Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)

Director:

Anthony Hickox

Writers:

Clive Barker (characters)
Peter Atkins (story) ...
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Release Date:

11 September 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Horror | War

Tagline:

What began in Hell, will end on Earth.

Plot:

An investigative reporter must send the newly unbound Pinhead and his legions back to Hell.

Plot Keywords:

Pinhead | Hell | Reporter | Blood | Chain

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Kevin Bernhardt	...	J.P. Monroe
Lawrence Mortorff	...	Bum
Terry Farrell	...	Joanne 'Joey' Summerskill
Ken Carpenter	...	Daniel 'Doc' Fisher / Camerahead Cenobite
Sharon Ceccatti	...	Blond Nurse (as Sharon Hill)
Paula Marshall	...	Terri
Robert C. Treveiler	...	Paramedic 1 (as Rob Treveiler)
Christopher Frederick	...	Paramedic 2
Lawrence Kuppin	...	Derelict
Sharon Percival	...	Brittany Virtue
Philip Hyland	...	Brad
David Young	...	Bill the Bouncer
Brent Bolthouse	...	CD the DJ
Peter Atkins	...	Rick the Barman / Barbie Cenobite
Paul Vincent Coleman	...	Soldier 1
Peter G. Boynton	...	Joey's Father (as Peter Boynton)
Anthony Hickox	...	Soldier 2
George Lee	...	Bob
Aimée Leigh	...	Sandy
Doug Bradley	...	Pinhead / Captain Elliot Spencer
Ron Norris	...	Douglas the Bouncer
Ashley Laurence	...	Kirsty Cotton
Steve Painter	...	Young Guy
Shanna Lynn	...	Female Cop (as Shanna Teare)
Bob Bragg	...	Male Cop (as Bobby Bragg)
Bob Stephens	...	Second Male Cop
Clayton Hill	...	The Priest
Young Bobby Knoop	...	Yuppie 1
James D.R. Hickox	...	Yuppie 2
Tonya Saunders	...	Go-Go Dancer
Angela Thomas	...	Go-Go Dancer
Kim Ball	...	Go-Go Dancer
Cassandra Perry	...	Go-Go Dancer
Anna Marie Isaacs	...	Go-Go Dancer
Flame	...	Go-Go Dancer
John Bush	...	Armored Saint
Joey Vera	...	Armored Saint
Phil Sandoval	...	Armored Saint
Jeff Duncan	...	Armored Saint
Gonzo	...	Armored Saint
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rosemary Gore	...	Date (uncredited)
Robert Hammond	...	Chatterer Cenobite (uncredited)
Eric Willhelm	...	CD Cenobite (uncredited)

Directed by
Anthony Hickox

Writing credits
Clive Barker		(characters)
Peter Atkins		(story) &
Tony Randel		(story)
Peter Atkins		(screenplay)

Produced by
Clive Barker	....	executive producer
Paul Vincent Coleman	....	assistant producer
Christopher Figg	....	producer
Lawrence Mortorff	....	producer

Original Music by
Randy Miller

Cinematography by
Gerry Lively

Film Editing by
Christopher Cibelli
James D.R. Hickox

Production Design by
Steve Hardie

Art Direction by
Tim Eckel

Costume Design by
Leonard Pollack

Makeup Department
Doug Bradley	....	makeup artist (as Bill Bradley)
Mark Coulier	....	special makeup effects artist
Richard Glass	....	standby contact lens optician
Shaune Harrison	....	special makeup effects artist
Herita Jones	....	assistant makeup artist
Paul Jones	....	makeup effects coordinator
Martin L. Mercer	....	makeup effects artist
Steve Painter	....	special makeup effects artist
Joseph Schultz	....	special makeup crew
Jeff Swan	....	special makeup crew
Jeff Swan	....	special makeup effects trainee
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	makeup effects crew

Production Management
Sherwood Jones	....	post-production supervisor
Phil Smoot	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matt Maiellaro	....	first assistant director: second unit
Joseph Schultz	....	assistant director: Los Angeles

Art Department
Jody Bergman	....	set dresser
Donna Fewell	....	property master
Karen E. Ghant	....	art department assistant
Rick Perryman	....	carpenter
Calvin Workman	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Tim Gedemer	....	sound designer
Austin McKinney	....	sound mixer (as Austin H. McKinney)
Jonathan Miller	....	supervising sound editor
Kim H. Ornitz	....	production sound mixer

Special Effects by
Larry Dean Bivins	....	special effects foreman
Ray Bivins	....	special effects coordinator
Richard Darwin	....	animatronic technician
Nikolai Galitzine	....	special effects technician
Bob Keen	....	special effects
Greg R. Stone	....	special effects technician
Jeff Swan	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Dave Gregory	....	optical supervisor, main title: Title House Inc.
Steve Wright	....	digital effects supervisor: Sidley Wright & Assoc.
Joan Collins Carey	....	digital effects producer: Sidley Wright & Assoc. (uncredited)
Tom Martinek	....	film scanner: component video (uncredited)

Stunts
Joe Murphy	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Clabaugh	....	camera operator
Chris Milani	....	electrician
Keith Payne	....	still photographer
Alan Pickelsimer	....	grip
George Reasner	....	grip

