Hellraiser (1987)
Hellraiser (1987)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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
Anthony Allen
1st Victim (uncredited)
Leon Davis
2nd Victim (uncredited)
Michael Cassidy
3rd Victim (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Derelict (uncredited)
Kenneth Nelson
Bill (uncredited)
Gay Baynes
Evelyn (uncredited)
Niall Buggy
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Dave Atkins
Moving Man 1 (uncredited)
Oliver Parker
Moving Man 2 (uncredited)
Sharon Bower
Nurse (uncredited)
Raul Newney
Doctor (uncredited)
Pamela Sholto
Complaining Customer (uncredited)
Clive Barker
Director / Writer / Animation
Mark Armstrong
Executive Producer
Christopher Figg
Producer
David Saunders
Executive Producer
Robin Vidgeon
Director of Photography
Richard Marden
Editor
Sheila Trezise
Casting
Richard Dimbleby
Visual Effects
Christopher Young
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator
Michael Buchanan
Production Design
Jocelyn James
Art Direction
Christopher Webster
Executive Producer
Joanna Johnston
Costume Design
Cliff Wallace
Makeup Effects
Selwyn Roberts
Associate Producer / First Assistant Director
Tony Randel
Editor
Nigel Booth
Makeup Effects
Julian Caldow
Makeup Effects
Paul Catling
Makeup Effects
Stuart Conran
Makeup Effects
John Cormican
Makeup Effects
Dave Elsey
Makeup Effects
Bob Keen
Makeup Effects Designer
Dave Keen
Makeup Effects
William Petty
Makeup Effects
Geoffrey Portass
Makeup Supervisor
Roy Puddefoot
Makeup Effects
Ian Rolph
Makeup Effects
Jim Sandys
Makeup Effects
Simon Sayce
Makeup Effects
Aileen Seaton
Hairstylist
Sally Sutton
Makeup Artist
Christopher Hall
Third Assistant Director
Waldo Roeg
Second Assistant Director
Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Third Assistant Director
Ron Allett
Property Master
Colin Lovering
Painter
John Potter
Carpenter
John Ireland
Sound Effects Editor
John Midgley
Sound Mixer
Clive Osborne
Boom Operator
Dave Chagouri
Makeup Effects
Don Lee
Digital Compositors
Nick Xypnitos
Animation
Bill Weston
Stunts
Tim Field
Camera Operator
Steve Foster
Gaffer
Andrew C. Hebden
Electrician
Gary Hutchings
Grip
Ray Wardley
Electrician
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 11, 1987
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingR
Budget$1,000,000
Box Office$14,575,193
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
Hellraiser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, and produced by Christopher Figg, based on Barker's 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart. The film marked Barker's directorial debut. Its plot involves a mystical puzzle box that summons the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between pain and pleasure. The leader of the Cenobites is portrayed by Doug Bradley, and identified in the sequels as "Pinhead".
Hellraiser was filmed in late 1986. Barker originally wanted the electronic music group Coil to perform the music for the film, but on insistence from producers, the film was re-scored by Christopher Young. Some of Coil's themes were reworked by Young into the final score. Hellraiser had its first public showing at the Prince Charles Cinema on 10 September 1987. The film grossed $14.6 million.
Since its release, the film has divided critics but generally received praise; initial reviews ranged from Melody Maker calling it the greatest horror film made in Britain, to Roger Ebert decrying its "bankruptcy of imagination". It was followed by nine sequels, the first seven of which featured Bradley reprising his role as Pinhead. A franchise reboot, also titled Hellraiser, was released in 2022.