The Hellraiser team created a skin suit and built a “real torture table,” using monofilament fishing line to pull apart the skin on the suit. “No CGI gore,” Bruckner claims. “We were adamant about that.” New Pinhead Jamie Clayton recalled Bruckner bringing that up early on.

Is the new Hellraiser CGI?

Given the horror genre has even seen a shift towards CGI over practical effects, the decision to ground the Hellraiser reboot with nearly exclusively practical effects came as a welcome approach to Hulu's film, especially in regard to Jamie Clayton's Pinhead.

Why did they make the new Pinhead a woman?

We always knew that [a female Pinhead] made sense given the history of the franchise and the kinds of fans that have embraced it,” Bruckner says. “It was also a way for us to not replicate Doug Bradley's incredible, iconic performance. There had been a lot of precedent in the franchise.

Did the new Hellraiser use practical effects?

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Additionally, with the over saturation of CGI in modern filmmaking, Hellraiser's practical effects are a welcome change of pace.

Why did they gender swap Pinhead?

In The Hellbound Heart, Cenobites are described as androgynous, and Pinhead is said to have a feminine-sounding voice, which was used as inspiration to cast Clayton as the character.

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Was Pinhead once a human?

Pinhead is one of the leaders of the Cenobites, formerly humans but transformed into creatures which reside in an extradimensional realm, who travel to Earth through a puzzle box called the Lament Configuration in order to harvest human souls.

Why was Hellraiser banned?

Hellraiser was initially banned in Ontario by the Ontario Film and Video Review Board. By a 3-2 majority vote, the film was deemed "not approved in its entirety as it contravenes community standards". It was banned because of its "brutal, graphic violence with blood-letting throughout, horror, degradation and torture".

Did the Cenobites used to be human?

Attributes. The Hellbound Heart says the Cenobites are also known as "The Order of the Gash". Cenobites were once human, having transformed to their current state in their pursuit of gratification.

What are the trigger warnings for the new Hellraiser?

The movie has jump scares, strong language throughout (including "f--k"), as well as alcohol drinking and cigarette smoking. The lead character struggles with an addiction to pills and alcohol and is shown relapsing with both.

Is Freddy Krueger A Cenobite?

Freddy is a member of the Cenobite council and the rival of Laughing Jack. He is also the most feared and dreaded enforcer of Zalgo, even more so than Pinhead. Freddy is played by Robert Englund.

Why does Hellraiser have nails in his head?

The use of nails and pins evolved out of one of Barker's short stories called The Forbidden, which featured a board hammered with nails at specific intersections of laid out squares. This aesthetic would resurface for the Pinhead character years later.

Who is the god in Hellraiser?

According to Hellraiser lore, the Leviathan is a god who is responsible for creating Pinhead and his pain-loving colleagues. It is likely this deity who is responsible for Voight's transformation and it is also likely that they are turning him into a new Cenobite.

What gender is the new Pinhead?

Director David Bruckner has a good reason for casting Jamie Clayton as Pinhead for his reboot of the Clive Barker adaptation Hellraiser. Pinhead isn't Pinhead.

How graphic is the new Hellraiser?

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The Cenobites mutilations are shown in great detail. Tendons, bones, flayed skin, metal wires and other objects are inserted. A man is attacked by hooked chains that are summoned after solving the puzzle box. The first pierces his leg in bloody detail before being dragged across the floor.

How are Cenobites created?

When a person solves one of the many boxes (Carborro, the Lament Configuration, etc), a small group of Cenobites arrives. If Leviathan, god of Hell, believes the person is worthy to become a Cenobite, they are taken to Hell to be remade in a Transformation Chamber operated by the Engineer.

Who is the strongest Cenobite?

What happens when a Cenobite dies?

Doctor Channard, having been transformed into a cenobite, begins regretting his previous reluctance, meaning that he was still aware of his former human self. Subsequently, cenobites revert back to their initial human form after being killed by one of their own.

Are the Cenobites asexual?

In in the original text, the Cenobites are unnamed and are described as asexual beings who have been marred and modified so horribly, they bear little resemblance to the human form. Barker is surprisingly vague in describing the Cenobites in great detail.

Is Hellraiser lgbtq?

Hellraiser has since become a queer horror classic for numerous reasons, according to Riley Wade of Horror Obsessive. The work's gay author/director has been hailed as a master of the counter-cultural “splatterpunk” literary genre.

How did Pinhead become Pinhead?

Upon solving the box in the early 1920s, Spencer was given both the pain and pleasure he was looking for, and subsequently transformed into Pinhead, as depicted briefly in the opening of Hellraiser 2.

Is Pinhead not evil?

In Hellraiser, Pinhead is not technically a villain—he and the other Cenobites are neutral and are more like a force of nature than true villains.

What is pinheads weakness?

The most straightforward is to reverse the Lament Configuration. In doing so, it will send him back to his world. Pinhead also abides by a strict code, and if a person summons him because they were forced, he won't go after the victim.

Is Pinhead Joey's father?

She solves the puzzle box, and they are sent to Hell. The box transports Joey iinto limbo, where she comes face to face with an apparition who appears to be her dead father. The apparition tells Joey to give him the puzzle box, only to be revealed as Pinhead in disguise.

Is Pinhead a masochist?

While Cenobites tend to be obsessed with masochism and even practicing it to extreme lengths, Pinhead despises such obsession and tends to make himself as professional as he could be, in front of fellow immortals or mortals.