Rawhead Rex (film)

Rawhead Rex
Theatrical release poster.
Directed byGeorge Pavlou
Screenplay byClive Barker
Based on"Rawhead Rex"
by Clive Barker
Produced byKevin Attew
Don Hawkins
StarringDavid Dukes
Kelly Piper
Niall Tóibín
Cora Venus Lunny
Ronan Wilmot
Donal McCann
CinematographyJohn Metcalfe
Edited byAndy Horvitch
Music byColin Towns
Production
company
    • Alpine Pictures
    • Green Man Productions
    • Paradise Group
Distributed byEmpire Pictures
Release date
  • 14 October 1986 (1986-10-14) (UK)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom[1]
LanguageEnglish

Rawhead Rex is a 1986 British[1] fantasy horror film directed by George Pavlou from a screenplay by Clive Barker, based on his short story of the same name. The story had originally appeared in Vol. 3 of his Books of Blood series. It stars David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Niall Tóibín, Cora Venus Lunny and Donal McCann.

The film focuses on a monstrous pagan deity's bloody rampage through the Irish countryside, with the title alluding to the folklore monster Rawhead. Pavlou and Barker had previously worked together on Transmutations (also known as Underworld).

The film was given a limited release in the United States by Empire Pictures on 17 April 1987.

  1. ^ a b "Rawhead Rex (1987)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

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