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
