Last year around this time,
Clive Barker ("Lord of Illusions") revealed on his official facebook page that he was writing a reboot of 1987's
Hellraiser, which is based on the novella
The Hellbound Heart. Since then we haven't heard anything about it, until
Entertainment Weekly recently posted a new article featuring Clive Barker. In the piece, we learn that Barker sent a second draft of the script to
Dimension Films chief Bob Weinstein (producer) a short time ago. Barker also discussed some details regarding the film's plot.
"I think the phrase is ‘reboot,’ although I’ve never really understood what that meant. I wanted to make sure we sounded some fresh notes. The movie actually begins on Devil’s Island. I wanted to fold into the Hellraiser narrative something about the guy—the Frenchman Lemarchand—who made the mysterious box, which raises Pinhead. I figured, ‘Well, what would have happened to him?’ He might well have been taken to Devil’s Island and I thought that would be a pretty cool place to start the movie. We’re waiting for Bob to come back to us and see when we’re going to actually make the movie." - Clive Barker
Hellraiser (1987) - From horror master Clive Barker comes this chilling nightmare featuring the first appearance of the hideous, demonic Pinhead. When Kirsty Cotton’s family moves into their ancestral home, they are terrorized by the resurrected corpse of her uncle, who requires the flesh of murdered innocent victims in order to become whole and alive again. A creepy, thrillingly perverse tale straddling heaven and hell, extreme pleasure and unbearable pain, HELLRAISER will haunt your dreams.
Actors: Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Andrew Robinson, & Sean Chapman
Director: Clive Barker
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