Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

Directors:

Kevin Yagher
Alan Smithee
(more)

Writer (WGA):

Peter Atkins (written by)

Release Date:

8 March 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

This year, the past, the present and the future will all meet at the crossroads of hell.

Plot:

In the 22nd century, a scientist attempts to right the wrong his ancestor created: the puzzle box that opens the gates of Hell and unleashes Pinhead and his Cenobite legions.

Plot Keywords:

Space | Good Versus Evil | Destiny | Hologram | Space Station

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Bruce Ramsay	...	Phillip L'Merchant / John Merchant / Dr. Paul Merchant
Valentina Vargas	...	Angelique
Doug Bradley	...	Pinhead
Charlotte Chatton	...	Genevieve L'Merchant
Adam Scott	...	Jacques
Kim Myers	...	Bobbi Merchant
Mickey Cottrell	...	Duc de L'Isle
Louis Turenne	...	Auguste
Courtland Mead	...	Jack Merchant
Louis Mustillo	...	Sharpe
Jody St. Michael	...	The Beast
Paul Perri	...	Edwards
Pat Skipper	...	Carducci
Christine Harnos	...	Rimmer
Wren T. Brown	...	Parker
Tom Dugan	...	Chamberlain
Michael Polish	...	Twin Cenobite #1
Mark Polish	...	Twin Cenobite #2
Jimmy Schuelke	...	Security Guard 1
David Schuelke	...	Security Guard 2

Directed by
Kevin Yagher		(as Alan Smithee)
Alan Smithee		(really Kevin Yagher)
Joe Chappelle		(uncredited)

Writing credits (WGA)
Peter Atkins		(written by)

Produced by
Clive Barker	....	executive producer
Anna C. Miller	....	associate producer
Paul Rich	....	executive producer
Nancy Rae Stone	....	producer

Original Music by
Daniel Licht

Cinematography by
Gerry Lively

Film Editing by
Randy Bricker		(as Randolph K. Bricker)
Rod Dean
Jim Prior

Production Design by
Ivo Cristante

Art Direction by
Jack Edjourian
Bruce Robert Hill
Ken Larson
Carol Lavoie

Costume Design by
Dayna Cussler
Eileen Kennedy

Makeup Department
Jason Barnett	....	special effects makeup technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Brian Blair	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Bill Bradley	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Doug Bradley	....	makeup artist (as Bill Bradley)
Damon Charles	....	special makeup artist: Bruce Ramsey
Ed French	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Chris Hanson	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Shaune Harrison	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Heather Kauppila	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Dave Keen	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Barry R. Koper	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Felicia Linsky	....	hair department head
Paul McAvene	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Stephen Norrington	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Myles O'Reilly	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Gary J. Perticone	....	key hair stylist
Gary J. Perticone	....	key makeup artist
Mike J. Regan	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Peter Samuels	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
David Selvadurai	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	makeup effects creator
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	makeup effects designer
Claire Jane Vranian	....	makeup effects crew: Image Animation International
Kevin Yagher	....	additional makeup effects creator

Production Management
David Witz	....	unit production manager: additional photography

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
K.C. Colwell	....	first assistant director
Christopher T. Gerrity	....	first assistant director: additional photography
John R. Woodward	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Craig Baron	....	assistant property master
Craig Baron	....	scenic artist
Peter Emshwiller	....	set dresser
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon	....	assistant property master
Roger Kelton	....	construction coordinator
John S. Ogden	....	propmaker
Neil O'Sullivan	....	set dresser
Trevor Rudolph	....	set dresser
Brook Yeaton	....	property master

Sound Department
Jake Eberle	....	sound effects editor
Frank Fleming	....	sound recordist
Linda Folk	....	sound editor
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Scott G.G. Haller	....	sound editor
Val Kuklowsky	....	supervising sound editor
Kenneth C. Mantlo	....	boom operator
Jonathan Miller	....	supervising sound editor
Vic Radulich	....	foley editor
Dean St. John	....	adr recordist
Ed White	....	sound mixer
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jaremy Aiello	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Jason Barnett	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Brian Blair	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Bill Cochran	....	special effects foreman
Scott Coulter	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Michael Del Genio	....	special effects technician: Ultimate Effects
Michael Dudley	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Bernard Eichholz	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Glenn Eisner	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Debra L. Ferullo	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Thomas Floutz	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Mark Garbarino	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Mark Garbarino	....	puppeteer: second unit
Samara Hagopian	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Samara Hagopian	....	puppeteer: second unit
Karin Hanson	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Karin Hanson	....	special effects hair
John C. Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator (as John Hartigan)
Carlos Huante	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Timothy Huizing	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Meta Jardine	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Luke Khanlian	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Gilbert Liberto	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Kevin Marks	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Todd Masters	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Dave Matherly	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Ruben Miras	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Bryan Moore	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
David W. Mosher	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Patricia Murray	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Josh Patton	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Scott Patton	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
David Perteet	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Greg Polutonovich	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Charles Rivera	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Jordu Schell	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Rebeca Scott	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Dave Snyder	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
John Snyder	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Gucci Westman	....	additional makeup and animatronic effects: Todd Masters Company
Elizabeth Harding Wilkins	....	additional effects crew: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Kevin Yagher	....	additional effects creator: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.
Kevin Yagher	....	chatterer beast and additional makeup effects creator: Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc.

