#hellraiser
So I want to write some one-shots and shorter stories to regain my writing momentum. As of right now I have two concepts brewing. One is my H6 vignette story, and the other is just my intense urge to see a Pinhead/OFC fic set in the Dead by Daylight universe (there are like…two good ones, one of which may not even end up being the end game ship).
Mainly I want to do that last one because I’m…very disappoint at DbD fandom for at first not getting him, misinterpreting his character based on net zero information gathering, and then overall dismissing him as boring (because I guess half of them couldn’t be bothered to watch the movies and therefore they have no context at all to actually find interesting).
I’m discovering that lore may for some reason be irrelevant to DbD fandom…despite kind of having a cool concept to build on.
It’s funny because like, this is a MASSIVE Monster Boyfriend fandom. But many of the male monsters that people crush on in DbD feel totally emotionally impenetrable, mainly because most were pretty monstrous as human beings, so what fanfic exists definitely takes a lot of creative license in order to make that even plausible. That’s all well and good…
…and yet, here he is, finally. A monster who was a man so sad and tragic and kinky that he died, and then the eldritch god of desire made him the monster priest of the extremes of sensation, but! also! he is still sad deep down inside, and will lay his life down to save the good girl if she bats her eyelashes right, because some buried part of him is still gallant and a hopeless romantic. DbD gave them like…THE monster boyfriend, and DbD fandom was like like…“oh him? who? that guy? I don’t know him but he’s bald and looks boring. Oh but remember the "he came” memes? ~lol~.“
DbD fandom WHAT ARE YOU DOING. Ya’ll, they’re just asleep. They snoozed right through this. They were like "give me more Ghostface. We need more stabby shitheads pls ~uwu~ ”
So you’re saying, if I do all these dirty terrible things then when I die I go to hell? Where there are demons?? With their demon cocks???
Oof. I quiver with… fear.
Sure. It’s fear.
I’m know I’m a little late this week. I’ve been in LA on a work trip but I did NOT forget about my October promise of giving you guys my favorite horror movie suggestions. This week we’re kickin it old school with a Halloween classic - ‘Hellraiser’!
Hellraiser was released in theaters in 1987 the year before I was born. I actually didn’t watch this movie until my 20s because as a child the cover on the VHS (yes I said it) scared the shit out of me. This was a smart move, because when I finally did watch it, it messed me all the way up.
Ok brief synopsis taken from #google:
Sexual deviant Frank (Sean Chapman) inadvertently opens a portal to hell when he tinkers with a box he bought while abroad. The act unleashes gruesome beings called Cenobites, who tear Frank’s body apart. When Frank’s brother (Andrew Robinson) and his wife, Julia (Clare Higgins), move into Frank’s old house, they accidentally bring what is left of Frank back to life. Frank then convinces Julia, his one-time lover, to lure men back to the house so he can use their blood to reconstruct himself.
Yo - this description is gnarly and totally spot on. The plot is absolutely terrifying and the practical effects used are gruesomely vivid. There’s a scene where we actually see Frank’s body being “reborn” and it is the stuff of nightmares. Honestly, I still can’t get it out of my head.
This film freaks me out because of how they portray the idea of different dimensions. It’s got a cool sci-fi angle that’s just real enough to make you believe this could be an actual possibility. And that notion is actually terrifying.
This movie has definitely withstood the test of time and is just as creepy now (if not more) than it was when it first came out. Do yourself a favor and treat your twisted side to one my all-time favorite horror flicks, ‘HELLRAISER’. It’s currently streaming on #HULU and can be rented anywhere you like to stream. Enjoy.
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
Pinhead unchained