Beatrice (Juliette Stevenson) and her son Elliot (Alex Lawther,) are preparing for the sale of their vacation home in the south of France. Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother. Beatrice in turn is upset over the sale of the house and her crumbling marriage. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, enters their …
New Hellraiser is still queer but oddly sanitized
Spooky season is well underway, and networks and streaming platforms are rolling out their horror-laden line-ups of films and series. In addition to AMC’s very gay new take on Interview with the Vampire, Syfy’s second season of Chucky, and FX’s upcoming 11th season of American Horror Story, Hulu’s remake of classic 80s horror flick Hellraiser arrived Friday. The film is a new take on queer …