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Clive Barker (writer)
Release Date:
17 April 1987 (USA)
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He's Pure Evil. Pure Power. Pure Terror. more
Plot:
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer...
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1 nomination
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Dukes | ... | Howard Hallenbeck |
| Kelly Piper | ... | Elaine Hallenbeck |
| Hugh O'Conor | ... | Robbie Hallenbeck |
| Cora Venus Lunny | ... | Minty Hallenbeck (as Cora Lunny) |
| Ronan Wilmot | ... | Declan O'Brien |
 | Niall Toibin | ... | Reverend Coot |
| Niall O'Brien | ... | Det. Insp. Isaac Gissing |
| Heinrich von Schellendorf | ... | Rawhead Rex |
| Donal McCann | ... | Tom Garron |
| Eleanor Feely | ... | Jenny Nicholson |
| Gladys Sheehan | ... | Ena Benedict |
| Gerry Walsh | ... | Dennis McHugh |
| Noel O'Donovan | ... | Mitch Harney |
| John Olohan | ... | Dennis Nicholson |
| Peter Donovan | ... | Liam Blanchfield |
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RawHeadRex (USA) (video box title)
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USA:89 min
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France:-12 |
Italy:VM18 (VHS rating) |
Norway:18 |
USA:R |
Iceland:(Banned) |
Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Declan O'Brien:
He was here before Christ, before civilisation. He was king here!
Declan O'Brien: Rawhead, that's what they called him! RAWHEAD!
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Declan O'Brien: Rawhead, that's what they called him! RAWHEAD!
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That Eastertide With Joy Was Bright
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It's really simple: dire film, fantastic short story concerning entities older than organised religion, which also looks at the idea of the female as divine, without being preachy or even vaguely normal. Like all Barker horror stories; dark, twisted and original, if you don't own the Books of Blood, you should. For the uninitiated the Books of Blood (1-6) are collections of short stories. As well as containing the short story 'Rawhead Rex', the Books of Blood also contain the short stories 'The Forbidden'(which was filmed as Candyman), 'The Last Illusion' (filmed as Lord of Illusions), 'The Body Politic' (filmed as part of Quicksilver Highway)and 'The Yattering and Jack' which was also committed to screen as an episode of Tales from the Darkside. The only good thing about this film is that it prompted Clive Barker to start making his own text to screen adaptations, starting with Hellraiser.