Casting Department
Leonard Finger	....	casting: New York
Gino Havens	....	casting: Los Angeles
Sheila Lussier	....	casting assistant: Los Angeles
Veronica Royer	....	casting intern

Editorial Department
Mato	....	color timer
Greg Spence	....	post-production executive

Music Department
Xavier Du Bois	....	music supervisor
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Derek Whittington	....	driver

Other crew
Mark Dukes	....	asst. production coordinator
Jill Fagaley	....	production assistant
Jim Goodman	....	location manager
Stephen Jennings	....	production assistant
Steve Jones	....	unit publicist
Robert Scott Moss	....	assistant to director
Brad Stephens	....	publicist
Gary Weddington	....	production accountant
Jerry Whittington	....	location scouting
Jerry Whittington	....	projectionist
Jerry Whittington	....	studio manager

Production Companies

• Fifth Avenue Entertainment
• Trans Atlantic Entertainment

Distributors

• Dimension Films (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• Miramax Films (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (1993) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• REP Distribution (1993) (Australia) (theatrical)
• América Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Astro Distribution (1995) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• C/FP Video (1993) (Canada) (VHS)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (limited edition cube)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Future Film (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• Highlight Video (199?) (West Germany) (VHS)
• Ivex Films (Spain)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• RCV Home Entertainment (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• StudioCanal (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Tokuma Communications Company (TCC) (1992) (Japan) (VHS)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (video) (VOD)

Special Effects

• ReelEye Company (special effects contact lenses)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and sexuality, and for language

Runtime:

USA:91 min (cut) | Canada:93 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Australia:R | Germany:18 | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:R | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (2003) | Netherlands:16 | Sweden:15 (Video rating) | France:-12 | Italy:T | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | Argentina:18 | Chile:18 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

High Point, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Fifth Avenue Entertainment

Trivia:

The initial 1-sheet artwork featured a side shot of Pinhead's screaming face. The MPAA said the artwork was too intense and asked that Pinhead be removed from the poster campaign. Miramax instead decided to use a composite photo of Pinhead from the original Hellraiser 1-sheet and successfully argued that it was suitable as it had already been used in the past. The MPAA relented and allowed this new poster art to be used.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Terri tries to leave the hospital, Joey stops her and asks her about the boy with the chains attached to him. Terri is standing right in front of a pair of double doors while she is speaking. Joey is then distracted and hurries back to the room with the injured boy, and in the background we see Terri hesitate for a second, before starting to back up and go slightly through the double doors. But when the camera then does a close up on Terri, she is still standing hesitating in front of the doors and is a little further forward than she was before. She then backs up and exits through the doors again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Bum:[referring to the Pillar of Souls] You want it?
J.P. Monroe:[laughs] Is it yours?
Bum:No. Not mine. Yours.
J.P. Monroe:How much you want for it?
Bum:Whatever you think it's worth.
[receives money]
Bum:Exactly the figure I had in mind. Take pleasure in it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Hellraiser

Average sequel with some flair left

This is an ok and entertaining movie. Still I would have preferred another Kirsty adventure to explore the various concepts and ideas of Hellraiser 2 in more detail. The original two Hellraiser movies had more creative input from Clive Barker and also had a more British gothic feel. This americanised approach to sequelitis gives us the usual yawn inducing jokes, lots of explosions and special effects overdrive that made the horror sequel (and most of the originals) so archaic and at times plain embarrasing in the late eighties and early nineties. However Hellraiser 3 still has a lot more to offer viewers looking for something darker or more thought provoking tan the average stalk 'n' slash sequel. The nightclub owner, JP Monroe (character name) is a selfish hedonistic male slut who has sex with women and then doesn't want to know them. But he is shocked initially, when he sees the fate of his latest conquest at the hands of Pinhead (still in statue form from the end of Hellraiser 2). This

makes his agreeing to procure more victims for Pinhead even more evil and it's good to see some sort of layering of evil at work. Deep Space Nine's Terry Farrel is hardly in the Heather Langenkamp or Ashley Laurence school of intelligent and resourceful heroines but she is more than a few steps up from the Denise Richards school of bimbos. Character Terri (Paula Marshall) is pretty pathetic at times, but as she's probably been under the influence of creeps like JP Monroe her whole life, it is possible to sympathise to an extent and there is a nice twist to her victim role, when it's her time to feed Pinhead. Once Pinhead is freed from the statue there is some fun to be had with the nightclub massacre, the creation of new cenobites and the pursuit of Joey (Terry Farrel) who has what Pinhead needs but can't just take. The original Hellraiser score is as effective as ever and helps inject some mood into the early parts of the film and it also subtly foretells Terri's expected demise. Ultimately however, Pinhead has been reduced to camp bogeyman and to some extent it is your usual Hollywood gore sequel, but there is enough of a sombre tone carried over from the earlier Hellraiser movies to raise it above some of the garbage that horror fans were being fed at the time. And at least it does develop (if not totally satisfactorily) the human origin of Pinhead from the previous sequel. I'd say 3 out of 5.