, and John Bolton. Very cool.
Alpha Rookie If I'm not mistaken, isn't that a series of novels? Most of my comics were hand-me-downs, but I did read The Hellbound Heart, and some of the Books of Blood. I didn't much care for Nightbreed, the film, but I did like the comics. Rawhead Rex needs to be remade without a cheesy guy in a suit, I say. Edit: I can't read, apparently. You were saying they were, adaptations of novels. Gotcha, I'll look into that but I don't know where to find vintage comics without shopping online, these days.
Alpha Rookie Yeah, I realize I misread what you had written. lol I'm totally down for that. I also want to mention you're a total masochist for marathoning the Hellraiser films. I love the first two, and only cenobite designs from the rest. If they ever get around to actually coming out with that new film, I do hope they give it a fresh angle. Hooks, chains, and blood, are the bread and butter of the series, but there are so many more imaginative ways to explore the self-imposed damnation of the soul.
Agreed! We talk about that quite a bit on our podcast. I think Hellraiser should be either treated as an anthology style vehicle or it needs to expand upon its own universe. It's so stuck in its own pinhead rut. So it goes.
Agree with you on session 9 it’s a classic have the Blu-ray love it first two hellraisers are fun to watch the rest hard to watch if Clive comes back to direct one Maybe a reboot id watch but if they keep pushing out this shit like hellraiser judgement hard to watch come back Clive bring the franchise you created back to prominence please lol and the hellraiser comics are awesome no doubt
Cenobites do actually take people against their will in the comics. The story about the guy who once made a deal for them to take his little brother instead of himself, comes to mind (who attempts to do the same with his infant son, out of sheer desperation). Also, the story about the guy who brings them fresh victims, in the hope of one day beings seen as worthy enough to join them (the last such offering being a woman who later returns as a multi-limbed horror). There is actually a PDF of the guidelines which can be searched for, which were sent to prospective writers of the series. It's well worth reading. In it, the point is made that violence and gore are quite acceptable, but should never be seen as the story, itself. This seems to be a large part of why many of the stories were so creative, because they were using the themes of horror, corruption and desire to propel an already existing story along, rather than just being a race to show the most shocking images for the sake of it.
So I enjoyed your video. The reference to session nine and reverence for Pinhead as king dick among the early horror icons. Additionally your refused the temptation to review any of the og movies focusing instead on recommendations, well done sir. Questions: did you in fact sell your Hellraiser comic collection? If you have the charter(?) collections why not send em my way? Is nine movies in a series even that many anymore? i.e. Marvel multiverse and the what.. 12 star wars abominations? The cover of at least one of the comics or collections clearly show Pinhead. Is his character included at all in the series stories? Thanks And so if you like Clive Barker I highly recommend a short novel titled THE Thief of ALWAYS.
One should look out for the comic versions of THE BOOKS OF BLOOD as well. There are graphic novels of SON OF CELLULOID and RAWHEAD REX that are pretty brutal.
The majority of the Hellraiser movies were only made in order for Harvey Weinstein's studio to not lose the rights,after he aquired them in the late 90's. They just took a script for a completely unrelated horror movie,put Pinhead and the Lament configuration in it for 2 minutes,slapped Pinhead's pic on the dvd-cover and that was it. The director of the french ''Martyrs'' movie wanted to make a proper reboot of Hellraiser but he quit after Weinstein started his usual interference.
Fun video. Although must have been an editing error when say "good" over Hellraiser 8: Hellworld lol. Easily one of the worst in this troubled franchise. The first is a classic. I enjoy the ambition of the 2nd as well. It all goes down hill from there!
So...I'm 8, something minutes in this video about Hellraiser comics right, and guess what...you talk about Hellraiser comics about 12 seconds...cool story bro!
Not sure about the connection to Heavy Metal - save that they took advantage of the weakening of the code and demand for "Direct Market". The "Code" still existed but even grocery stores sometimes had Image comics (even Violator) due to demand and people caring more about where the President put his slick willie. But IMO the Hellraiser comics were what E.C. comics could have been if not for Dr Wertham. I always hate TPBs - they cut out letters, ads for other stuff - lots of the time capsule stuff finding an original is.
