Hellraiser, nightbreed, candyman, and lord of illusions form a veritable murderers row of tremendous adaptations. Apr 15, 2012 the first two movies form a selfcontained continuity. These gloves were worn by the monster as he launches his tirade on ireland after he is released from his underg. The ritual uses a nightbreed baby to give rawhead rex life.
Among the bitten is the son of an american professor of history and anthropology. Barker was responsible for the screenplay hes credited as such so we must assume he was happy to make the changes from the short story in order to. Rawhead rex is a demon, alive for millennia, trapped in the depths of hell, and waiting for release. Rawhead rex is the titular monster from the short story of the same name by the horror author clive barker, and its 1986 fantasy horror film adaptation of the same name. The movie starts out fast and the monster is unleashed in about 510 minutes in. The story was later turned into the movie rawhead rex 1986 which barker has disowned, although he is the credited screenwriter. Rawhead rex 1986 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Rawhead rex is the main antagonist of the 1986 british fantasyhorror film rawhead rex. Its got an irresistibly simple hook thats delivered swiftly. In the movie, rawhead rex is the name of an ancient child murdering monster that is brought back to life after his burial site is disturbed by some local farmers clearing land. Rawhead rex, original pair of rex hands original movie costume. Rawhead rex is based on a short story by british horror author clive barker.
However, it is a ridiculously fun and entertaining one. Rawhead rex is far from being a great movie let along a great horror movie. An extremely rare pair of hands worn by the monster in the 1987 horror film rawhead rex. The story is contained in the third volume of barkers six volume books of blood series, first published in 1984. Rawhead rex began life as a short story in clive barkers book of blood vol. Rawhead rex as an idea, if youre going to do it, you go for broke. In the television series supernatural season 1, episode 12 faith, dean and sam rescue two children hiding in a cupboard in the basement of a house. Rawhead rex is a fun, fastmoving creature feature from the 80s that features some bloody effects work, a kid getting eaten, and a priest enjoying a. In the 1980s, clive barker introduced horror fans to a world where pleasure and pain intertwined in hellraiser based on the hellbound heart, and in that same decade in books of blood volume 3, he created a violent creature known as rawhead rex, who jumped to the screen to prey upon a rural town in. Rawhead rex 1987 movie props, costumes and wardrobe from the movie. Rawhead proceeds to unleash a murderous rampage across the irish countryside, while possessing a priest to be his servant. A photographer from america must unravel the mystery of the monsters origin, and return rawhead to his resting. An evil monster with a hunger for children has been unleashed from his underground prison and boy does he have some plans. Transferring the story to ireland from kent allowed funding to be secured for the filming from irish investors.
Many parts may require prep, sanding, fitting and some scratch building. Oct 09, 2017 rawhead rex is a fun, fastmoving creature feature from the 80s that features some bloody effects work, a kid getting eaten, and a priest enjoying a golden shower. The demon rawhead rex begins to terrorize the demons and mutants of midian, he becomes something of a boogieman to midians children and is viewed as nothing more then an urban legend by cabal. Search, discover and share your favorite rawhead rex gifs. The film has a dubious reputation for certain reason and changes made within the production. He is the last of a race of such creatures and was their king.
I loved the story so much that, when george pavlous film adaptation came along, i deliberately avoided it. Rawhead rex is a 1986 british fantasy horror film directed by george pavlou, produced by kevin attew and don hawkins, and was written by clive barker, based upon the short story of the same name by barker. It falls to an american anthropologist to attempt to stop the. Rawhead rex was directed by george pavlou in 1986 from a screenplay by clive barker based on his own short story of the same name which originally appeared in the books of blood volume three published way back when in 1984. His father immediately begins researching the angry old god and plotting his demise. Rawhead rex is a 1986 british fantasy horror film directed by george pavlou, produced by kevin attew and don hawkins, and was written by clive barker. Dec 20, 2017 ireland will never be the same after rawhead rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The movie is based on a clive barker story, with barker providing the screenplay adaptation of his own story. The third movie and the fourth movie follow the first two, but are completely different in tone, ignore the nuance of the originals, and turn the franchise into generic horror. Rawhead rex 1987 movie props, costumes and wardrobe. I dont think the movie is bad, it had a lot more potential. While rawhead rex obviously isnt anywhere the pinnacle of works associated with the author, its a riproaring little monster movie whose purity is admirable.
