10 Things You Didn't Know About Clive Barker's Hellraiser

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Clive Barker’s masterpiece of S&M and horror was a stand out in a market dominated by slashers. To celebrate its 30th birthday next month here are the top ten things you didn’t know about Hellraiser.

#1: The iconic character Pinhead was originally called Priest in early drafts however this was changed to simply ā€œLead Cenobiteā€. Pinhead was a nickname that stuck and later found its way into the series. Also, the cenobite called ā€œFemaleā€ was originally named ā€œDeep Throat,ā€ but that was changed for other reasons

#2: Speaking of Pinhead, actor Doug Bradley was famously offered the role of either the iconic horror character or…one of the mattress movers in the beginning of the film. He wisely chose pinhead and the rest, as they say, is horror film history.

#3: Even the films iconic title was originally different. The working title was Sadomasochists from Beyond the Grave. Thankfully it was re-changed to Hellraiser.

#4: The famous last line uttered by Andrew Robinson (Uncle Frank) was actually thought up by the actor and Barker loved it so much he kept it in.

#5: Originally the characters Butterball and Chatterer were to have dialogue however due to their make up it was impossible to do this.

#6: Even though the book ā€œHellbound Heartā€ and the movie were both crafted by Clive Baker there are some key changes from their original source material which includes: More back story on the puzzle box (Lament Configuration) and detail about the pleasures it contains within. The novel is also way more sexually graphic which of course was toned down to achieve an R-rating.

#7: As strange as it sounds Nintendo had plans to develop a Hellraiser video game and it would have been the first game to allow players to save their spot in the play. Sadly things were Game Over when the programmers could not get the game codes right, leaving fans to wonder what a NES Hellraiser game would have been like.

#8: Nicolas Vince who portrayed Chatterer was completely blind while wearing his one piece prostatic. This lead to the makeup change in Hellbound: Hellraiser II in which he is given eyes.
Other makeup problems included Doug Bradley having difficulty seeing in his black eye contacts.

#9: It’s no surprise that the MPAA made Baker trim or tone down some of Hellraiser in order to get an R-rating. This includes cutting down the infamous death by hammer scene, including a shot of said weapon embedded into the victim’s head. Also one of Julia’s male victims was to be totally nude but this was re-shot. Baker also stated that Frank and Julia’s love scenes were a lot more graphic.

#10: Clare Higgins is not a fan of horror films. So much so that when she went to see the film at its premiere she actually ran out after only 10 minutes. To this day, she still hasn’t seen the full movie.

That was ten skin tearing facts about Hellraiser! Did we miss anything? Don’t punish us let us know in the comments below and don’t forget to hit that subscribe button for more hell raising good fun!

On another note, we’d like to give a big shout out to Mike Vaughn, one of our contributors that provided all the facts we needed for this video and wrote it into a script for us. You can check out Mike Vaughn on Twitter @StrangeCinema65 and you can pre-order his upcoming film guide: The Ultimate Guide To Strange Cinema. We’ll have the link for you in the description below this video! Until next time, talkers.







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