Book Reviews Of The Month – Helllraiser #1: Pursuit of the Flesh

Boom Studios

Written by Clive Barker & Christopher Monfette

Art by Leonardo Manco

I’ve said this before; I’m not a fan of gore. When it’s appropriate to show someone being ripped apart, ok. When a movie or comic is showing it just to show it, no thanks. Having said that, let’s start up with Hellraiser (yes, Pinhead is back!); just to let you know, I never saw the movies all the way through. Well, this is the start of a series, so the writers didn’t give much away on what the overall storyline is going to be and I really can’t tell you what was in this or else I’d give it away and then you’d be coming after me wanting to do to me what was done to a woman in the beginning of the book or BOOM wanting my head on a lance.

Of what I’ve seen of the movies, the art is from the movies, a gritty, ominous look to it. Reading it, I had that same feeling of darkness and danger come over me, it worked well. The panels are separated well so you can follow what’s going on with no problems. The writing was done by the man himself, Clive Barker, he and Christopher Monfette took what was on the screen and put it on paper. They transitioned it really well.

I’ll be honest, I’m not going to be getting into this series. I’m not saying it was bad, I enjoyed it. But, how shall I phrase this; I want to sleep at night! This book will take you back to that place of fear and darkness that made the movie franchise work so well. In my humble opinion, if you liked the movies or liked getting the crap scared out of you, get this book and everyone that comes after it. I give it 5 caps out of 5.