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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Clive Barker
Writers:
Clive Barker (novel)
Clive Barker (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 September 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
Still Raising Hell [20th Anniversary Re-Issue] more
Plot:
An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover, who's being chased by demons after he escaped from their sado-masochistic Hell. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(240 articles)
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User Comments:
It Took Ten Years Off My Life Watching This more (251 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Andrew Robinson ... Larry
Clare Higgins ... Julia

Ashley Laurence ... Kirsty
Sean Chapman ... Frank
Oliver Smith ... Frank the Monster
Robert Hines ... Steve
Anthony Allen ... 1st Victim
Leon Davis ... 2nd Victim
Michael Cassidy ... 3rd Victim
Frank Baker ... Derelict
Kenneth Nelson ... Bill
Gay Baynes ... Evelyn
Niall Buggy ... Dinner Guest
Dave Atkins ... Moving Man 1
Oliver Parker ... Moving Man 2
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Clive Barker's Hellraiser (UK) (complete title)
Sadomasochists from Beyond the Grave (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
94 min | Sweden:89 min (cut version) | Finland:86 min (cut)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1998) (2002) | West Germany:18 (video rating) (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Belgium:16 (video rating) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1998) | Australia:M (theatrical rating) | Australia:R | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:18A (Alberta) (re-rating) (2000) | Denmark:15 (DVD rating) | France:-12 | Iceland:(Banned) | Iceland:16 (cut) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:15 (original rating) (cut) | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #28562) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

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Trivia:
During a post production party when filming had ended Doug Bradley was dismayed to be ignored by the other members of the crew. He thought to himself that he found it a pity as he though he got on rather well with people. It wasn't till later that he realized that none of the crew had actually ever seen him without his makeup when playing Pinhead and therefore did not recognize him. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Throughout most of the film, Larry has a bandage on his right hand. When he talks to Julia through the bathroom door, Larry's bandage is on his left hand. more
Quotes:
Asian Merchant: What's your pleasure, sir? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Cursed (2005) more

FAQ

How is the film different from the novel?
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63 out of 94 people found the following comment useful.
It Took Ten Years Off My Life Watching This, 20 August 2002
Author: Big Movie Fan from England

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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