welcome back to it came from the 80s
over here on top five scary videos you
guys seem to love this series and that
makes me so very happy because
discussing horror specifically 80s
horror is perhaps one of my favorite
things but today is a special day
because we get to talk about one the
greatest horror movies of all time from
one of the kings of horror Clive Barker
yep that's right this is it came from
the 80s Hellraiser
released in 1987 Hellraiser is based
upon the novella the hellbound heart by
Clive Barker who also wrote the
screenplay and directed the film not
only did the film quickly become a
horror trailblazer but it also marked
Clive Barker's directorial debut an
impressive debut at that the film itself
follows a man named Frank who opens the
door to an alternate dimension and has
his body torn to pieces by creatures
known as the Cenobites years later
though Frank's brother Larry moves into
the now abandoned home with his new wife
Julia who accidentally triggers Frank's
resurrection movie is wonderfully bloody
and crosses boundaries not many had up
until that point particularly diving
into sadomasochism and goth culture in
horror movies now having been dismayed
by prior adaptations of his work Barker
decided to take a jab at directing the
movie himself with the help of
Christopher fake who agreed to produce
and new world pictures who funded the
film for $900,000 production began at
the end of 1986 and was made in just 9
to 10 weeks which is insane track him
back to our earlier point about BDSM the
film's working title was actually
sadomasochists from beyond the grave
with Barker also toying with the idea of
naming the movie hell bound until
Christopher fake suggested Hellraiser
probably for the best but let's get to
the meat of this video the reason we're
all here the Cenobites Cenobites are
extra dimensional beings who appear in
the novella the hellbound heart the
sequels and of course in the 10 hell
where he's a movies that's right
10 there theologians from a religious
sect in hell known as the order of the
gash describing themselves as explorers
in the further regions of experience and
granting sadomasochistic pleasure to
those who call upon them that's right
like I said before this film is quite
literal
about pleasure and pain and the boundary
that exists between now of course like
most graphic horror movies purely
centered on pain and torture the movie
had to make a few cuts after MPAA gave
it an X rating the scenes that were cut
are as follows spoilers ahead if you
haven't seen the film two and a half
shots are excised from the first hammer
murder including a close-up of the
hammer lodged in the victims head in the
scene where Julia murders another man
the actor playing the victim felt that
it made more sense for him to do so
naked which I know the scene we're
talking about here but he didn't really
need to be naked the nude murder scene
was shot but ultimately replaced with
the semi-clothed version close-ups of
Kirsty sticking her hand into Frank's
stomach exposing his guts along a
version of the scene where Frank is
being torn into pieces by the Cenobites
hooks final shot where his head explodes
and his brain messily splashes out was
also cut now Parker faced a lot of
problems regarding censorship stating in
an interview for Samhain magazine I
quote well we did have a slight problem
with the eroticism
I shot much hotter flashback sequence
than they would allow us to cut in mine
was more explicit and less violent they
wanted to substitute one line of
undertow for another I had a much more
explicit sexual encounter between Frank
and Julia but they said no let's take
out the sodomy and put in the flick
knife oh boy sodomy yeah the movie was
first released in the United States on
September 18th 1987 and grossed fourteen
million dollars in the US and Canada
however a fact I didn't know was that it
was initially banned in Ontario by the
Ontario film and video review board by a
majority vote of three to two the film
was deemed not approved in its entirety
as it contravenes community standards
due to its I quote brittle graphic
violence with bloodletting throughout
horror degradation and torture however
in August of 1987 the movie was finally
passed by the board after several cuts
were made to the film new world Mutual
pictures of Canada were forced to cut
around 40 seconds to get the film passed
with an r-rating 35 seconds of an
extended torture scene featuring hooks
pulling apart a body and face were
removed as well as the scene of the
squirming rats nailed to a wall they're
saying that I rewatched
ciao rays of the other day and I
specifically recall the rats so liars
of course opinions were torn upon the
release of the movie reviews hailing
from London particularly in timeout
London magazine referred to the film as
I quote Barker's dazzling debut that
