A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body so he can escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their sadistic underworld.
When Kirsty's father, Larry, and stepmother, Julia, move into Larry's childhood home, Kirsty and her boyfriend take a room nearby. Unfortunately for all involved, Larry's house is already occupied: before the family's arrival, Larry's disreputable brother, Frank, used a supernatural puzzle box to summon a gang of other-dimensional demon sadists. Now, Frank requires a series of blood sacrifices to escape the clutches of Pinhead and the cenobites.Written by
mrosesteed
The earliest incarnation of Pinhead appeared in Hunters in the Snow, an original 1973 play with Doug Bradley in the title role of the Dutchman, an undead Inquisitor and torturer. A later film titled The Forbidden (1978), which was shot in 16 millimetre and in black and white, included a prop in the form of a wooden block with six nails in it which gave distorted shadow formations under different lighting angles. Years later during the scripting of Hellraiser the same design would be applied to Pinhead's face to give him the same effect. See more »
Goofs
(at around 1h) Nuns would not just walk past a woman with blood on her shirt looking like she's just been attacked. They would have helped her immediately. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Asian Merchant:
[the Asian Merchant greets Frank]
What's your pleasure, Mr. Cotton?
Frank Cotton:
The box.
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Alternate Versions
The version shown on German TV (rated "18") has 5 minutes edited out:
When Julia kills her first victim, the scene is cut after two blows with the hammer, leading directly to Julia leaving the room
Any scene with Frank draining his victims is cut out (except when he drains Julia)
The rat mutilation scenes are cut out
Larry's dead body can only be seen briefly (with the Cenobites)
Close-ups of Frank's Hands with hooks are left out
The very last time Frank is seen is at the beginning of the "tearing-apart" scene, with his body still basically intact.
Hellraiser was a bloody good film but part of me wishes I hadn't seen it because it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I remember renting it out on video along with A Nightmare On Elm Street back in the late 1980's. I thought Freddy Krueggar was bad but those cenobites scared the you know what out of me.
The acting is good throughout the film and praise must go to everyone. The characters were very interesting characters from the humans right up to the cenobites.
There was a lot of gore in this movie and it was quite sick at times-not a film to watch if you're eating.
The storyline of the film is a very intriguing one and very original indeed.
But those cenobites didn't half scare me particularly when that pinhead said, "We will tear your soul apart!" Then again, that is what a good horror is all about-scaring the you know what out of it's audience.
If you're looking for a quality horror movie of the 80's then check this one out. Just don't be surprised if it sends you hair grey.
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Hellraiser was a bloody good film but part of me wishes I hadn't seen it because it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I remember renting it out on video along with A Nightmare On Elm Street back in the late 1980's. I thought Freddy Krueggar was bad but those cenobites scared the you know what out of me.
The acting is good throughout the film and praise must go to everyone. The characters were very interesting characters from the humans right up to the cenobites.
There was a lot of gore in this movie and it was quite sick at times-not a film to watch if you're eating.
The storyline of the film is a very intriguing one and very original indeed.
But those cenobites didn't half scare me particularly when that pinhead said, "We will tear your soul apart!" Then again, that is what a good horror is all about-scaring the you know what out of it's audience.
If you're looking for a quality horror movie of the 80's then check this one out. Just don't be surprised if it sends you hair grey.