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The Bizarre Story of the VHS Copy of ‘Hellraiser’ and the Bus Stop
I love a truly bizarre story, especially one about a copy of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser on VHS!
Explains Time Out London:
For the last few years, a VHS copy of 1987 horror film ‘Hellraiser’ – the moving tale of a chap with a pincushion for a noggin – has sat atop the bus shelter by Lidl on Old Kent Road. You’re thinking, ‘That’s just littering.’ So were we. Until a second copy appeared. And then they both vanished. And then they came back. And vanished again. And returned again. And then a copycat VHS turned up on a Stoke Newington bus stop.
What’s so insane is that this “phenomenon” is happening atop the bus shelter, as opposed to just on a bench inside. (You can see it on Google street view!)
The article recounts the many sightings over the years, via Twitter and Flickr, that eventually lead to the discovery that the Hellraiser 2 was inside the plastic casing.
You can read all about the craziness at the above link – but for now here’s a few of those aforementioned tweets.
There's a VHS copy of Hellraiser (BBFC 18) on top of a bus shelter in Old Kent Road if anyone wants it.
— Martin Gaston (@squidmania) January 3, 2013
this is what Twitter is for – just seen a lone VHS box for the film Hellraiser sitting on top of Old Kent Road/East Street bus stop. #London
— Mike Hemsley (@mikejhemsley) April 18, 2013
On top of a bus stop on the Old Kent Road sits a VHS of Hellraiser. It's been there for at least a year. I now find it strangely comforting.
— Jon Croker (@joncroker) May 24, 2012
Damn! I almost got a shot of the Hellraiser VHS that's been stuck on this Elephant and Castle bus stop for eons! pic.twitter.com/AoYeZIZ2
— Danny O'Dwyer (@dannyodwyer) March 16, 2012
The VHS copy of Hellraiser on top of the bus stop on Old Kent Road was getting worn. So somebody threw ANOTHER VHS Hellraiser up there.
— Danny O'Dwyer (@dannyodwyer) January 25, 2013
There's a bus stop on Old Kent Road that, for a time, had a VHS copy of Hellraiser on it. Getting bleached by sun and rain…
— Tom Wateracre (@wateracre) April 13, 2013
… then it was joined by a second copy of Hellraiser. Two VHS copies of Hellraiser.
— Tom Wateracre (@wateracre) April 13, 2013
This morning, A FRESH VHS COPY OF HELLRAISER HAS APPEARED.
— Tom Wateracre (@wateracre) April 13, 2013
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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