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Hellraiser
Demon to some. Angel to others.
( Fantasy / Horror / Thriller )


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MPAA Rating:
R

US Runtime: 94 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Sep 11, 1987   [UK]
 
Director: Clive Barker   [Director]
 
Writers: Clive Barker   [Novel]
Clive Barker   [Writer]
 
Producers: Mark Armstrong   [Executive Producer]
Christopher Figg   [Producer]
Selwyn Roberts   [Associate Producer]
David Saunders   [Executive Producer]
Christopher Webster   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Robin Vidgeon   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Richard Marden   [Editor]
Tony Randel   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Christopher Young   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Michael Buchanan   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Joanna Johnston   [Costume Design]
Jane Wildgoose   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Sheila Trezise   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Cinemarque Entertainment   (US)
Cinemarque Entertainment BV
Film Futures
New World Pictures   (US)
Rivdel Films
 


Plot Summary:

    A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Clare Higgins
Julia Cotton
Ashley Laurence
Kirsty Cotton
Sean Chapman
Frank Cotton
Oliver Smith
Frank the Monster
Andrew Robinson
Larry Cotton
 
Robert Hines
Steve
Doug Bradley
Lead Cenobite
Grace Kirby
Female Cenobite
Nicholas Vince
Chattering Cenobite
Simon Bamford
'Butterball' Cenobite
 
 

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Special Effects Department:

Effects Associates Ltd.
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$1,000,000
Revenue:
$14,575,193
Camera:
Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Color Info:
Color (Technicolor)
Laboratory:
Technicolor
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm

Quotes:

  • Kirsty Cotton: Who are you?
    Lead Cenobite: Explorers in the further regions of experience. Demons to some. Angels to others.
     
  • Lead Cenobite: We have such sights to show you!
     
  • Kirsty Cotton: It's just a puzzle box.
     
  • Frank Cotton: I thought I'd gone to the limits. I hadn't. The Cenobites gave me an experience beyond limits... pain and pleasure, indivisible.
     
  • Frank Cotton: Jesus wept.
     

Trivia:

  • Doug Bradley was originally offered a choice of roles between one of the mattress movers and the Lead Cenobite. He originally thought it important that, as a new film actor, the audience should be see his face, and nearly turned down the Lead Cenobite role.
     
  • The budget of this movie was $1,000,000. It earned about $20,000,000. It was the directing debut of Barker, who made only two short films before.
     
  • It took six hours to place Doug Bradley into the Pinhead makeup.
     
  • Doug Bradley's characters name wasn't "Pinhead". He was just named "lead cenobite", but was given the name shortly after the film opened.
     


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