creates such an atmosphere of dread that
the astonishing set pieces simply
detonate in a chain reaction of
cumulative intensity and concluded that
the film was a serious intelligent and
disturbing horror film Melody Maker
would even go on to describe as the best
horror film ever to be made in Britain
however not everyone agreed of course
with many critics in the u.s. panning
the movie queue stated I quote how raise
it does have its share of problems the
redoubling a peripheral character with
the mid-atlantic twang and the
relocation of the film in a geographical
limbo the New York Times would go on to
state that Barker cast singularly
uninteresting characters while the
special effects aren't bad only damp
yikes I mean damp certainly isn't a
compliment personally though some of the
special effects haven't aged wonderfully
Hellraiser is still one of the most
effective movies out there I mean the
engineer is by far one of the scariest
monsters ever created and the Cenobites
themselves are enough to keep you up at
night but what makes the movie so superb
is the law itself that minut detailing
around the lament configuration the
appearances of the sinner bites their
entire existence centering on pain and
torture it's also original and raw
something we rarely get see these days
in the early 2010's himout conducted a
poll with several authors directors
actors and critics alike who have worked
within the horror genre to vote for
their top horror films he'll raise a
place at number 80 on the top 100 list
personally I would placed a higher
because as iconic as this movie is it
sadly seems to be underrated even among
horror lovers sadly like all great
movies it was announced that a remake
would be coming back in 2006 however for
a handful of years director signed on
and off with many not being able to
agree on a script or leaving due to
creative differences
in 2013 Clive Barker himself stated that
he would personally be writing the
remake of the original Hellraiser and
that he had already completed a deal
with dimension films as Bob Weinstein
yikes he also went on to state that he
would be pushing for practical effects
rather than CGI in that the original
pinhead duck Bradley would be reprising
the role exciting right well the remake
never surfaced with Barker revealing in
2017 that the script was written and
delivered to dimension years ago that
was the last anyone heard until news of
how where's a judgement surfaced now
this is where things get fishy because
when I read this my blood boiled as
stated Clive Barker wanted to write in
direct the remake himself considering he
wrote the novella and directed the
original film he has every right well
after he sent off the script for the
remake he heard nothing until Hellraiser
judgment was released in 2018 a movie
which Clive Barker had nothing to do
with written and directed by the
original special makeup effects artist
Gary J tuna clip the film centers on
three police detectives who investigate
in a series of murders are confronted by
the denizens of hell
now of course the film was a flop with
it going straight to DVD scoring 2.8 out
5 that's what you get however back to
the original thanks to the reaction to
Doug Bradley's performance of the lead
Center by it aided in the huge wave of
popularity for the movie in the video
release market leading the character to
be dubbed pinhead and the release of a
further seven sequel Seraph which were
cinematic releases that managed to
roughly grossed around 40 million in
combined domestic takings as of right
now the film holds a steady 63 percent
on Rotten Tomatoes
I mean deserves higher but this is
Rotten Tomatoes we're talking about here
they hate everything like me overall
Hellraiser will forever remain when the
greatest horror movies in my opinion
especially one the greatest supernatural
horror movies with pinhead becoming one
of the most iconic movie villains in
history even though he's not really a
villain but I don't want to get into
that right now
though like I previously mentioned the
dubbing can be distracting you're all
acting special effects and superior
story is what makes you keep coming back
for more I love you pinhead well there
we have it you guys fans a pearl racer
let us know in the comments down below
before I go though I just want to
respond to a few comments one of our
last videos top 5 real hauntings from
around the world
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Addams meets Emma bunting well thank you
I appreciate that but personally I was
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I never liked baby spice a beautiful
twisted mindset after watching Queen
Lucy in that hoodie I have a sudden urge
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game I respect that
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