Always been a huge fan of Hellraiser 1 &2. But Epic comics back then, man! They were good and creepy. It was about dark and twisted passion. We saw different cenobites with their own looks within their own stories. It went deeper into a very complex mythology which was never about monsters running after you but about the ones you summoned, voluntarily or not. Death was never an option with the cenobites, they kept you forever. And that my friends, is terrifying.
Instead of doing countless sequels or a remake, they should do an antology TV show with different characters and cenobites and boxes or puzzles in every episodes. That would be boss!!!
Alpha Rookie I read every comics that has ever been related to the Clive Barker world. Nightbreed, Taping the vein, The Yattering and Jack, Rawhead Rex. Still the best horror comics I have ever read. Thanks!
I watched this video a while ago and it really made me wanna track down the actual epic comics but, like you said, it would be pretty painstaking. They're on eBay (which I'm Leary of most of the time) but, $2.95-5.00 plus 3.99 shipping per book from individual sellers = my head exploding. Which leads to my question, How comprehensive are the Collected Best volumes from checker print?
+Jimbo Jones pretty damn comprehensive. There's a story by Ted McKeever that's missing but other than that everything I think is worth reading is in there. In fact most of the beat stuff is in the first volume. Checkerboard also reprinted the "Tapping the Vein" comics, adaptations of Barker short stories. Those are also excellent. Happy hunting!
Miss video stores for that sort of thing. I found out about Evil Dead 2 by picking it up based on the box art from a local Blockbuster. Greatest surprise ever.
Ohhhhh yeah ❤ I went thru the entire horror section at that Hollywood Video, mostly choosing based on box art and synopsis. I also miss finding rare gems at places that sold used movies.
I thought they started out well but kind of lost there way,In the end they had the US military getting involved ,As one reviewer said this isn't godzilla it hellraiser,he loved both but they should be kept very much apart
you almost can't consider part 9 as one of the series. it doesn't have Doug Bradley in it as pinhead and the studio made it as quickly and cheaply as possible in order to not lose the rights to the property
I actually am a autographed copy of one of these comics signed by one of the artist drew it I've got it at a convention in Sheffield a couple year ago that's in Great Britain by the way for those of you who live in the US or Australia I do really like comments based on movies that are like that just a little bit more mature than most of the superhero comics but I do still like reading them as well I do really like comics based on movies that are like that just a little bit more mature than most of the superhero comics but I do still like reading them as well particularly Batman I would say He Is my favourite superhero anyway I do think the villains he fights is what makes the story is what Good anyway just saying what I think anyway
The first movie is the purest and the best I think. Its got small budget issues but its really a pretty perfect 80's horror
One of the best of its kind ;)
My fav is the second. It feels more mythic and has a real fantasy edge, very Grimm's fairy tales-influenced. I appreciate that.
the sequel wasn't half bad either, we got see the kind side of the cenobites
I like the second one
fun fact: Pinhead was planned to show up in the ending of Freddy Vs. Jason
that would have been pretty cool if done right
that would have been pretty cool if done right
Alpha Rookie apparently the scene would have Freddy and Jason fighting longer than the film we gotten. They somehow end up in Hell, when they carried on beating each other, before chains comes out of nowhere, holding but Freddy and Jason. Pinhead would then appear and the film would with him saying "What seems to be the problem, gentlemen?"
Lewis 'RamboAxMan' Ramsden that sounds awesome wish it would of happenend
Jesus christ .... get it?
Thanks for this video. I stumbled upon the original Epic Comics as a young horror fiend at a flea market and was not prepared for them. They kind of blew my mind. Managed to read a couple more that my requisite "cool uncle" (a huge Barker fan) had as well. Almost forgot about these, but grabbed a couple of the Boom individual reprints for cheap at a local comic shop and now I'm hooked again. Really interesting stuff, and what makes it work is what you point out, that it abstracts the "puzzle and obsession leads to Hell" concept into some unexpected and disturbing directions.
Good news for you, we might be covering some more horror comics soon and more Barker stuff.