When a farmer removes a stone from a field, he awakens rawhead rex, an ancient pagan god. The first draft of its screenplay is by the renowned fantasy and horror novelist and film director clive barker, still credited as the sole screenwriter but has since disowned his involvement with the project. Free from the prison that had held him for centuries, rawhead then proceeds to cause mayhem across the countryside. A photographer from america must unravel the mystery of the monsters origin, and return rawhead to his resting place. The film follows rex s cross country rampage, while a. Mar 01, 1976 the creature, rawhead rex, is a giant hypermale 9 ft. In rawhead rex, howard hallenbeck david dukes is an american researcher looking into the persistence of ancient sacred sites in ireland and is joined by his son, robbie hugh oconor, plus the rest of the family.
Last october, kino lorber brought george pavlous clive barker adaptation rawhead rex to bluray for the very first time, boasting a brand new 4k restoration from the original camera negative. Stay away from the version shown on the syfy channel. During his illustrious career, clive barker has inspired numerous landmark films with his work, many of which plumb to lovecraftian depths, tapping into deeply unsettling, resonant horrors. Ive read rawhead rex before, but i have never seen a hellraiser movie. He even gave it the name rawhead just in case the phallic imagery hadnt been fully conveyed. An irish farmer moves an ancient stone, unwittingly freeing a gigantic, terrible, bloodthirsty pagan demon known as rawhead rex. Rawhead rex is based of a short story by clive barker, the man who brought us hellraiser and nightbreed. The filmmakers butchered it so it would service the needs for a typical monster movie rather than being a faithful adaptation. Rawhead rex heads to bluray in the uk via arrow video. A new newstalk documentary explores the props, architecture, and.
The film opens with a scene reminiscent of the 1971 british horror flick the blood on satans claw as a farmer struggles to remove. Ireland will never be the same after rawhead rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. Between its limited theatrical release in 1987, and clive barkers notorious displeasure with the film, its not a surprise that rawhead rex. There are moments where rawhead rex tinkers with the notion that it wants to be a good movie. Barker also wrote the screenplay, his second screenplay to be produced and the first to. And then theres rawhead rex, an earlier adaptation about a preposterous. Rawhead rex is just a guy running around in a cheap suit and if this movie was better i wouldnt even mind that much but so much of it is painfully boring. Now, 30 years later, kino lorber is bringing rawhead. The tale of rawhead rexgrindhouse edition gory horror.
The offspring of rawhead s kind is mentioned to have been too much to handle for human wombs, and they tended to burst out on their own eldritch abomination. Inside the church, strange stainedglass windows depict. Its missing most of the violence and the urination scene. Thats what you put on screen because thats whats in.
What this ultimately leaves us with is less image along the top, but more along the bottom and lefthand side. For the best experience please update your browser. Sam leaves with the children just before dean is attacked by the. Rottenburg, badenwurttemberg, germany basel, switzerland status. A short story by clive barker, which is a part of his third books of blood anthology from 1984 a farmer in england digs up a large stone in his lands, only to set loose a malevolent monster from the past, called rawhead. Rawhead rex is the titular monster from the short story of the same name by the horror author clive barker, and its 1986 fantasy horror film adaptation of the.
In the 1980s, clive barker introduced horror fans to a world where pleasure and pain intertwined in hellraiser based on the hellbound heart, and in that same decade in books of blood volume 3, he created a violent creature known as rawhead rex, who jumped to the screen to prey upon a rural town in george pavlous 1987 film of the same name. Mad movies presented rawhead rex in an anamorphic widescreen edition that was certainly a nice improvement over the prior discs. Rawhead rex 1986 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. Its one of the strongest tales of any in those groundbreaking, gamechanging horror anthologies.
