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