Hellraiser: Inferno (2000) (V)

Director:

Scott Derrickson

Writers:

Clive Barker (characters)
Paul Harris Boardman (written by) ...
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Release Date:

3 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

The Terrifying New Chapter In The "Hellraiser" Legacy!

Plot:

A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer". |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Detective | Cocaine | Severed Finger | Police Investigation

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Craig Sheffer	...	Det. Joseph Thorne
Nicholas Turturro	...	Det. Tony Nenonen
James Remar	...	Dr. Paul Gregory
Doug Bradley	...	Pinhead
Nicholas Sadler	...	Bernie
Noelle Evans	...	Melanie Thorne
Lindsay Taylor	...	Chloe
Matt George	...	Leon Gaultier
Michael Shamus Wiles	...	Mr. Parmagi
Sasha Barrese	...	Daphne Sharp
Kathryn Joosten	...	Mother
Jessica Elliot	...	Young Joseph's Mother
Carmen Argenziano	...	Captain
Christopher Neiman	...	Pathologist
Christopher Kriesa	...	Older Detective
Brian Sostek	...	Crime Lab Technician
Thomas Crouch	...	Father
J.B. Gaynor	...	Young Joseph Thorne
Timothy 'TJ' James Driscoll	...	Young Joseph's Father (as Tim James)
Coco Leigh	...	Crime Scene Cop #1
Ian Barford	...	Crime Scene Cop #2
Daniel Gavin	...	Crime Scene Cop #3
Paul Hayes	...	Desk sergeant
Evan Okada	...	Video Boy
Winifred Freedman	...	Front Desk Nurse
Michael Denney	...	Security Guard (as Michael Denny)
Timothy Oman	...	German Professor
Lindley Gardner	...	Young Tongue Woman
Cliff Cadaver	...	Manager
Ron Altamare	...	Terry
Rachel Currence	...	Little Rain Girl
Darlene Levin	...	Twin #1
Maureen Sue Levin	...	Twin #2
Brad Parker	...	Uniform Cop
Ray Miceli	...	The Faceless Killer
Lynn Speier	...	Wire Twin Cenobite #1
Patricia Kara	...	Wire Twin Cenobite #2 (as Trisha Kara)
Kazuhiro Yokoyama	...	Asian Cowboy #1
Akihiro Noguchi	...	Asian Cowboy #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike J. Regan	...	Chatterer Torso (uncredited)

Directed by
Scott Derrickson

Writing credits
Clive Barker		(characters)
Paul Harris Boardman		(written by) &
Scott Derrickson		(written by)

Original Music by
Walter Werzowa

Cinematography by
Nathan Hope

Film Editing by
Kirk M. Morri

Production Design by
Deborah Raymond

Art Direction by
Andrew Max Cahn

Costume Design by
Julia Schklair

Makeup Department
Wendi Lynn Allison	....	makeup artist
Justin Ditter	....	special makeup effects artist
Anna Harasimiak	....	makeup department head
Solina Tabrizi	....	hair department head

Production Management
Ron Schmidt	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Harris Boardman	....	second unit director
Jason Z. Kemp	....	second second assistant director
Wendy Palmer	....	second second assistant director
Eduardo Ricketts Jr.	....	second assistant director: second unit
Valerie Bleth Sharp	....	second assistant director (as Valerie Ann Bleth)
Tony Steinberg	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Greg Boes	....	carpenter
Ryan P. Dreyer	....	construction production assistant
James L. Eddy	....	assistant property master
Graham Robertson	....	graphic designer
Thomas 'Noe' Welch	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Peter Brown	....	supervising sound editor
David V. Butler	....	supervising dialogue editor
Matthew T. Duncan	....	sound recordist
Ryan Juggler	....	assistant sound editor
Flavio Leocata	....	sound editor
Jon Michaels	....	assistant sound editor
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist (as Rick Partlow)
Tim Rakoczy	....	sound editor
Donnie Saylor	....	assistant sound editor
Larry Scharf	....	sound mixer
Christopher Sposa	....	boom operator
Addison Teague	....	sound effects editor
Chris Zeller	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Bill Cochran	....	special effects crew
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	makeup effects
Barbara Wilder	....	additional special effects makeup
Gilbert A. Mosko	....	foam lab (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Phillip Giles	....	digital artist
Jamison Scott Goei	....	visual effects supervisor
Sookie Park	....	digital animator

