Hellraiser
Directed by	Clive Barker
Produced by	Christopher Figg
Written by	Clive Barker
Starring	Doug Bradley Andrew Robinson Clare Higgins Sean Chapman Oliver Smith Ashley Laurence
Music by	Christopher Young
Cinematography	Robin Vidgeon
Editing by	Richard Marden Tony Randel
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release date(s)	September 11, 1987
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$1,000,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue	£763,412 (UK) $14,564,027 (USA)
Followed by	Hellbound: Hellraiser II
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Hellraiser is a 1987 British horror film exploring the themes of sadomasochism, pain as a source of pleasure, and morality under duress and fear. Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author film director and visual artist Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author film director and visual artist Douglas William Bradley (born September 7 1954) is an English Actor. Andrew Jordt Robinson (born February 14 1942 is an American Film, stage, and Television actor Clare Frances Elizabeth Higgins (born 10 November 1955) is an English stage, Film and Television Actress. Sean Chapman (born June 19 1961) is an English-born Actor. He is best known for playing Frank Cotton in Clive Barker 's Hellraiser Oliver Smith may refer to Oliver Smith (actor (b 1952 English-Canadian actor Oliver Smith (designer (1918-1994 American scenic Ashley Laurence (born May 28, 1971) is an American film and television actress Christopher Young (born April 28 1957) is an award-winning Music composer for Film and Television. Tony Randel is an American director born in Los Angeles, California. New World Communications was an independent motion picture and television production company and later Television station owner in the United States from the Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Hellbound Hellraiser II is a 1988 film directed by Tony Randel. Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers Sadism refers to Sexual or non-sexual gratification in the infliction of Pain or humiliation upon or by another person It is based on the critically acclaimed novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the film. The Hellbound Heart is a horror Novella by Clive Barker. It was the basis for the movie Hellraiser. Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author film director and visual artist In the UK, the film is titled Clive Barker's Hellraiser. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located It is the first film in the Hellraiser series. Hellraiser is a series of Horror films exploring the themes of Sadomasochism and morals under duress Seven subsequent sequels followed with a remake of the first announced in 2007. ^[1] Hellraiser was number 19 on the cable channel Bravo's list of the 100 Scariest Movie Moments. ^[2]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Soundtrack 3 DVD releases 4 Cast 5 References 6 Sources 7 External links

Plot

Somewhere in Morocco, an impulsive and violent man named Frank Cotton purchases an antique puzzle box from a dealer. Lemarchand's box (or a Lemarchand box) is a fictional Lock puzzle or Puzzle box appearing in horror stories by Clive Barker, Back at his house in London, England. Frank solves the puzzle box and hooked chains immediately fly out of the box and tear into his flesh. Demons called Cenobites from another realm appear to inspect Frank's remains. The Cenobites are extradimensional beings who appear in the works of Clive Barker, including the novella The Hellbound Heart and the eight Their leader, "Pinhead," picks up the box and twists it back into its original state, and the room also returns to normal. Fictional character biography Pinhead was not always a Cenobite, but was in fact once human

Frank's brother Larry soon moves into Frank's abandoned house with his second wife, Julia, who previously had an affair with Frank. They assume that Frank is off on one of his nefarious adventures. Larry's teenage daughter, Kirsty, chooses not to live with her stepmother and moves into her own place. After cutting his hand on a nail (while moving a mattress), Larry goes upstairs to the room where Frank was killed and his blood falls on the floor. It mysteriously disappears through the floorboards, and Frank's soul uses this blood as nourishment to partially regenerate his body. Later, Frank convinces Julia to help restore him to his full physical form. Julia succumbs to Frank's entreaties and agrees to help him by seducing men and luring them up to the empty attic where Frank hides. After having Julia incapacitate them, Frank drains them of their blood, which allows him to further regenerate his body. Frank tells Julia about the puzzle box (which he still possesses) and explains that by reclaiming his body he has broken his deal with the Cenobites. He wants to restore himself and then leave with Julia before the Cenobites find him.

Kirsty eventually catches Julia bringing a strange man home and sneaks into the house to investigate. In the attic Julia bludgeons the man, allowing Frank to feast on his body. Kirsty approaches the attic unaware of what's happening within. Suddenly, the bloody man stumbles out of the attic, soon followed by the skinless Frank who confronts Kirsty. Before Frank can grab her, Kirsty seizes the puzzle box. When she realizes it holds value for Frank, she throws it out the window and escapes from the house, picking up the box off the ground as she flees. A disoriented Kirsty collapses in the street and awakens in the hospital. She tells herself it all was a terrible dream, until the doctors hand her the puzzle box. Kirsty begins to play with the puzzle box and it tricks her into solving it. The walls of her hospital room open a dimensional door and Kirsty encounters the Cenobites. Pinhead tells Kirsty that she has summoned them, and therefore they must take her to Hell. She begs them to spare her, offering to lead them to Frank in exchange for her freedom. The Cenobites warn her against attempting deception, with Pinhead uttering his famous line "we'll tear your soul apart. "

Kirsty escapes the hospital and races to her father's home to warn him about Frank. Larry informs Kirsty that Frank has been taken care of, and Julia shows Kirsty a bloody body in the attic. The Cenobites reappear, demanding the man responsible for this death. Kirsty believes they want her father and she runs to warn him. However, she soon realizes that Frank has murdered her father and stolen his skin and worn it like a suit to fool Kirsty into believing that he was her father.