Hellraiser comics are good, indeed. Yours is one of the very best comic book channels on TH-cam.
Thanks!
Never knew these comics existed just started ordering them on Amazon thanks a lot
great video,i remember buying the first issue of the Hellraiser comic on its release and it blew me away
I collected all of these as they were released in order, and got them all signed by Clive himself. I feel as if I should give these a revisit.
Well done dude this made my night lol I used to have about five including the special Xmas issue with pinhead dressed as Santa on the cover
I have issues 1 thru 19, the summer special, the x mas special (like you) Books of the Dammed 1,2 and 4, and "Jihad, Hellraiser vs Nightbreed"(2 part GN)
All of the above comics that feature Pinhead on the cover are signed by Doug Bradley.
I originally found this channel when i was interested searching about the alien comics which there are hard to find in japan...
thanks to your channel,i was able to find out these amazing comics, that would be impossible for me to find out in my country.
I would love to watch more of your content!
Sorry with my clonky english....but wanted to you my support form japan!
Subscribed!
+辻謙太郎 your English is pretty good. Everything you said makes sense. Happy we could help!
readcomiconline.to on that site you can find pretty much all the comics youre looking for
I stumbled across your channel, Alpha. But I love the lengths that you take to explain everything in impressive detail. You've earned a sub. Keep up the good work!
One of my favorite stories, and forgive me for not remembering the title, was about a blind pianist and his need to unluck the ultimate song and a bit of vengeance. It was haunting.
This one made me subscribe, Very well done, friend,
Explore the stories in the aliens and predator comics!
+Dr Wolfenstein We have an Aliens vid coming sometime this week hopefully doing just that.
Alpha Rookie Awesome! Keep the style, guys, it's really good.
I have those comics, excellent work!
I was finally able to get my hands on all 5 copies! I also began reading them. So far my favorite story is For My Son. It blew me away! Wordsworth also gave me goosebumps. I am so happy to finally have these. Thank you for the fantastic recommendation!
Are these the copys with 4 or more comics in the one??
I'm hunting the down now as we speak but trying to make sure I don't buy the wrong ones.
@@matthew6173 there are 2 volumes of Hellraiser masterpieces and 3 volumes of Hellraiser collected best. I’m pretty sure each volume contains at least 9 issues.
@@SpaceLice ok... so the $140 pricing dosnt sound to over the top now... I know I can get vol 1 tp.. the 2ed might be harder .. and haven't even tried the other 3 that you speak of :)
@@matthew6173 I got them for much cheaper. Around $30-$60 from third party sellers on Amazon. The prices may have gone up though by now.
@@SpaceLice is that usd? I'm talking in aud
i laughed so hard at this, great video man, i too did that stupid hellraiser crusade, i'm gonna search for all of these, thanks a lot!!
I couldn't agree with you more, they were really excellent horror comics. Unfortunately the Nightbreed comic book series never quite connected with me, despite loving the film.
I really liked the videos on the movie. Didn't know there are comics. Thanks for your videos.
I first saw Hellraiser when I stayed up late one summer night watching Cinemax. It was HR3 HOE. I was in 3rd grade and 8 years old. I LOVED IT! IT TERRIFIED ME! IT PROBABLY MESSED ME UP!
My friends and I love Session 9 so much we named our podcast after it, Sessions with the Gory Boyz. And of course our ninth session was on…… you guessed it, Session 9. Damn near perfect movie. Another little known gem, Cookers.
Oh, man! THANK YOU SO MUCH for making this vid! I actually had a handful of the Hellraiser and Tapping the Vein issues back in the day. I TOTALLY forgot about them! Man! How could I have forgotten their delightfully evil beauty! You may have just very well set me on a coarse to track down these unholy relics of my past... May the doors of Hell begin to slowly open... ;)
There are even a couple of good stories that aren't in any of the collections. There's a story I really like by Ted McKeever that you can only read if you have the issues.
