Hellraiser Reboot Gets A Premiere Date And A Short, Creepy Teaser
Hellraiser is one of horror’s long-pedigreed franchises starting with the original movie from the long, long ago of far 1987 when Reagan was president and Madonna was a star on the rise. Based on the 1986 novella, The Hellbound Heart by gore-meister and foundational splatterpunk author, Clive Barker, the book (and subsequent film) told the story of a criminal who gets his hands on a rare puzzle box—and solving this demonic Rubik’s cube opens a gateway to hell.
A new film, directed by David Bruckner (The Night House, The Ritual) is coming to Hulu as was announced via their YouTube channel with a small teaser showing off the log to the film and a glimpse of the most famous monster from the Hellraiser franchise, Pinhead, along with the release date: October 7th, 2022.
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The franchise—which spawns 4 theatrically released films, 6 straight-to-DVDs, comic books, action figures, video game tie-ins and more—all began with the original film written and directed by Barker himself and focusing on Kirsty Cotton as she deals with the increasing weirdness around her home after her uncle Frank got ahold of the Lemarchand puzzle box, rearranged it into the Lament Configuration, and had a visit from the Cenobites, extreme BDSM-themed demons clad in revealing black leather robes and covered in unnecessary surgeries. They’re led by the one audiences would call Pinhead (Doug Bradley), the bald, pale leader who has a head scored into a grid with a nail hammered in at every corner. Frank gets his lover, Julia, to murder men in the attic in order to absorb them and reform himself after being torn to bits by his initial visit from the Cenobites.
This spawned a sequel in which Kirsty
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