WTF Happened To Hellraiser?

[@LiirThropp2687]

Clive Barker is a horror genius. His stories are just horrific and insane. And with some, he makes them oddly beautiful. Huge fan of his works. Definitely earned his spot in the masters of Horror.

[@ryanchoate9146]

I loved Masters of Horror!

[@Aussie_Stitch]

I was really impressed by Frank's resurrection scene. While the effects might be a bit outdated it still looks great.

[@LiirThropp2687]

I agree. They still hold up reasonably well.

[@pdmore123]

Yes 🙌

[@ericpanissidi6761]

I saw it in theatre, I was blown away.when frank is almost all there that baby cry sent chills down my spine.

[@146maxpain]

Hellraiser may well be one of the best idea driven horror films of the last 40 years.

[@jeremybowers3181]

Damn this film STILL holds up...even today!! Watched again recently and it just brings some sort of primal energy that no film has captured since.🤘💀

[@TANKTREAD]

Such a great score by Christopher Young. Of course, he outdid himself for the sequel, which is just absolutely amazing.

[@alanmoss3603]

I noticed the score of Evil Dead Rise seemed heavily influenced by Young's work on Hellraiser!

[@CoinOpTV]

Such a classic horror flick!

[@cropsylives732]

They played the version of Hellraiser with the uncut hammer kill on film4 in the uk in the mid 2000s introduced by Mark Kermode. I recorded it but I don't have it anymore. Might be worth contacting channel 4 for more information.

[@axebomber2108]

I've seen the uncut hammer kill in a trailer on KZbin, but never in any version of the movie beyond that.

[@Tomy_Yon]

I just hope Pinhead uses my life as an example for people who wanted it all but got nothing...like "I've got such sites not to show you..."

[@sidnew2739]

Sights. They have SIGHTS to show.

[@jordanquinlisk8145]

​@@sidnew2739 SOME OF US OWN WEBSITES, DEBRA!

[@sidnew2739]

@@jordanquinlisk8145 Who is Debra and why are you screaming?

[@Tomy_Yon]

@@sidnew2739 I'm so sorry... Even that was not provided... 😏

[@Tomy_Yon]

@@sidnew2739 😄

[@Michael-bl4no]

The novella is fantastic. It’s Poe quality writing.

[@LeonardoKlotz]

It sucks that Clive Barker didn't get to direct many movies

[@bensneb360]

I love how sweaty everyone in this movie is, more scary movies need sweaty people lol

[@TheMediaMutants]

Such a classic, glad Barker stayed true to himself about making this movie.

[@Linkous12]

He buffed up as he got older. Almost looks like two different people.

[@ReverendSam1]

They should've concentrated on leviathan as the supreme being & pinhead doing his bidding. Like Darth Vader to Darth Sidious & Spawn to malebolgia..... building a cenobite army!!

[@MrSwinefuzz]

but a nonspeaking floating prism has no charisma and a villain needs charisma...

[@ReverendSam1]

@@MrSwinefuzz He could've had a mental or emotional hold on all who activated the box, remember Kirsty messing w/it summoned the cenobites! Pinhead could've been his mouthpiece & #1 servant being bound by the box to leviathan......just saying!

[@axebomber2108]

@@MrSwinefuzz Not necessarily. A villain like Leviathan needs a human/humanoid villain to act as its mouthpiece and hand, just like how Sauron has Saruman in Lord of the Rings.

[@crusadergamer4995]

Hellraiser is definitely one of my guilty pleasures

[@sidnew2739]

Guilty pleasure? It's a classic!

[@bryanbeach2572]

"What's your pleasure?"