Frank attacks Kirsty, accidentally stabbing Julia in the process. Frank then drains Julia of her blood, further nourishing himself. He goes to the attic where Kirsty is hiding. Kirsty weeps and accuses Frank of murdering her father. Frank is unrepentant, telling Kirsty her father was already dead inside, and besides it was inevitable anyway. Having heard Frank's confession, the Cenobites appear. Frank tries to kill Kirsty for setting him up, but a hooked chain flies through the air and snares his hand, pulling him back into the room. Dozens of these chains fly though the air and hook themselves into his flesh as he screams in agony, and hold him transfixed like a fly in a spider's web. His screams subside, and looking at Kirsty, says "Jesus wept" before the chains tear him apart. Kirsty runs through the house, eager to escape, but the Cenobites want her as well. Kirsty finds the puzzle box clutched in the hands of Julia's corpse. One by one she banishes the Cenobites back to their realm by reversing the solution to the puzzle box.

Afterwards, Kirsty tries to burn the box in a fire outdoors, but a strange man appears and picks it out of the flames. As the man is consumed by the flames he transforms into a winged, skeletal creature that flies away into the night. In the final scene, the box is shown in the hands of the merchant who originally sold it to Frank, asking another prospective customer, "What's your pleasure, sir?"

Soundtrack

Clive Barker originally commissioned a soundtrack for Hellraiser from the industrial band Coil. Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. The music they supplied was rejected, and Christopher Young provided a more traditional orchestral score for the finished movie. Christopher Young (born April 28 1957) is an award-winning Music composer for Film and Television. Coil's score, which was apparently described by Barker in a complimentary manner as being "bowel churning",^[3] has been released in isolation as The Unreleased Themes For Hellraiser and as part of the compilation Unnatural History II (CD) (1995). The Unreleased Themes for Hellraiser (subtitled The Consequences Of Raising Hell) was the fourth album that Coil released in the year 1987 Unnatural History II (subtitled Smiling in the Face Of Perversity) was the second in a series of three compilation albums by Coil.

Coil's original theme was later covered by the Italian black metal band Aborym on their debut album Kali Yuga Bizarre

Christopher Young went on to contribute the soundtrack to the first sequel, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Music. Hellbound Hellraiser II is a 1988 film directed by Tony Randel. The following are a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Music: Subsequent movies in the series used music by different composers.

The Swedish death metal band Entombed recorded a cover version of Young's score (along with sample quotes from the film) and released it on their EP Hollowman. Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Hollowman is an EP released by Entombed on Earache Records in 1993

UK Black metal band Anaal Nathrakh sampled Frank Cotton's final words and used in the track Tractatus Alogico Misanthropicus. Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Anaal Nathrakh are a British metal band formed in 1999 who fuse industrial, Grindcore and Death metal elements onto an underlying

Hellraiser Soundtrack (1987) ^[4]

1. Hellraiser 1:43
2. Resurrection 2:32
3. Hellbound Heart 5:05
4. The Lament Configuration 3:31
5. Reunion 3:11
6. A Quick Death 1:16
7. Seduction And Pursuit 3:01
8. In Love's Name 2:56
9. The Cenobites 4:13
10. The Rat Race Slice Quartet 3:15
11. Re-Resurrection 2:34
12. Uncle Frank 2:59
13. Brought On By Night 2:18
14. Another Puzzle 4:06

Total Album Time: 42:40

DVD releases

In North America, Hellraiser has been released by Anchor Bay three times, all of which are the original 93 minute version of the film (this is the only version to ever be released on DVD). The original DVD release was a "bare-bones" release and is now out of print. It was re-issued in 2000 with a new 5. 1 mix mastered in THX. Finally, it was packaged along with Hellbound: Hellraiser II in a Limited Edition tin case which included a 48 page colour booklet and a reproduction theatrical poster for both films. Hellbound Hellraiser II is a 1988 film directed by Tony Randel. ^[5][6]

A 20th Anniversary DVD of the film was released on October 23rd, 2007. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Cast

Actor/Actress	Role
Andrew Robinson	Larry Cotton
Sean Chapman	Frank Cotton
Oliver Smith	Frank The Monster
Ashley Laurence	Kirsty Cotton
Doug Bradley	Pinhead / Lead Cenobite
Clare Higgins	Julia Cotton
Robert Hines	Steve
Anthony Allen	Victim #1
Leon Davis	Victim #2
Michael Cassidy	Victim #3
Frank Baker	Derelict
Kenneth Nelson	Bill
Gay Baynes	Evelyn
Niall Buggy	Dinner Guest
Dave Atkins	Moving Man #1
Oliver Parker	Moving Man #2
Pamela Sholto	Complaining Customer
Nicholas Vince	Chatterer Cenobite
Simon Bamford	Butterball Cenobite
Grace Kirby	Female Cenobite
Sharon Bower	Nurse
Raul Newney	Doctor

References

Sources

• http://www.davisdvd.com/news/dvd.html

External links

• Hellraiser at the Internet Movie Database
• Hellraiser: The Hellbound Web Constantly updated archive of Hellraiser material and encyclopaedia of the Hellraiser series.
• Hellraiser & Clive Barker's The Forbidden

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