Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 08 – Video Nasty - Hellraiser

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show exploring the vast undiscovered cultural wastelands as a creative pursuit. Hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O -Mark, pondering punk oddities, trashy treasures, street levelness, life, culture and stuff.

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Episode 08

Video nasty - Hellraiser

In this episode Adam and Mark discuss Clive Barker’s 1987 Thriller/Fantasy directorial debut - Hellraiser. This is the first in three part series of micro shows that dive into the three Video nasties that formed the basis of their 25 year friendship.

Hellraiser - Australian VHS Jacket Art by Roadshow

Hellraiser - Australian VHS Jacket Art by Roadshow

Hellraiser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, and produced by Christopher Figg, based on Barker's novella The Hellbound Heart. Staring Andrew Robinson – Larry (Dirty Harry - Killer 1971, Child's Play 3 – Sergeant Botnick – 1991), Clare Higgins - Julia (The Libertine - Molly Luscombe -2004, East Enders Hazel 2015), Doug Bradley – Pinhead Lead Cenobite, (Night breed - Dirk Lylesberg – 1991, Killer Tongue – Wig – 1996)

Plot - Sadomasochistic demons that pursue a woman’s zombie lover after he escaped their underworld. Despite the graphic nature of the film, it’s really a love story between Julia Cotton and her demented—and skinless—lover Frank ... whose relationship just so happens to revolve around sadistic torture.