[@ElMalito187]

Fun fact: I shared this tidbit on a different video about H.R. Giger's Influence. May it help anyone who finds this info worthy. Many are unaware of this tidbit but Clive Barker was and still is one of H.R. Giger's greatest fans. Prior to making the 1987's Hellraiser, Mr. Barker would frequent underground nightclub BDSM themed in the downtown area of Manhattan. This would setup the unique leather design to the Cenobites. But he did this to bring upon uniqueness to his movie and not "just carbon copy and paste another man's life's work without proper credit". Mr. Barker was enamored by Giger's works and obviously thanks in part to the 1979's Alien movie. The original Cenobites were actually going to be more "biomechanical" than "organic leathery attire". But along the way Mr. Barker did wanted to leave some of the core designs intact from Giger's works. As a way to pay homage to Mr. Giger's artistic inspiration. In fact Mr. Barker did show his Cenobites designs to H.R. giger to get feedback. Mr. Giger ultimately gave it the proverbial thumbs up. So yeah. The reality is the universe of Hellraiser was going to be more akin to biomechanical than leathery skin whatever. Edit: Forgot to add this tidbit. Mr. Barker did keep the chalky white skin for Pinhead and for the female Cenobite(s) in the first and subsequent films. Obviously paying homage to Giger's white and black airbrush works. Edit 2: Taking a step back to see the Cenobites as they are screams H.R. Giger's Necronomicon IV. Edit 3: Believe it or not the majority of the SFX teams for Hellraiser 1-4 went to go work 1997's Event Horizon. For many years people have drawn a strong conclusion that Event Horizon and Hellraiser share the same universe. Go watch Mr H Reviews video on and All Sewn Up video on it as well. Mr H Reviews brought his understanding about the connection and All Sewn Up did quite an extensive analysis of both films and basically how they relate more than it should because yeah The Leviathan is one scary freaking entity. And it's really freaking scary how The Gravity Drive looks 😳 way to much like The Lament Configuration. Both things opens up holes/gateways to another universe. Edit 4: Go watch HR Giger The Monster Maker by Blind Dweller. That's where I wrote my initial tidbit on the matter of Clive Barker's association with H.R. Giger. Edit 5: When I said more biomechanical than organic leather design I want the audience to see it this way, as in picture The Borgs from Star Trek The Next Generation or even more wildler The Zombified Cyborg Parents from Return of The Living Dead 4 Necropolis. Yeah somehow the Zombified Cyborg Parents are as close to the original design of Tne Cenobites. Go figure. Edit 6: The new Hellraiser 2022 is Clive Barker's original Cenobites biomechanical design(s). Back then in 1987 it was not really feasible due to budget constraints. Edit 7: Check out Tortured Souls: Animae Damnatae. All I can say is wow 👌

[@TheMediaMutants]

fascinating

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

How ironic; my brother's ex-girlfriend was close friends with the actress who played the female Cenobite. =)

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

Also, that would explain some of the collectible-toy series that have been based on both artists' work. =)

[@ElMalito187]

​@@BuckarooBanzai84 😮 Oh wow. Small world. But that's a good thing.

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

@@ElMalito187 Right. It's not really MY thing, but I still respect their artistic integrity. =)

[@JamesB-mg9pk]

I prefer this one to the sequel. Sequel was great but this one holds more nostalgia for me.

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

Nightbreed is still my personal fav.

[@moondra3481]

❤

[@zonesproductions]

Whenever people ask me what the perfect horror film is I always say Hellraiser. It's a visual nightmare on celluloid. More than just a movie.

[@NeonDruid13]

Meg Tilly would have been a good choice though. She was amazing in Psycho 2

[@ryanmclellan8740]

My favorite horror movie!

[@TheMediaMutants]

nicee

[@jaymz010]

FASCINATING FACT ☝🏽 Hellraiser was filmed in Dollis Hill, North London. Just around the corner from the house I grew up in. We didn’t see anything & had no idea what was going on at the time. But received a shock when we rented the movie years later 😊

[@JohnInTheShelter]

It is one of the few horror flicks of its time that holds up, yet it isn't overloaded with effects or camp humor. Robin Vidgeon's photography was perfect, and the movie wouldn't be nearly as good without Chris Young's score.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Hell Raiser 1 is one of the highest regarded Horror movies of all time I thought these videos were about movies that suck

[@JohnInTheShelter]

@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 Great point!

