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Hellraiser
Demon to some. Angel to others.
( Horror )


Hellraiser Poster

MPAA Rating:
R

US Runtime: 94 min

Premiere Date:
Sep 11, 1987   [UK]
 
Director: Clive Barker
 
Writers: Clive Barker   [novel The Hellbound Heart]   [novel The Hellbound Heart]
Clive Barker   [screenplay]   [screenplay]
 
Music by Christopher Young
 
Edited by: Tony Randel   [uncredited]
 
Production Design: Mike Buchanan
 
Production Companys: Cinemarque Entertainment BV
Film Futures
Rivdel Films
 


Special Effects:

Effects Associates Ltd.
 
 

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

 

Tech Info:

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:

  • Lead Cenobite: We have such sights to show you!
     
  • Kirsty Cotton: It's just a puzzle box.
     
  • Frank Cotton: Jesus wept.
     
  • 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.
     
  • Lead Cenobite: The box. You opened it. We came.
     

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.
     
  • Doug Bradley's characters name wasn't "Pinhead". He was just named "lead cenobite", but was given the name shortly after the film opened.
     
  • 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.
     


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