+Alpha Rookie OK. It's firmly settled now. I MUST own these again! ;)
Oh, hey! I think it would be cool if someone did a Hellraiser story about a comic nerd who was obsessed with this one "forbidden" comic series. Like, maybe the publisher would have attempted to try and literally eradicate all copies of it from the world? So, then this guy would be on this unholy quest to complete his collection and, hey, maybe he just might have to murder a few people along the way to achieve his goal, right? I mean, the comic is worth THAT much to this guy. And of course, at the end it would turn out that the very act of collecting them all would in and of itself be, you guessed it, a Lament Configuration and also the guy who was helping him track all the issues down would turn out to be a cenobite! Ho, man... This stuff just writes itself! And it would certainly have a very Creepshow/Tales from the Crypt kind of vibe to it... :P
Bonus fact: "cenobite" actually refers to "a member of a religious order living in a convent or community". I love it when writers appropriate an existing word and turn it into something sinister. I mean, how many times have you heard someone use "cenobite" in a sentence to refer to anything BUT Pinhead and his ilk? ;) Anyway, while I only read his Books of Blood series, I always loved how Barker would use religious terms to describe many of his evil entities and situations. Great stuff! :)
Edit: I actually had the issue I think you are referring to! Oh, MAAAAAN!!! :/
comicvine.gamespot.com/clive-barkers-hellraiser-1-the-canons-of-pain-dead/4000-144429/
We don't talk about the movies after Hellraiser IV...
@TestSubjectDayjob don't you mean III
Wait, we talk about about IV?
i miss out 3 and jump to 4,for its faults 4 tried to do something different by charting the history of the box
Sephirothwolf yeah I think you mean II
Inferno is the best sequel next to hellhound. 3 and 4 are guilty pleasures. All the other ones arent worth watching
You should pick up the "Clive Barker's Hellraiser" comics, the official continuation of the Hellraiser story that picks up after the second film and was actually written by Barker.
I did read those and I honestly didn't care that much for them. If you listen to our Hellraiser podcasts, you'll find that I feel like "pinning" the series on pinhead was a bad idea and takes away a lot of the Lovecraftian horror/mystery inherent in the original movie/novella. But different strokes and all that.
Thanks man, I got like 2 comic volumes from that series really cheap and i had no clue how much and what am I supposed to watch to get them.
I have all 3 checkerboard books and 1-7 of the comics
I loved those ones
Nice.
Thank you thank you thank you. I’ve been trying to think of the name of a certain comic book for a straight year, over and over opening my comic book collection trying to find a hint of the name of one of my favorite and one of the most disturbing comics I have ever known, or maybe it was just my eyes were to juvenile to see that of which is and was,
Marshal Law!!
Thanks again, many mahalos!
i liked all the hellraiser movies except hellraiser revelation. hellraiser Inferno was good because it is about a selfish man who didnt care about anybody but himself and how sin has its own reward an eternity in hell.
adrian quinonez hellworld sucked too. I did really like inferno and hellseeker
While I think that HELLRAISER II is the best of the series, I think that INFERNO has the best looking Cenobites. It would have been nice too if Leviathan made a guest appearance in INFERNO at the end.
Hellraiser: Bloodline, was the only movie i enjoyed out of the whole series.
I discovered your channel some two hours back. Already watched three videos. Planning on finishing some more.
Also ordered Hellboy: seeds of destruction from amazon after watching the video
Where were you all my life ? You definitely deserve more subscribers.
We've heard that story a bunch of times. I guess tell your friends about us, we really have just grown by word of mouth and TH-cam suggestions. Either way, glad we can help and happy to have you here!
Alpha Rookie yup already suggested your channel’s name to some of my friends who I think will be interested !
Keep up the great work !! 👍🏽
Have you picked up the Hellraiser Omnibus yet? I don’t know if it has the same issues as the Collected Best, so I haven’t got it yet.
No it's completely different. The stuff in the omnibus is basically sequels to the original films. It stars Pinhead and Kirsty. I read it awhile ago and remember thinking it was ok.
Ha ha ha... As soon as you started saying "Nine", I kept waiting for Hitler's banging on the table, yelling "nein nein nein nein nein" 😂👍🏻
Godamn you went there. Epic illustrated, metal hurlant, heavy metal. I have all the early hellraisers. Recognize everything u said. Props. Now do cerebus Dave sim. I kno u kno him if u bringing up all this
didn't realise there was trade paper backs of these.
