Barker weaves shades of love, eroticism and, of course, pain and pleasure into his tale of demons and scarred flesh - and this really makes the film. The main reason Hellraiser stands out among horror films is because of its themes. This box does give out pleasure but it's inflicted by a band of demons, known as 'Cenobytes' - and their idea of pleasure differs from Frank's! The story picks up when Frank's brother and his girlfriend, Julia, move into the house where Frank was taken. Frank is a man in search of unknown pleasures, and in order to achieve that he buys a mysterious music box. People often say that the book is better than the movie and in this case it's true! Even so, Hellraiser is an absolute classic horror film, and easily one of the best of the eighties not to mention all time. This isn't really a criticism of the film, but rather of books being turned into movies on the whole. His descriptions are also a lot more macabre than what is shown in the film, and the way that certain things in the book are missed out/abridged shows some of the wasted opportunities of the story. With the book, Barker really allows the reader to get inside the character's head, which ensures that the horror is more shocking. The novel both enhanced my enjoyment for the film, and exposed some of its flaws. It was different because this was the first time that I've seen the film since reading Clive Barker's novel "The Hellbound Heart". I have seen Hellraiser many, many times but my most recent viewing of the film was different to the rest.
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