Movies Like Hellraiser (1987)

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Hellraiser Movie Information:

Directors:

Clive Barker

Stars:

Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Oliver Smith … (full cast)

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1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

   Synopsis/Plot: On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends (comprising Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz) are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Fred Krueger.
   
   Nancy must think…
   
   Tagline: She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives.
   Genres: Horror
   
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2. The Evil Dead (1981)

   Synopsis/Plot: Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin.
   
   A book and audio tape is discovered, and its evil is found to be powerful once the incantations are read…
   
   Tagline: They got up on the wrong side of the grave.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
   
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3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

   Synopsis/Plot: En route to visit their grandfather's grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse, pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious home-cured meat at a roadside…
   
   Tagline: The idyllic summer's day that became a nightmare of fear and blood... [UK Video]
   Genres: Horror, Thriller
   
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4. Evil Dead II (1987)

   Synopsis/Plot: Ashley Williams travels to a secluded cabin in the woods with his girlfriend Linda where they find a tape recording of a professor and a book of evil.
   
   This unleashes a bunch of evil spirits…
   
   Tagline: Pleasure.....please
   Genres: Horror, Comedy
   
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5. Poltergeist (1982)

   Synopsis/Plot: A young family are visited by ghosts in their home.
   
   At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the…
   
   Tagline: From a dimension beyond the living, a terror to scare you to death.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
   
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6. Candyman (1992)

   Synopsis/Plot: Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths.
   
   She visits a part of the town, where she learns about the legend of the Candyman, a one-armed man…
   
   Tagline: We dare you to say his name five times!
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Fantasy
   
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7. Re-Animator (1985)

   Synopsis/Plot: Obsessed with the idea of overcoming the obstacle of death and determined to vindicate himself by backing up his theory, the ambitious medical student, Herbert West, arrives in New England, after the horrific incident at…
   
   Tagline: H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of horror
   Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy
   
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8. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

   Synopsis/Plot: Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain.
   
   But Channard has been searching…
   
   Tagline: They will tear your soul apart. Again.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller
   
   

9. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)

   Synopsis/Plot: Pinhead is stuck in a block after the Big Confrontation in "Hellbound," The block containing Pinhead and the puzzle cube is bought by a young playboy as sculpture.
   
   Pinhead busies himself escaping by getting the…
   
   Tagline: What began in Hell, will end on Earth.
   Genres: Horror
   
   

10. Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

    Synopsis/Plot: It's the year 2127.
    
    Pinhead, the evil cenobite of the series, has found himself on board a space station in outer space, run by scientist Dr.Merchant.
    
    Dr.
    
    Merchant's mission is to close the gates to…
    
    Tagline: This year, the past, the present and the future will all meet at the crossroads of hell.
    Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
    
    

11. Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)

    Synopsis/Plot: A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".
    
    Tagline: The Terrifying New Chapter In The "Hellraiser" Legacy!
    Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Crime
    
    

Movies like Hellraiser include A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Evil Dead (1981), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Evil Dead II (1987), Poltergeist (1982), Candyman (1992), Re-Animator (1985), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992), Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996), and Hellraiser: Inferno (2000).

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