[@chaddentandt9868]

Pinhead, definitely one of my favorites!

[@Hykje]

"The bad computer effects" is not computer effects they were hand-animated. There were no computers in 1987 you could have in your home that had the capacity to do those effects at a resolution and frame rate that could be used in a movie.

[@axebomber2108]

Well this obviously wasn't a home production. Still, Hellraiser couldn't afford computer effects on a $1 million budget and what is often mistaken for computer effects in old movies is just hand drawn rotoscopped animation.

[@rayrae204]

You are the best narrator! Thank you! Truly love this content when you are the dungeon master!

[@greenrobot5]

The new Hellraiser from HULU wasn't a requel, it was a re-imagining

[@ryanchoate9146]

I can’t get past all the Wokeness and pandering to certain groups in every new movie...

[@greenrobot5]

When the book was written Clive Barker had an image of a female cenobyte leader, when they made the movie they made him male @@ryanchoate9146

[@axebomber2108]

@@ryanchoate9146 If a Hellraiser movie can't have gay characters when the creator himself is gay, what can?

[@stefanross8129]

.... I definitely get a big kick out of HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH!!

[@adriennereyes5405]

Love this film i own a hellraiser box as well 😊🤟🤟

[@drumtum]

"Jesus Wept"!

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Glad I started to watch your upload 😀.. scene where 😊 all muscles and bones are together grosses me out

[@gullpayne]

Awesome Narration my fav narrator 👍👍👍

[@jcnyc55]

For some reason Frank got my oven going. Idk why but find Frank deeply attractive. Maybe it’s because I met a man similar to him in my college years and had the “best of times” with him. Perhaps I long to lust after what i know isn’t good for me. Or maybe I’m just F’d up in the head lol but Julia was so damn fabulous too!! She just Ooozes FAB! From her sharp hair cut to matching ear rings, necklace and shoes. Oh yeah pinhead was great too

[@Hero11170]

I forgot, didn't they do a remake. I must be mistaken

[@quokons]

Not a remake. Just a reboot. New story, and new characters.

[@wstine79]

He has such sites to show you.

[@thatlittlevoice6354]

Websites?

[@StratumPress]

​@That little voice that was the joke...

[@thenegativoneify]

What a dummy

[@TheMediaMutants]

indeed

[@rhetteverette2406]

It kinda makes sense for Pinhead to occupy other scripts. If you think about it who’s suffering more than spec script writers; the solitary conditions of churning out stuff that you don’t even know if you’re going to be getting paid for.

[@onepoundofcheese8356]

I LOVE Hellraiser, but I'm just wondering how Hellraiser, which was made for $1 million and made $14 million, was considered a hit, but Killer Klowns from Outer Space, was made for $1.2 million, made $43 million, was considered mediocre in its theatrical run and not considered a hit.

[@danielarnold4259]

here is a question for you - at the end of the movie when the house is falling down,BUTTERBALL the chubby cenobite has the ceiling fall on him and does not get sent back to hell by kirsty,so what happend to him? he is already dead and under rubble? did he burn with the house?

[@axebomber2108]

@@danielarnold4259 As we see in Hellbound, he was sent back to Hell, probably at the same time as the Engineer when she closed the box for the last time. And the house didn't burn down. The field of burning piles of debris was a wasteland, not the remains of the house.

[@axebomber2108]

It must have fallen short of the studio's expectations is all I can think of, while New World didn't expect Hellraiser to do as well as it did so it was a surprise success.

[@danielarnold4259]

here is a question for everyone who has seen hellraiser - at the end of the movie when the house is falling down,BUTTERBALL the chubby cenobite has the ceiling fall on him and does not get sent back to hell by kirsty,so what happend to him? he is already dead and under rubble? did he burn with the house?

