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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Clive Barker got the inspiration from the gay kink scene. It was a case of literally “you know, you could probably make a cool horror story from this”

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I mean, that seems like a kind of reductive way to describe the sublimely intimate ways that Hellraiser engages with the anxieties and fears of queer culture, and especially the queer culture of the late eighties.