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)
David Saunders
Executive Producer
Sheila Trezise
Casting
Mark Armstrong
Executive Producer
Robin Vidgeon
Director of Photography
Christopher Figg
Producer
Jocelyn James
Art Direction
Clive Barker
Director / Writer / Animation
Christopher Young
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator
Michael Buchanan
Production Design
Richard Dimbleby
Visual Effects
Richard Marden
Editor
Christopher Webster
Executive Producer
Joanna Johnston
Costume Design
Cliff Wallace
Makeup Effects
Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Third Assistant Director
Ron Allett
Property Master
Paul Catling
Makeup Effects
Bob Keen
Makeup Effects Designer
Ian Rolph
Makeup Effects
John Potter
Carpenter
Nick Xypnitos
Animation
Jane Studd
Location Manager
Ene Watts
Script Supervisor
Bill Weston
Stunts
David Worley
Camera Operator
Daryl Bristow
Wardrobe Supervisor
Nigel Booth
Makeup Effects
William Petty
Makeup Effects
Waldo Roeg
Second Assistant Director
Tim Field
Camera Operator
Anne Atkins Young
Music Supervisor
John Midgley
Sound Mixer
Roy Birchley
First Assistant Editor
Dave Elsey
Makeup Effects
Dave Chagouri
Makeup Effects
Kelly K. Learman
Casting Assistant
Clare St. John
Production Coordinator
Roy Puddefoot
Makeup Effects
Simon Sayce
Makeup Effects
Selwyn Roberts
First Assistant Director / Associate Producer
Alan Harris
Stand In
Tony Randel
Editor
Jane Wildgoose
Costume Design
Tom Calderaro
Music Programmer
Colin Lovering
Painter
Clive Osborne
Boom Operator
Steve Foster
Gaffer
Ray Wardley
Electrician
Aileen Seaton
Hairstylist
Steve Jones
Unit Publicist
Richard Morrison
Title Designer
Jim Sandys
Makeup Effects
Paul Francis Witt
Conductor
Sally Sutton
Makeup Artist
Christopher Hall
Third Assistant Director
Don Lee
Digital Compositors
Andrew C. Hebden
Electrician
Stuart Conran
Makeup Effects
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.