Behind the Mask of the Horror Actor

Actor Doug Bradley, who portrays the terrifying character Pinhead in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser series of films, gives his own unique and personal guide to cinema monsters and the men who portray them, including legends Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff, and unforgettable creatures The Wolf Man, The Phantom of the Opera and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Bradley also examines the cultural, historical and dramatic roles the mask has played throughout time, and the physical rigours that actors who play monsters must endure. With a Foreword by Clive Barker. Bringing the subject up to date, he looks at modern-day monsters Leatherface (Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Jason (Friday the 13th) and, of course, the creation of Pinhead.