Looks like no horror movie villain is safe from remake fever. Like a stake in the heart of a vampire, these remakes seem to kill whatever creative blood pumped through the original films. This year saw a less than spectacular "Nightmare on Elm Street" remake and now it looks like everyone's favorite Hellraising Pinhead will get his chance too. Dimension films is stepping up their plans to remake the "Hellraiser" franchise, but it seems like it might be a kinder, not so R rated "HECKraiser" this time out.
From Hitfix:
"Now word is they've settled on Christian E. Christiansen, director of "The Roommate," and that he's going to be making a teen-friendly version of "Hellraiser," possibly with Amber Heard starring in the film. "Teen-friendly" is code for "PG-13," which is of course what every studio wants from horror films these days."
Ohhhhh boy. Now nothing of the old series ever screamed "teen friendly" to me. In fact I remember having to sneak these home from the video store when I was in grade school. They were great though! Taking the sex and violence and thematic tone away from this movie is a sure sign of an early box office death if you ask me. What say you?