Stunts
Anita Hart	....	stunts
Luke LaFontaine	....	utility stunts
Koichi Sakamoto	....	stunt coordinator
Marc Schaffer	....	stunt double
David Wald	....	stunt coordinator
Eileen Weisinger	....	stunt double (as Eileen Weisenger)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mateo Bourdieu	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Kia Dawson	....	second assistant camera
Cort Fey	....	director of photography: second unit
Mike Karasick	....	gaffer
Bill-Brady Majors	....	dolly grip
Barry Norwood	....	first assistant camera: second unit
David Palmieri	....	grip
Vince Palomino	....	key grip
Ian Strang	....	electrician
Shannon Summers	....	best boy grip
Shannon Summers	....	key rigging grip
Stefan Wilking	....	electrician
Chad Wilson	....	Steadicam operator

Casting Department
Joseph Hicks	....	extras casting
Lisa Loia	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mandi Line	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Alyssa Clark	....	assistant editor
Michael Hatzer	....	color timer
Mike Pace	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jay Duerr	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Ted Moser	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Jody Blose	....	script supervisor
Simone De Camargo	....	controller
Simone De Camargo	....	post-production accountant
Timothy 'TJ' James Driscoll	....	stand-in: Craig Sheffer
Lauren Feige	....	assistant to producers
Christopher K. Grap	....	production assistant
Brent Hall	....	assistant to director
Robb Hastigan	....	key production accountant
Matthew Hirsch	....	assistant production coordinator
Michael J. Linowes	....	legal counsel
Jason Mundy	....	assistant production coordinator
Ronan P. Nagle	....	assistant location manager
Trey Shelton	....	production assistant
Claudia Soisson	....	assistant production accountant
Arron Turnbull	....	production assistant
Rhonda Zamore	....	craft service

Thanks
Joe Ball	....	thanks
JoAnn Perritano	....	thanks
Alex Wengert	....	thanks (as Alex Wingert)

Production Companies

• Dimension Films
• Miramax Films
• Neo Art & Logic

Distributors

• Buena Vista Home Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Dimension Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• GAGA (2000) (Japan) (all media)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2001) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Ultimate Effects (special effects)

Other Companies

• AVID  editing system
• Background Players  extras casting
• BiPack  opticals
• C.A.S.T. Security  security
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Digital Filmworks  digital film services
• Energy Film  stock footage
• First Presyterian Church of Hollywood  choir
• Freestyle Watch  watches
• Great Northern/Reiff & Associates  insurance
• Incognito, Pasadena  sigmata tatoo
• International Catering  catering
• Loeb and Loeb  legal services
• Mary Nelson-Duerrstein & Associates  negative cutting
• Musikvergnuegen  music recording and mixing facilities
• Otto Nemenz International  Arriflex camera equipment provided by
• Pixpay/Entertainment Partners  payroll services
• Republic Bank California N.A.  banking services
• Technocrane Ltd.  remote crane
• Title House  end credits

Also Known As:

Hellraiser V (USA) (working title)
Hellraiser V: Inferno (USA) (working title)
Inferno (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, language, sexuality and drug use.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 (cut) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:R | Germany:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #37483) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-18

Company:

Dimension Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Thorne looks at the coke sniffer, it changes position between shots.

Quotes:

Pinhead: It's all a puzzle, isn't it, Joseph? Like a game of chess, perhaps. The pieces move, apparently aimlessly, but always towards one single objective: to kill the king. But who is the king in this game, Joseph? That is the question you must ask yourself.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Down the Drain (#5.2)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Drifting Too Far from the Shore

Not too bad a sequel...

...as long as you keep in mind they tried to do something different with the franchise. As such, the fifth installment is more of a supernatural morality tale in the line of Angel Heart and Jacob's Ladder. Everything does make sense, if you get all the way to the end.

Whether you like the inclusion of the Cenobites depends on whether you think they have to be center-stage or not. They basically do what they're supposed to here, and this movie does a better job of establishing how they torture people (as opposed to just ripping people apart in ugly ways) then the previous movies have done. The idea that they engage in psychological torture is one that none of the previous movies in the series have expanded upon in any great depth (although the fact they inflict pleasure as well as pain still needs to be touched upon a little more - the twin she-Cenobites kinda hint at this, though).

Basically this is perhaps the more subtle of the movies in the series, due to the apparent requirement that the Cenobites not play a large part. Rewatch it a time or two without the expectations that this will be a blood-oozing, skin-rippping "Pinhead movie" like the others, and you might be surprised.