I loved Hellraiser 1,2 and 3 and I liked number 4.... But after that.. UGH!, it makes me happy that there are good comics to continue the greatness of Hellraiser after the terror that was the films after Hellraiser 4.
Those late 80’s early 90’s Hellraiser comics were fantastic.
They did something new but still had reverence for the source material.
The cenobite designs in the comics were great. The weirdest one imo is the vietnam vet cenobyte. Also you have earned a subscriber. I have only watched 2 of your vids and you have already mentioned the hellraiser comics, the mask comics, the avp comics and of course hellboy .
Finnally some one covering diffrent type comics....tired of all that super hero bullshit u have a new fan hommie
Cool video man! keep doing awesome videos! ¿are you gonna make something about the alien and predator comics?
6:20 talks about comics
Appearently pinhead was actually female in thr book
2019 there are 10 and soon to be 11
Second Session 9, that movie is soo good and I don't think gets enough attention when people talk about great horror movies.
If you dig around you'll find we did a video about Session 9 specifically. We love that movie. Thanks for watching!
omg! I wanted to mention the Hellraiser series in another video, but didn't want to derail that conversation. Lo and behold, you've covered this one, too! XD I love this series to death, and have read a lot of them. I think Clown, and Hunger are my two favorite original cenobites.
If you like the 90s Hellraiser comics, I highly recommend trying to track down Tapping the Vein. It was a series of adaptations of Clive Barker short stories published by Elcipse. There are stories with art by P Craig Russell, Klaus Janson, and John Bolton. Very cool.
Alpha Rookie If I'm not mistaken, isn't that a series of novels? Most of my comics were hand-me-downs, but I did read The Hellbound Heart, and some of the Books of Blood. I didn't much care for Nightbreed, the film, but I did like the comics. Rawhead Rex needs to be remade without a cheesy guy in a suit, I say.
Edit: I can't read, apparently. You were saying they were, adaptations of novels. Gotcha, I'll look into that but I don't know where to find vintage comics without shopping online, these days.
Yes, they were adaptations of the stories in Books of Blood. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapping_the_Vein_(comics)
Alpha Rookie Yeah, I realize I misread what you had written. lol I'm totally down for that. I also want to mention you're a total masochist for marathoning the Hellraiser films. I love the first two, and only cenobite designs from the rest. If they ever get around to actually coming out with that new film, I do hope they give it a fresh angle. Hooks, chains, and blood, are the bread and butter of the series, but there are so many more imaginative ways to explore the self-imposed damnation of the soul.
Agreed! We talk about that quite a bit on our podcast. I think Hellraiser should be either treated as an anthology style vehicle or it needs to expand upon its own universe. It's so stuck in its own pinhead rut. So it goes.
Agree with you on session 9 it’s a classic have the Blu-ray love it first two hellraisers are fun to watch the rest hard to watch if Clive comes back to direct one Maybe a reboot id watch but if they keep pushing out this shit like hellraiser judgement hard to watch come back Clive bring the franchise you created back to prominence please lol and the hellraiser comics are awesome no doubt
OMG I love session nine I thought no one else saw it but me!!
Welcome to the club! We did a video just about Session 9 here: th-cam.com/video/5UB4hTk4NKU/w-d-xo.html
Not 9 but 10 and soon to be 11
Cenobites do actually take people against their will in the comics. The story about the guy who once made a deal for them to take his little brother instead of himself, comes to mind (who attempts to do the same with his infant son, out of sheer desperation). Also, the story about the guy who brings them fresh victims, in the hope of one day beings seen as worthy enough to join them (the last such offering being a woman who later returns as a multi-limbed horror).
There is actually a PDF of the guidelines which can be searched for, which were sent to prospective writers of the series. It's well worth reading. In it, the point is made that violence and gore are quite acceptable, but should never be seen as the story, itself. This seems to be a large part of why many of the stories were so creative, because they were using the themes of horror, corruption and desire to propel an already existing story along, rather than just being a race to show the most shocking images for the sake of it.
Session 9 is fantastic!
