Hellraiser fans got some exciting news a while back when it was rumoured that Clive Barker was returning to his creation for a new outing. Well, it looks like there is a new Hellraiser on the way – but not as we thought it would be.
“I actually have an opportunity to play a small part in Hellraiser – the new Hellraiser“, A Nightmare on Elm Street’s Heather Langenkamp told Scare Tissue. “I’m so excited about it. I go next week to do the shooting. The script is amazing and that I got the part is something that I find incredible.”
“It’s Gary Tunnicliffe who did all the makeup for all these years,” she added when asked who was directing. “I think it’s going to be pretty outstanding.”
However, Hellraiser fans will be sad to hear that Doug Bradley – who played Pinhead for the majority of the Hellraiser series – will not be returning once again.
“First I heard about this new film was around Christmas in a phone call from Gary Tunnicliffe, who was my make-up artist on Bloodline through Hellworld,” Bradley wrote on his Facebook page. “Gary, you may recall, also wrote the screenplay for Revelations. He has written and is directing this new effort. I can also assert, contrary to some rumours I’ve already seen, that Clive Barker is not involved with this in any way, shape or form. Gary said he would send me a copy of the script when he had completed a second draft, but before I could be allowed to set eyes on the precious document, I was required to sign a gagging order. This was a three page document preventing me from talking about the script ‘in restrooms’, ‘on elevators’, ‘in restaurants’ or ‘in cellular telephone conversations which may be overheard’. There was also dark reference to ‘people talking out of turn at conventions’. I read this thing in disbelief, and informed Gary I would not be signing it. And that’s that. Clearly, I am deemed too much of a security risk to be allowed to read a Hellraiser script. People are starving to death in Syria and they’re worried about me talking about a Hellraiser movie? Get a fucking grip. Can you say ‘sense of proportion’?”
There’s no release date or information on the new Hellraiser movie, but it looks like those rumours of Clive Barker returning are completely false. We’ll update more when it becomes available.
Originally published February 18, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
