Usually during this time of the year, I just zone out watching tons of horror flix on TV and catching anything horror related in the theaters. Right now there are only "ANNABELLE" and "DRACULA UNTOLD" out. So I may do a movie day this weekend and go see them both.
Still, I'm having different urges this Halloween season. I feel like curling up with a good scary book. I think I'm finally going to read Clive Barker's "THE HELLBOUND HEART," the novella from which the "HELLRAISER" franchise sprang. Plus, Barker finally has a new Hell-priest novel coming out "THE SCARLET GOSPELS" (love the title). So I want to get caught up on all things Pinhead. I was thinking of purchasing the audio version, but I was expecting the narrator to have a deeper and more theatrical voice.
At this point, I really have to say out of all the iconic horror creations out there... Jason, Freddy, Michael, Justin Bieber... Pinhead has always held a special place in my nightmares.
I think it's because he gives you a choice. You could just leave the damn puzzle box alone and walk away. In that regard he is pretty much the Devil's proxy here on earth.
Looking back now, I realize that my creation in "THE BLACK ALBUM," the Demon Jeremy, is my answer to Pinhead and the Devil.
Back story of the DEMON JEREMY:
He was the lead singer of an unsung rock band named Mathaluh in a small mountain community during the mid 70s. Jeremy and his fellow band members made a pact with the Devil. They cemented this union by sacrificing a teenage groupie and putting unholy backward lyrics in a bootleg album they made and distributed. The Devil however tricked them and Jeremy and his band-mates died a fiery death. Now, if you run across a copy of this lost record and play it in reverse, you summon the Demon Jeremy back into this world. He has one night to trick or treat you into killing in his name. Then your soul goes to Hell and he gets your body. He gets to be you.
I guess I favor the intelligent killers over the mindless automatons. The Demon Jeremy, who is not as scary as Pinhead in physical form, can be seductive in a vampire-esque way.
I've very thankful this season. "THE BLACK ALBUM: A HOLLYWOOD HORROR STORY" is tracking well and getting great reviews. Thank you.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Resurrection of the Demon Jeremy
Image courtesy of "The Black Album"
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