This audiobook is a must for fans of Clive Barker’s HELLRAISER movies, splatterpunk, or great horror fiction in general!
This project reunites two of the major creative forces behind HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER 2, the celebrated sequel to HELLRAISER.,Novelist Peter Atkins was the screenwriter for HELLBOUND, and the thriller is read by none other than Doug Bradley, the actor who originated the role of Pinhead and made the character a horror icon. Bradley and Atkins have worked together since performing in the Dog Company, the Liverpool theatre group masterminded by aspiring horror auteur Clive Barker.
When Barker made the big-time, he turned to his repertory mates to help him conquer Hollywood. He first cast Bradley as the “Lead Cenobite”–soon to be immortalized by the nickname “Pinhead”–in HELLRAISER, then tapped Atkins to write the sequel, HELLBOUND, which firmly established the franchise as a shock-cinema staple.
Both Bradley and Atkins have enjoyed diverse and successful careers since then. MORNINGSTAR, Atkins’s best-selling first novel, was originally published in 1992, and its mix of 80s-style horror and 30s noir is as fresh and fast-paced as ever. In the current audio version, Doug Bradley demonstrates that he has a commanding presence and dramatic range even without nails in his scalp, and he handles both the novel’s hardboiled narrative and splatterpunk Grand Guignol with equal aplomb, as well as Atkins’s wry wit that brightens the darkness.
A treat for longtime fans and newcomers alike! Turn up the volume, and let Pinhead tell you a story…