[@axebomber2108]

If you've seen Hellbound, he got sent back to Hell even though Kirsty wasn't shown personally banishing him with the box. And the house didn't burn, not in the movie or in the script.

[@ijansk]

To me, the female cenobite was more impactful than Pinhead. Really eerie and majestic at the same time.

[@jacksullivan4741]

3:11 wait isn't that an oxymoron

[@yahnatanlevi6894]

Looking forward to the tv series

[@geeshep4836]

YES I HAVE THIS MOVIE ON DVD AND THIS IS THE ONE HORROR FILM THAT I CANNOT WATCH IN THE DARK. I ONLY HAVE TO WATCH HELLRAISER WITH THE LIGHTS ON OR WHEN THE SUN IS OUT.

[@Cashter8655]

Cause you’re scared lol, if only u watched it in ur days as child

[@DanDog91]

I enjoyed the 2nd film as much as the original and it was a direct extension. After #2 (Hellbound) the series went downhill fast. As long as it had Cenobites and a puzzle box it could be a sequel, no lore connections required.

[@Shiningami_Jem]

I started to watch the first hellraiser and i just discovered there are a lot of hellraiser movies. I wanted to watch the latest episode and thought the new pinhead was Kirsty. Still, Doug Bradley is the best ❤❤❤

[@djlaw56what]

the cenobites are just the later generation of the god hand from the manga berserk

[@necrophagiakc]

Great 3 part start to a movie series Hellraiser 2 Hellraiser Hellraiser 3 in order

[@horrorfan1807]

See that what's missing in the reboot for the 2022 movie the Frank and Julia characters I just love human bad guys in horror movies and I love those characters in the first two Hallraiser movies. Plus Ashley Lawrence is a horror fan you see her alot when they do those horror documentaries on Bravo good choice choosing her to play Kristy. The first two movies are my favorites in the franchise.

[@axebomber2108]

The reboot did have human villains though, Trevor and Roland. It could be argued that Roland didn't have enough screen time, though, but he's analagous to Frank and Channard.

[@joshuawesteros5345]

You said frank was allowed two something but not 3. What was it you said?

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

I enjoy your voice and cadence.

[@DummyYEEEAAHHHHH]

Anyone else think that the actor who played Frank Cotton looked like Zack Efron ?

[@nathanslay6342]

Hey guys, if I enjoyed the first Hellraiser, are there any worthwhile sequels within this franchise that are worth the viewing??

[@JoBloHorrorOriginals]

2 is really good, 3 is shlocky fun

[@djmexicanodetx2195]

Pinhead!!

[@chaddentandt9868]

👍

[@sj_harris]

I and II are legitimate, flawed masterpieces

[@Merylstreep1949]

Kirstie...come to daddy...lol Omfg best scene and probably the creepiest although back then not so much ick factor as it might have now

[@IainCiplinski]

This, is a means to summon us.

[@alanmoss3603]

This film was all over the place! One moment it is supposedly in America - the next it is in Britain (with blatant shots of British Rail stations)! Some of the acting is great - while some is truly awful! The Special Effects team were obviously more experienced in directing than Barker - because their work was excellent! All the cenobite scenes seemed to come from a different (and much better) movie. I love Barker's written work - but his all directorial stuff seems amateurish.

[@axebomber2108]

Special effects teams don't direct. And yes, among fans, it's well known that Clive Barker was inexperienced(it's his first feature film) and basically learning how to direct on the job.

[@johnmchugh8049]

Mr bgone has potential to really mess with people

[@jamesmorant1406]

The original is the best I liked part 2 part 3 was ok after that it falls off

[@TheMediaMutants]

I agree

[@jamesmorant1406]

@@TheMediaMutants The newer they said was good

[@waynegoddard4065]

Its me uncle Frank. Help me.

