Ep. 49: HELLRAISER (1987) - Winnie the Pooh

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. Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com Buy some coffee from our sponsors: www.recesscoffee.com 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