Visual Effects by
David Douglas	....	spacecraft designer (as David March Douglas)
Rick Hilgner	....	model maker
Rick Kerrigan	....	visual effects supervisor
Jennifer McKnew	....	senior digital artist
Alberto Menache	....	visual effects supervisor: TSi
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	motion control technician
Michael Shelton	....	visual effects
Greg Tsadilas	....	visual effects
Scott Billups	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor (uncredited)
Marc Scott	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Laura Albert	....	stunt double: Rimmer
Joni Avery	....	stunt double: Angelique
Paul Beahm	....	stunts
Kurt Bryant	....	stunts
Mark Caso	....	stunts
Brian Christensen	....	stunts
Thomas Dewier	....	stunt coordinator
Dennis Dion	....	stunts
Robert Lee	....	stunts
Carl Milinac	....	stunts
Billy Morts	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Waide R. Allen	....	gaffer: second unit
Thomas L. Callaway	....	director of photography: additional photography
Greg Hewett	....	key grip
Alex Klabukov	....	dolly grip
Rick Lamb	....	assistant camera
Moshe Levin	....	camera operator
Anthony R. Palmieri	....	director of photography: additional photography (as Tony Palmieri)
Arianne Peckham Palmieri	....	second assistant camera
Antonio Ponti	....	assistant camera
Shane Sato	....	gallery photographer
James Lawrence Spencer	....	lighting consultant: additional photography
Robert Zuckerman	....	still photographer
Vojislav Mikulic	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Randall Robinson	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Tim Miller	....	animator: space sequences
David Stinnett	....	animator: space sequences
Greg Tsadilas	....	animator: space sequences

Editorial Department
Pamela March	....	assistant film editor
Peter McNulty	....	associate editor

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Brian Benison	....	orchestrator
David Bondelevitch	....	music editor
Mark Kilian	....	electronic music producer
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Larry Mah	....	score mixer
Rick Winquest	....	music scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Antonio Molina	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Eugenia Babcock	....	script supervisor
Craig Comstock	....	production assistant
Chad Ferrin	....	production assistant
Lynn Hockin	....	first assistant production accountant
Leslie A. Morrow	....	location manager
Craig Davis Roth	....	second assistant accountant
Claudia Soisson	....	assistant accountant: additional photography
Eve Stoddard	....	production assistant
Brian A. Williams	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Dimension Films
• Miramax Films
• Trans Atlantic Entertainment

Distributors

• Miramax Films (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• Dimension Films (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (1996) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (1996) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (1996) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• Astro Distribution (1997) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Future Film (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• MAWA Film & Medien (2000) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (video)
• RCV Home Entertainment (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sunfilm Entertainment GmbH (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• marketing-film (1996) (Germany) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Image Animation International (makeup effects design and creation)
• Kevin Yagher Productions (chatterer beast and additional make-up effects)
• Todd Masters Company (additional make-up and animatronic effects)
• Ultimate Effects (special effects)

Also Known As:

Hellraiser IV
Hellraiser IV: Bloodline Story

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, and for some sexuality and language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Singapore:R21 | France:-12 | USA:R (certificate #34416) | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 (video premiere) | Norway:18 | UK:18 (video premiere) | Iceland:(Banned)

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Rand Ravich did rewrites on the script.

Goofs:

Continuity: As Bobbi sends the Chatter Beast back to Hell, she holds up the puzzle box and shouts "Does this pathway work both ways!?". As she says this, the shot zooms in and then back out and as it does the puzzle box changes position in her hand. In the wide shot, she is holding it with the large gold dial pointed at the Chatter Beast, but in the close up shot, it is a small brown circle pointed at the Chatter Beast .

Quotes:

Pinhead: Temptation is illusion. But the time for trickery is past. In this game, we show ourselves as we really are.
Angelique: And what is that?
Pinhead: The beauty of suffering.
Angelique: You are no different from that beast who sucks the bones you throw to it!
Pinhead: [as he hooks into her flesh] And you, Princess? What are you?

Movie Connections:

Follows Hellraiser (1987)

* out of 4.

Thankfully short sequel / preequel traces the origins of Pinhead and the mysterious box, then zooms to the future with Pinhead and company aboard a spaceship killing off the crew. This was supposed to be the final entry in the series, but we all know they lied. This is sorely missing the intensity and gruesome special effects of the original. Boring, pointless film from Alan Smithee!! Rated R; Graphic Violence and Profanity.