Wyrd war proudly heralds the return of the pagan fear with this digitally restored official theatrical rerelease of george pavlous maligned britishirish monster mindmelter. Rawhead rex, original pair of rex hands your movie props. Rawhead rex was a standard monsterontheloose movie made in ireland and released in 1986. In time, this gruesome legacy has been forgotten, dismissed as an odd prechristian myth until tom garron donal mccann, december. It likes to mutilate and debase other males, devour prepubescent kids and rape nonmenstruating women in order to this folktale is unsubtle allegorical gynophobia. He is held by an ancient seal, imprisoned for centuries in a barren field near the hamlet of rathmore, ireland. Nightbreed vs rawhead rex was released in 1992 and ran through issues thru 16 of nightbreed from epic comics. The story uses the books plot as the starting point even through the degn of the movie is used for the artwork. Rawhead rex first appeared in the story of the same name, in volume three of clive barkers books of blood, published 1984.
Rawhead rex is an abomination that personifies the male sex drive as a living and malicious organism. Thats what you put on screen because thats whats in the book. The movie was previously released on dvd years back by pioneer entertainment in a fullframe transfer and on a disc devoid. Coincidentally, as often happens during these types of horror movies, an investigator has just appeared investigating some mysterious religious artifacts in nearby villages.
Rawhead rex brings monstrous fun to bluray in all its. Rawhead is brought back to life through a black magic ritual. The film follows rexs cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it. This is a resin model kit and requires model building and painting skills. The first two movies form a selfcontained continuity. The film focuses on a monstrous pagan god s bloody rampage through the irish countryside. Then it wimps out settling back into the comfortability of standard monster movie cliches, while retaining vague allusions to sexual effigies throughout. The movie was previously released on dvd years back by pioneer entertainment in a fullframe transfer and on a disc devoid of extra features. When we get our first glimpse at rawhead, my girlfriend looked up and said, what kinda godzilla shit is this. Rawhead rex 14 scale bust model kit rawhead rex 14 scale. No sooner does he move the rock when out rushes an enormous, bloodthirsty pagan demon, rawhead rex, who immediately goes berserk and begins biting people left and right.
He is a nine foot tall humanoid that was worshiped as a god in ancient england. With david dukes, kelly piper, hugh oconor, cora venus lunny. Fans of horror films can build this easy to assemble 14 scale cast resin model kit. The film is about a monstrous pagan gods bloody rampage.
Rawhead rex is the 1986 film adaptation of a short story by clive barker. This extremely rare model kit was first released in the early 1990s and was one of sculptor shawn nagels first releases in the garage kit industry. Shockingly, that idea did not coalesce into a particularly scarylooking monster. Enemies aaron boone throughout his life aaron had troubling dreams about monsters, when he discovered the underground city midian he found his dreams were a reality. While there are some genuinely creepy moments like shots of the creature standing in a field with firered eyes holding up the head of his most recent kill, the rest of the movie is an overthetop underfunded mess of b movie schlock horror. When clive barker first conceived of the story behind rawhead rex, the basic idea boiled down to, in his words, a ninefoot phallus on the loose. Every movie after the 4th sucks horribly, and they turn pinhead into more of a generic demon. Based on an awesome clive barker short story of the same name, rawhead rex tells the tale of a grotesque ancient deitys accidental resurrection and gory rampage through the irish countryside, while. David dukes last film was the disappointing tv miniseries rose red 2002. Directed by george pavlou transmutations with a screenplay by horror legend clive barker hellraiser, candyman, nightbreed, lord of illusions. The original short story was published in the third volume of the books of blood series.
We might reboot rawhead rex, says rawhead rex director. Rawhead rex is a low budget britishirish production. Rawhead rex has a 29% approval score on rotten tomatoes and an average rating of 4. While there are some genuinely creepy moments like shots of the creature standing in a field with firered eyes holding up the head of his most recent kill, the rest of the movie is an overthetop underfunded mess of b movie. This extremely rare model kit was released in the early 1990s and was one of sculptor shawn nagels first releases in the. I was just wondering, what if these two creations of clive barker battled each other. The film follows rexs cross country rampage, while a. These gloves were worn by the monster as he launches his tirade on ireland after he is released from his underground prison. Barker also wrote the screenplay, his second screenplay to be produced and the first to be based on one of his published stories. Rawhead rex is on the loose, and he is insatiable as howard is desperately races against time for a way to stop the vicious monster.
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