Hellraiser (2022)

Directed by

David Bruckner

Genre

horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 1,053 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman recovering from addiction finds a mechanical puzzle box that can summon humanoid beings who thrive on turning pain into pleasure. She must deal with the terrifying consequences as the box begins to take over her life.

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What happens

Hellraiser is a 2022 supernatural horror film directed by David Bruckner, with a screenplay by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, from a screen story co-written with David S. Goyer. It is the eleventh film in the Hellraiser franchise, based on the 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. The film stars Odessa A'zion as a young woman recovering from addiction who ends up with a mechanical puzzle box that can summon the Cenobites, a group of sadomasochistic humanoid beings who thrive on pain being pleasure. Jamie Clayton, Adam Faison, Drew Starkey, Brandon Flynn, Aoife Hinds, Jason Liles, Yinka Olorunnife, Selina Lo, Zachary Hing, Kit Clarke, Goran Višnjić, and Hiam Abbass appear in supporting roles. Plans for a Hellraiser remake were publicized in October 2007, when Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo were reported to be directing, with Barker producing and Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton writing the script. After Maury and Bustillo left the project, Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier were attached, with production slated for an early 2012 release. However, following the release of Hellraiser: Revelations (2011) to secure continuing rights, Farmer and Lussier were no longer involved. By 2018, after the critical and commercial success of Halloween, Miramax had confirmed plans for new Hellraiser installments. The film was green-lit in early 2019, with Bruckner directing from a script written by Collins and Piotrowski, while the project moved to Hulu with Spyglass Media Group and Phantom Four Films. Filming took place from September to October 2021. The film was released in 2022, first during Fantastic Fest then throughout North America via Hulu, and finally throughout the United Kingdom and globally via Spyglass and Paramount Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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