[@itscarlyj]

So I enjoy watching horror movies, but I don't really care for any of these movies at all. Pinhead looks cool, but maybe it would have been a more exciting franchise if he was more slasher.

[@axebomber2108]

Definitely more generic, at least, and I don't know why anyone would want Hellraiser to be just another Freddy or Jason movie with a different costume on the villain. It seems entirely pointless.

[@itscarlyj]

@@axebomber2108 Right... Because appearing in the movie for 2 minutes total when your the main character really will put a lot butts in the seats? 🤣😂🤣😂 If Pinhead was owned by a studio, with money, maybe? Here's the thing. You're thinking way too small. Did I say I want Pinhead to kill off camp counselors? No. If sinners sin, then they let him in. I'm rushing to trademark that. You open the box, you get done. Simple as that.

[@itscarlyj]

@@axebomber2108 I love watching movies where, on the cover, poster, whatever they show some badass in leather with spikes only to see that character for 2 minutes. Love it! So, so, so love it! I think like they call that bait and switch? Right?

[@geradwilliams3407]

I love this movie pinhead is the man😊

[@Cashter8655]

Nothing happened it was legendary

[@sci-fi.tsunami]

What happened to Hellraiser? The same thing that happened to Alien. They made the godawful 3rd movie & it killed the franchise.

[@jaymz010]

Naw. Part four killed the franchise. It received a bigger budget than three & a major marketing push, but didn’t reap the rewards

[@waltersstreet]

Every movie, ever, should have a director's cut edition

[@ItsOnlyNiall]

U N s P e A K A b L E

[@carlbarraclough1688]

You're wrong. The film is clearly set in England not the USA.

[@axebomber2108]

It's really only clear to people from England. And any movie that's filmed in a location other than what's in the script is going to be apparent to the people who have been to or live near that location. That's location shooting in a nutshell. Sci-fi has used the Vasquez Rocks a million times as the setting for other planets but nobody complains that it's a recognizable location on Earth.

[@Danerboots]

I found Kirstie to be annoying.

[@Cashter8655]

Nah that’s Riley if you’re talking about, man I loved kirsty she was like Sidney Prescott, Sally hardesty, Laurie strode and Helen Lyle

[@GaryTurbo]

People got pissed because the reboot is close to the source material so they call it "woke"

[@Cazz8203]

How is it close to the source material? Because they cast a dude that thinks he's a chick? 🙄

[@GaryTurbo]

Because Pinhead (who was unnamed in the book) was androgynous with a feminine voice

[@laurarules3642]

to be fair 99.9% of movies, series , games etc are woke/radical feminist so the people are probably right. You rarely ever these days get somebody saying hey this movies not woke . Old Henry , Top Gun Maverick, SISU (has a female avengers assemble girl boss moment at the end but its organic and not forced) and FALL despite having two female leads they're not misandrist , obnoxious and highly ignorant like all the female characters that Hollywood seems to think are strong and inspiring .. So a few movies for the average NORMAL person to enjoy , you are all welcome

[@ElMalito187]

It was a great movie and actually is part of the original Hellraiser universe just with slight tweaks and variations spread out across.

[@JediMindTrix420]

I watched the new one. It had some interesting ideas with the Leviathan powers that are offered. The new pinhead wasn’t as memorable as Bradley’s. It’s hard to capture lightning in a bottle twice.

[@tren380]

You copied cinema for cynics video title verbatim. For those reasons, dislike.

[@DanielBMaximoff]

It jumped the woke bandwagon.

[@axebomber2108]

People like you would be happier watching or listening to alt-right talking heads and influencers ramble endlessly about wokeness than actually sitting down to watch movies that aren't woke.

[@MegaCunnie]

I’ve seen this before? 😂

[@joejack6305]

Like 666 🎉

[@BanditApache-nd6lu]

He became a liberal! There is nothing worse than being a liberal!