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Custom-Made Freddy Glove Has a Badass ‘Hellraiser’ Twist
Freddy vs. Pinhead would be cool. But how about Freddy PLUS Pinhead?!
Many fans over the years have spent hours meticulously recreating Freddy Krueger’s iconic killing glove, putting official replica releases to shame with metal and leather creations that look like they were stolen off the sets of the films. Every glove from every movie has been recreated by fans… but some fans don’t like staying inside established boxes.
Over the years, we’ve seen mash-up Freddy gloves that join the worlds of Elm Street and other franchises such as Friday the 13th, Re-Animator and even Phantasm, and one glove-maker just made what is perhaps the coolest Freddy glove of them all: the “Hellbound Hell-Razor” glove, a tribute to Hellraiser by way of Elm Street!
The prop-maker behind Nightmares Unlimited explains…
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, in celebration of the Hellraiser 30th anniversary, the Hellbound Hell-Razor glove. A long time in the making, a lot of planning went into this mash up!
Complete with Lament Configuration glove stand, everything you see was made in house. The glove features a full brass armature, steel chains and hooks, and a full leather glove dyed mahogany with hand drawn woodgrain, black chain, and brass clasp and balls.
Check out the epic Hell Glove below!
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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