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Peter Atkins

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Peter Atkins

Born November 2, 1955 in Liverpool, England, UK12 films

Author of the novels Morningstar, Big Thunder and Moontown, and the screenplays Hellraiser II, Hellraiser III, Hellraiser IV, and Wishmaster. His short fiction has appeared in such best-selling anthologies as The Museum of Horrors, Dark Delicacies II, and Hellbound Hearts, and has been selected eight times for one or more of the various 'Year's Best' anthologies. He is a three-time nominee for the British Fantasy Award, most recently for his collection Rumors Of The Marvelous.

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Hellbound: Hellraiser II posterFirst watchHellbound: Hellraiser II19886.4Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal.View film

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Wishmaster poster6.1Wishmaster1997Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth poster5.7Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth1992Hellraiser: Bloodline poster5.3Hellraiser: Bloodline1996Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies poster5.7Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies1999Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled poster4.6Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled2002Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell poster4.4Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell2001Fist of the North Star poster4.3Fist of the North Star1995Prisoners of the Sun poster3.9Prisoners of the Sun2013

Filmography

12 films
  1. 2013Prisoners of the SunWriter
  2. 2009Hellraiser: Deader – Winter's LamentCharacters
  3. 2002Wishmaster: The Prophecy FulfilledCharacters
  4. 2001Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of HellCharacters
  5. 1999Wishmaster 2: Evil Never DiesCharacters
  6. 1997WishmasterScreenplay
  7. 1996Hellraiser: BloodlineWriter
  8. 1995Fist of the North StarWriter
  9. 1992Hellraiser III: Hell on EarthStory
  10. 1992Inside Out 2Writer
  11. 1991Inside OutWriter
  12. 1988Hellbound: Hellraiser IIScreenplay