Interesting facts about the film "HellRaisers" (12 photos)

HellRaisers (1987) is one of the most cult horror films of the last century. Here are photos from the shoot and some interesting facts about him.





When watching this film, the audience had only one desire - never to meet Pinhead and other Cenobites.

1. Initially, they wanted to call the film "Heart of Hell", like the novel on which it was filmed, but the studio did not like this option, because in their opinion such a title is suitable only for a book, and not for movie. After some thought, the film was called "Sado-Masochists from the Otherworld world", but later decided that this was too much and made it more frightening and serious title.



2. Doug Bradley was offered to play either a furniture mover, or chief cenobite Pinhead. In the end, the actor chose the second option, thanks to which he became famous, thanks to which he could for a long time get into the franchise.



3. In order to apply makeup, actor Doug Bradley had to spend 6 hours in the dressing room. But it was worth it.



4. In order to save money on filming, it was decided to shoot the film outside pavilions, but in a real house in which the owner once finished with yourself. Because of the notoriety, this house could not be sold, so over time, he lost his presentation and became the way we like him and seen in the movie.



The film ended up being a commercial success, grossing $14.5 million on a $1 million budget.

5. Initially, the two cenobites of Butterball and Chater should had to have their own lines, but because of the complex make-up, it was impossible. Therefore, all the replicas went to Pinhead and the Cenobite woman.



6. Actress Claire Higgins, who played Julia, was very afraid watch horror movies. She couldn't even watch the movie "Rebels" from hell" and left 10 minutes after the start of the film during the premiere display.



7. The producers initially didn't like the idea of making villain in the form of a smart and reasonable character, as everyone is used to to see as villains frank maniacs who do not shine with the mind, as in movies A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and Halloween.



8. Frank Cotton in human form and monster form are played by two different actors - Sean Chapman and Oliver Smith.



9. After filming ended, the crew celebrated it. big event. The party was also attended by the performer the role of Pinhead - Doug Bradley. In one of the interviews, he admitted that he was a little embarrassed that everyone was ignoring him, despite the fact that on the set he established friendly relations with everyone. But as it turned out later, no one simply recognized him without his cult makeup.



10. Initially, the main cenobite should have been called "Priest", but his name was eventually changed to "Pinhead" (nailhead), which the author Clive Barker himself did not like very much. Therefore, in his subsequent comics he produced, he called nailhead precisely by the Priest.



11. It was even planned to create a HellRaisers game on console NES (Dendy), where players could save their gameplay. But due to the lack of capabilities of an 8-bit set-top box, development had to cancel. As a result, we never saw the game based on this film.

12. The very first scene filmed was the scene where Frank spin around the room. As the actor Sean Chapman himself admitted, during filming this scene, he almost vomited.