The Hellbound Heart

“We have such sights to show you”, yet this is a book. And a short one at that. The movie captivated me with not only its tone and gritty visuals but also with its narrative. The book falls very short in comparison to that.

I don't like horror books because they rely on “terror of the unknown”, eliciting emotions of dread on the reader. I don't fear the unknown and I'm too much in control of my emotions to enjoy the experience I believe.

The book added nothing to the movie experience, and if I hadn't watched the movie, I wouldn't have cared for this book at all.

Hellraiser is to this day my favorite horror movie, one in a very short list, because of the things it added to the genre. The gruesome Leviathan's infernal labyrinth of unimaginable torture, pushing he boundaries of torment beyond the limits of the flesh.

The key to hell is desire, and the price is eternal agony.