Fiction for the Cosmically Disturbed

Fiction for the Cosmically Disturbed

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Less Than Pulp, Issue 20
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Less Than Pulp, Issue 20

The Hellbound Heart, Hellraiser (2022), and Rob Zombie's The Munsters

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Oct 10, 2022
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“Save your breath for screaming…”

I reread Clive Barker’s seminal novella The Hellbound Heart to prepare for the release of the new Hellraiser film. The book, released almost forty years ago, tells a story of longing and the depths people will go to fulfill that longing. It’s deeply sexual, deeply disturbing, and still feels transgressive today. The firs…

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