The Chatterer's origin was revealed in the 2017 short story 'Prayers for Desire' written by Nicholas Vince and illustrated by Clive Barker, published by Seraphim Incorporated in the graphic novel Hellraiser Anthology Volume 2.Īs a pre-teenage boy, Chatterer, known as Jim , frames his mother for the murder of his abusive father and is sent to an orphanage, where he and the other adolescents are taught that they will be useless to society. In 2016 he starred in horror director Katie Bonham's Mindless, with 14 film festival entrances and one win so far.Character History Hellraiser Anthology Vol. Since 2014 he's hosted a chat show on YouTube, Chattering with Nicholas Vince, where he interviews independent film makers, writers, artists and actors. His short story 'Look, See', which gives an alternative origin of the Chatterer, appeared in Fear magazine. His interview series The Luggage in the Crypt appeared in the magazine Skeleton Crew. In addition he has created two music videos, 'We Are The Hearts' by EXGF and 'We Need Blood', also for the Soska Sisters Blood Drive. He has written and directed four short films: The Night Whispered screened in the UK, USA and France Your Appraisal is on a festival run Necessary Evils will be included as a DVD extra on For We Are Many from Hex Studios and Kirby, A Hero for the Soska Sisters Blood Drive. In 2017, his Hellraiser short story 'Prayers for Desire' was published within Hellraiser Anthology Volume 2, detailing the origin story for The Chatterer. In 2013 he dramatised two of the stories from What Monsters Do, 'Green Eyes' and 'Tunes From The Music Hall'. He's published two collections short stories What Monsters Do and Other People's Darkness.

He served as both secretary and chairman of the Comics Creators Guild. He modelled for the art of John Bolton and for Dave McKean in Cages. įor Marvel Comics he wrote stories for the Hellraiser and Nightbreed comics plus the series 'Warheads' and Mortigan Goth. In 2016 he was awarded the 'London Horror Society Award for Outstanding Contribution to UK Independent Horror' and in 2018 a 'Lifetime of Torment Award' at Texas Frightmare. Since 2016 he's been Patron of the London Horror Festival, the UK's original and largest festival of live horror performance. He subsequently played Kinski in Barker's 1990 film Nightbreed. He trained at Mountview Theatre Academy, and shortly after graduating he met Clive Barker, modeling for him and later being cast as The Chatterer Cenobite in Hellraiser in 1987 and in its sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II in 1988.

Nicholas Vince (born May 1958) is an actor, writer, and film maker who was born in West Germany and lives in South London.

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