+auxlen yep, we even did a whole video about it by itself
Update: Now there's 10 movie's
So I enjoyed your video. The reference to session nine and reverence for Pinhead as king dick among the early horror icons. Additionally your refused the temptation to review any of the og movies focusing instead on recommendations, well done sir.
Questions: did you in fact sell your Hellraiser comic collection? If you have the charter(?) collections why not send em my way? Is nine movies in a series even that many anymore? i.e. Marvel multiverse and the what.. 12 star wars abominations? The cover of at least one of the comics or collections clearly show Pinhead. Is his character included at all in the series stories? Thanks
And so if you like Clive Barker I highly recommend a short novel titled THE Thief of ALWAYS.
One should look out for the comic versions of THE BOOKS OF BLOOD as well. There are graphic novels of SON OF CELLULOID and RAWHEAD REX that are pretty brutal.
The Books of Blood comics areawesome. Artwork from P Craig Russel, Denys Cowan, Klaus Jansen, John Bolton. Really good stuff.
The cenobites and the Nightbreed are in the same story universe they cross paths in the Hellraiser books
The majority of the Hellraiser movies were only made in order for Harvey Weinstein's studio to not lose the rights,after he aquired them in the late 90's.
They just took a script for a completely unrelated horror movie,put Pinhead and the Lament configuration in it for 2 minutes,slapped Pinhead's pic on the dvd-cover and that was it.
The director of the french ''Martyrs'' movie wanted to make a proper reboot of Hellraiser but he quit after Weinstein started his usual interference.
I would say check out manga Berserk (on going) and dorohedoro (has ended)
Adam Pearce from ROH?
Fun video. Although must have been an editing error when say "good" over Hellraiser 8: Hellworld lol. Easily one of the worst in this troubled franchise. The first is a classic. I enjoy the ambition of the 2nd as well. It all goes down hill from there!
What is that horror fighting game???? That looks really cool
I think it's in the video, but if not, Terrordrome.
Comicsplus.com has some of them available for sale online in digital format.
I have seen them all too
How fitting that your picture is a skeleton.
@@AlphaRookie yep lol i make podcast too. i did an interview to a personal friend of clive barker, is in spanish
So...I'm 8, something minutes in this video about Hellraiser comics right, and guess what...you talk about Hellraiser comics about 12 seconds...cool story bro!
Keep watching. Sometimes we do exposition.
i had no knowledge of comic books hellraiser existed
+Joshua Abarca And now you do, you're welcome.
SESSION 9 FUCKED ME UP, per·ma·nent·ly
Not sure about the connection to Heavy Metal - save that they took advantage of the weakening of the code and demand for "Direct Market". The "Code" still existed but even grocery stores sometimes had Image comics (even Violator) due to demand and people caring more about where the President put his slick willie. But IMO the Hellraiser comics were what E.C. comics could have been if not for Dr Wertham.
I always hate TPBs - they cut out letters, ads for other stuff - lots of the time capsule stuff finding an original is.
I didn't know anything about this.
Always been a huge fan of Hellraiser 1 &2. But Epic comics back then, man! They were good and creepy. It was about dark and twisted passion. We saw different cenobites with their own looks within their own stories. It went deeper into a very complex mythology which was never about monsters running after you but about the ones you summoned, voluntarily or not. Death was never an option with the cenobites, they kept you forever. And that my friends, is terrifying.
+Stephan Dube If you liked the Epic Hellraiser books you should check out the Tapping the Vein books they published if you haven't already.
Instead of doing countless sequels or a remake, they should do an antology TV show with different characters and cenobites and boxes or puzzles in every episodes. That would be boss!!!
Alpha Rookie I read every comics that has ever been related to the Clive Barker world. Nightbreed, Taping the vein, The Yattering and Jack, Rawhead Rex. Still the best horror comics I have ever read. Thanks!
10 now.
I watched this video a while ago and it really made me wanna track down the actual epic comics but, like you said, it would be pretty painstaking. They're on eBay (which I'm Leary of most of the time) but, $2.95-5.00 plus 3.99 shipping per book from individual sellers = my head exploding. Which leads to my question, How comprehensive are the Collected Best volumes from checker print?
