Ben Collins – All Things Ick

‘Hellrasier’ Reboot Writers Originally Pitched a “Very Hallucinatory Version” of Clive Barker’s ‘The Hellbound Heart’

November 10, 2025 Alex DiVincenzo Ben Collins, Clive Barker, hellrasier, Luke Piotrowski, Movies

Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, who penned David Bruckner‘s 2022 reboot of Hellraiser, have detailed their original pitch for the remake of the 1987 horror classic. Speaking with the Hellraiser: Revival Discord (as reported by Daily Dead), the writers’ original vision drew more inspiration from Clive Barker‘s The Hellbound Heart, the 1986 novella on which […]

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‘Dance of the Dead’ Director to Helm Halloween Home Invasion ‘The Heretiks’ from ‘Hellraiser’ Remake Writers

October 22, 2025 Alex DiVincenzo Ben Collins, Gregg Bishop, Luke Piotrowski, Movies, The Heretiks

Dance of the Dead and Siren director Gregg Bishop will next helm The Heretiks from writers Ben Collins & Luke Piotrowski (Hellraiser 2022, The Night House). Deadline reports that Bleiberg Entertainment (The Iceman, Dance of the Dead) is backing the supernatural home invasion horror-thriller set on Halloween. The film follows a disaffected teenage girl who […]

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‘The Registration’ – ‘The Night House’ Writers Adapting Novel With Sydney Sweeney Starring

August 29, 2022 John Squires Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski, Movies, Sydney Sweeney, The Registration

Ahead of Madison Lawson‘s novel releasing on September 27, Deadline reports this afternoon that a movie adaptation of The Registration is already in the works. Sony Pictures will be adapting the novel, with Sydney Sweeney (Nocturne, Night Teeth) set to produce as well as star in the upcoming feature film. Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski […]

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Colin Alexander Reimagines John Carpenter’s Iconic ‘Halloween’ Theme for an Unmade Reboot Pitch from 2012 [Exclusive]

October 19, 2021 Jason Jenkins Ben Collins, Exclusives, Halloween, John Carpenter, Luke Piotrowski, Movies, Phantom Limbs

Just after running our Phantom Limbs article covering the unproduced 2012 Halloween pitch penned by The Night House/Hellraiser writers Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (read here), Mr. Piotrowski passed along a special treat for Bloody Disgusting readers to check out once they’ve read the story. Mr. Collins explains: “We did one other funny thing. I […]

‘Hellraiser’ Writers Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski Carve into the ‘Halloween’ Reboot They Pitched in 2012 [Phantom Limbs]

October 15, 2021 Jason Jenkins Ben Collins, Exclusives, featured, Halloween, Interviews, Luke Piotrowski, Movies, Phantom Limbs, topnews

phantom limb /ˈfan(t)əm’lim/ n. an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated. Welcome to Phantom Limbs, a recurring feature which will take a look at intended yet unproduced horror sequels and remakes – extensions to genre films we love, appendages to horror franchises that we adore – that were sadly […]

[Review] ‘The Night House’ Delivers Unrelenting Terror with Haunting Portrait of Grief

August 16, 2021 Meagan Navarro Ben Collins, David Bruckner, Luke Piotrowski, Movies, Rebecca Hall, Reviews, Sarah Goldberg, Sundance, Sundance 20, Sundance 2020, The Night House

The finality of death is an inherently terrifying thought, especially if there’s absolutely nothing after. The idea that we cease to exist after our short time on Earth has been a perplexing thought for ages, which is why the pursuit of the question of an afterlife remains a constant. Writers Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski […]