Peter Atkins
Writer · b. 1955 · Liverpool, England, UK
Author of the novels Morningstar, Big Thunder and Moontown, and the screenplays Hellraiser II, Hellraiser III, Hellraiser IV, and Wishmaster. His short fiction has appeared in such best-selling anthologies as The Museum of Horrors, Dark Delicacies II, and Hellbound Hearts, and has been selected eight times for one or more of the various 'Year's Best' anthologies. He is a three-time nominee for the British Fantasy Award, most recently for his collection Rumors Of The Marvelous.
Movies16
Movie6.4HorrorFantasyA troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
Nightbreed
1990 · 560 votes
Movie5.6HorrorThrillerPinhead is set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of Cenobitic kin.
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
1992 · 875 votes
Movie6.6DocumentaryRobert Englund has become one of the most revolutionary horror icons of our generation. This intimate portrait captures the man behind the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise and features interviews with Englund, Lin Shaye, Eli Roth, Tony Todd and more.
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022 · 10 votes
Movie7.6DocumentaryFilm historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Boris Karloff.
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006 · 5 votes
Movie6.4DocumentaryHorrorLeviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a feature length documentary uncovering the history and the making of Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II films.
Movie6.2HorrorDocumentaryFifty lesser-known horror flicks hailed by critics and genre fans as "absolute must-sees" are given the spotlight with fun, engaging commentary from journalists, directors, actors and critics in a countdown like no other. Stalkers, monsters, slashers, evil dolls, terrorized babysitters, holiday maniacs, mannequins, eerie motels, even giant rats... they're ALL featured in "The 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen!"
The 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen
2014 · 23 votes
Movie6.5Two filmmakers, eager to make a feature film that will improve the tarnished reputation of the longshoreman's union, meet with union officials. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Down on the Waterfront
1994 · 2 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryExclusive to Arrow Video Amazon Channels, Hellraiser: Evolutions is a documentary looking at the evolution of the hit horror franchise, Hellraiser, and its enduring legacy, over the last 30 years. Featuring interviews with Scott Derrickson (director, Hellraiser: Inferno), Rick Bota (director, Hellraiser: Hellseeker), Stuart Gordon (director, Re-Animator, From Beyond) and Doug Bradley (Pinhead himself).
Hellraiser: Evolutions
2015 · 1 votes
Movie3.3HorrorComedyA lobster-clawed freak from a lurid sideshow wreaks a wrath of bloody horror through a small rural community.
Crustacean
2009 · 3 votes
Movie5.3HorrorComedyA quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock band booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the second one, THE DEVIL'S DUE AT MIDNIGHT, a coven of beautiful witches conjure up Brad Dourif as The Devil, and endures the inept attacks of witch killer Ken Foree. In the first long segment, HER MORBID DESIRES, an actress gets the lead role in a vampire movie, only to discover that starlets are being murdered on the set. The other long segment, CRY OF THE MUMMY, has the reincarnated mummy, formerly the last Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, looking to sue the movie studios because he can't get work as a mummy. His new lawyer offers to represent him as an agent, but the mummy will only work in film if he can direct.
The Boneyard Collection
2008 · 9 votes
Movie4.4ComedyHorrorUsing soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.
The Naked Monster
2005 · 12 votes
Movie7.6DocumentaryFilm historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Bela Lugosi.
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006 · 5 votes
MovieDocumentaryA newly produced, feature-length documentary by filmmaker Daniel Griffith, featuring interviews with John Landis, David Naughton, Joe Dante and more
MovieDocumentary"The Story of Hellrasier III" offers a half-hour discussion of the overhaul involved in the making of the delayed third film in the Hellraiser franchise, in which a cult horror format was consciously transformed into a mass-market product with an eye on the teen market and a sense of disappointment from the British crew of the first two films. - Frank Harrison
Movie4.7HorrorAn early experimental short film based on Faust.
The Forbidden
1978 · 11 votes
Movie3.5DocumentaryWicked Wishes: Making the Wishmaster
1997 · 2 votes