+Jimbo Jones pretty damn comprehensive. There's a story by Ted McKeever that's missing but other than that everything I think is worth reading is in there. In fact most of the beat stuff is in the first volume. Checkerboard also reprinted the "Tapping the Vein" comics, adaptations of Barker short stories. Those are also excellent. Happy hunting!
Inferno and Hellseeker were surprisingly entertaining, if approached like Twilight zone episodes.
There are only 2 Hellraiser movies........ 2 damn you!
Devil's Due Digital is now a home& garden site. Looks like I'm never reading these books :(
Sooo true about picking films in movie stores by their covers. 😏
Do something on the Predator movies.
So with the Hellraiser collected best does that collect all the issues of the Hellraiser comics from Epic
No not everything, but it does have the stories I talked about. If you wanted everything youd have to get the individual issues i think.
I want them! x
Will sell my soul for a good reboot.
Ha! I found Session 9 at a Hollywood Video when I was younger.
Miss video stores for that sort of thing. I found out about Evil Dead 2 by picking it up based on the box art from a local Blockbuster. Greatest surprise ever.
Ohhhhh yeah ❤ I went thru the entire horror section at that Hollywood Video, mostly choosing based on box art and synopsis. I also miss finding rare gems at places that sold used movies.
I thought they started out well but kind of lost there way,In the end they had the US military getting involved ,As one reviewer said this isn't godzilla it hellraiser,he loved both but they should be kept very much apart
The comic Marshal Law vs Pinhead is fucked up good fun!
I was looking for something more informative about the hellraiser comics and got clickbait by a guy making fun out of it. This video is lame
You obviously didn't watch any more than the first couple of minutes then.
Read em all from the library believe it or not
the only good hellraiser sequel is a dead hellraiser sequel
just kidding its two
10 movies now
Hellraiser Judgment was actually an ok movie better that all the movies after Hellraiser 4
Yes, we did a discussion on it. We agreed.
you almost can't consider part 9 as one of the series. it doesn't have Doug Bradley in it as pinhead and the studio made it as quickly and cheaply as possible in order to not lose the rights to the property
I actually am a autographed copy of one of these comics signed by one of the artist drew it I've got it at a convention in Sheffield a couple year ago that's in Great Britain by the way for those of you who live in the US or Australia I do really like comments based on movies that are like that just a little bit more mature than most of the superhero comics but I do still like reading them as well I do really like comics based on movies that are like that just a little bit more mature than most of the superhero comics but I do still like reading them as well particularly Batman I would say He Is my favourite superhero anyway I do think the villains he fights is what makes the story is what Good anyway just saying what I think anyway
11 now
Session 9 is fantastic.
We love Session 9 and did a video expressing our love for it, if you haven't already watched it.
Session 9 isn’t that obscure is it🤔
6:30 your welcome
I read this as hellblazer welp...
I don't ackwolege most of them. since most were reskins of other scripts rushed to keep the rights.
+apex2000 Most of what? The comics?
8:47
there's a 10th one on the way
Cyrus ya but doug bradely isnt going to be pinhead.
I'd like to see J.K. Simmons as Pinhead...
That's actually not a bad idea.
+Skeletor the Overlord of Evil Pinhead laughs in Vader's face when he tries to force choke him. Then something funny about nooooooooo
"Not quite my tempo. No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering!"
what is the name of the fanmade brawler videogame that's in this video???????????????????????
+terence jones TerrorDrome the Game: Rise of the Boogeyman
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thanks!!!!!!!!!!
Skip to 9:00 to get to the actual comics.
10 hellraiser moves know
+You aer a fool Releasing a video about that soon
Hellraiser is a scary concept
Session 9 was quite good actually. So were the hellraiser comics. I had forgotten about them. Had a few as a child.
Nail head is more accurate.
DO EVIL DEAD COMIC PLEASE
+Zyglrox Kobe Definitely thought about it.
Some of the most classic lines come from pinhead
I thought it was Hellblazer
That's different. Thats DC and follows John Constantine.
@@niallreid7664 sorry i misread the title