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194: 194: Hellraiser (1987)

October 13, 2026 · 2 h 33 min

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October is always one of the best months for the Watchcast, if we do say ourselves, and for this month of dark temptations we've got one of the goopiest movies of the '80s in Clive Barker's Hellraiser! Join us as we meet Pinhead and the gang for the first time, compare the film against Barker's original novella, and ponder just how tempted we'd be to solve the Lament Configuration.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 194: Hellraiser (1987)
(00:00:17) - Intro.
(00:06:20) - On Clive Barker, Cenobite lore, and the origins of this film.
(00:19:25) - How this movie got made.
(00:31:15) - Some of Barker's inspirations for the story.
(00:33:30) - Break!
(00:33:57) - We're back, and it's time to tear Frank apart.
(00:43:26) - A little wallpaper, a few throw pillows, this house might just be livable.
(00:59:36) - Frank is reborn, after a fashion.
(01:11:53) - Time to murder some horny middle-aged men.
(01:20:44) - Frank continues to get more menacing, and Kirsty has concerns about Julia.
(01:30:30) - Kirsty has gone bye-bye, until the Cenobites wake her ass up.
(01:47:33) - Papa's got a brand new skin suit.
(01:58:16) - Jesus wept. Hell, anyone would looking at what we're looking at.
(02:04:10) - A lot of box touching to send the Cenobites packing.
(02:11:24) - Final thoughts (and bonus coverage of the Hellraiser NES game).
(02:26:55) - Housekeeping for next week's movie and the rest of October's slate.
(02:32:45) - Outro.

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