what were they thinking when they created HELLRAISER?? * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary
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I love how the more scared Ashleigh gets, the more Southern grandma she gets
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It's not over. Kirsty's story is continued in Hellraiser II. It offers insight into the Cenobites, and the one who freaked you out the most, the Chatterer....well, let's just say the big reveal about him will freak you out even more! You can't trust a demon.
I know. I wanted to tell her about the Chatterer but on the chance she'll eventually watch Hellraiser 2, I'm not gonna say it.
@@R3troZoneChatterer is in the 1st two Hellraiser movies Played by Nicholas Vince ( they changed his look in the 2nd movie)
My favorite Cenobite 😍
I would LOVE a stand-alone movie of Chatterer's backstory! By far my favorite Cenobite!!
@@ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666 That's because he said if we make a sequel If I agree to come back. I want to be able to actually see an hear this time. Because in this movie he could not see or hear anything with those prestatics on. He was literally an figuratively blind and deaf the entire time it was on.
Without getting into too much detail in case you watch the second one, the book (obviously) explains the story a lot better: The thing is these creatures (cenobites) are not demons, they are not even villains. In the book they warn Frank several times: "Dude, this sh^t is extreme.". And he's "Nah, I can handle it". And they warn him again: "If you come with us, you can't go back". And he again agrees. And by the time he realises their masochism is so extreme it's downright torture, it's too late. And when they make a deal with Kristy to leave her alone in exchange for Frank, they keep their promise the whole time. In fact, it is their boss The Engineer (not Pinhead) who gives the Lament Configuration (puzzle) to Kristy so that she can keep it safe until another comes looking for it.
Fun fact: the other cenobites are called Chatterer (teeth dude), Butterball (fat dude) and Female Cenobite (poor girl doesn't have a name).
I thought the female cenobite was called Deep Throat. I read somewhere she was supposed to have a visceral vag, but the studio nixed it.
I'm still trying to understand the logic of someone being like "these people (like visually seeing them) would know about pleasure and totally not make it painful" 💀
Female Cenobite ended up getting the nickname “Deep Throat” by the fandom. It’s oddly appropriate.
@@Shyknit In sadomasochism, pain IS pleasure. The Cenobites are BDSM creatures of the most extreme kind.
@@martianmanhunter37 I get that but there's levels and boundaries in bdsm right, again I wouldn't look at them and think they wouldn't take it too far
Interesting piece of trivia. After shooting ended the cast and crew had a wrap up party
The actor who played Pinhead was generally ignored by most people at the party because they didn't recognise who he was without his makeup
HAHAAHHA damn
That's also probably in part because he doesn't particularly have that "horror actor" look that fellow icons like Bill Moseley, Tony Todd, Kane Hodder, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee etc have lol
@@awkwardashleigh The Names of the Cenobites...
*PINHEAD* you know....
*VOICE BOX* The female Cenobites
*CHATTER* Cenobite with all the teeth
*BUTTER BALL* the guy that looks like a thumb
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Fun fact:
Mike Foley the WWE hall of famer based mankind on the cenobites even his finishing move the mandible claw was inspired by chatter putting his two fingers in Kristy's mouth
@@tonyyul703 Where'd you find the name "Voice Box"? Is that even official?
Hellraiser was part of a trend in the late 1980s when horror movies began to deviate away from the slasher genre and more towards some weird H.P. Lovecraft cosmic horror stuff. Hellraiser, From Beyond, Price of Darkness, Phantasm II, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Pumpkinhead, etc.
Solid list. Prince of Darkness stuck with me for decades... because the concept just managed to burrow in to my head space. Cool flick.
I was never a slasher flick fan. But Nightmare on Elm Street series (to a certain limit) struck me as a more interesting spin on the genre.
I always had a soft Spot for the Wishmaster Movies.
Ohhhhhh Pumpkinhead is a GOOD one!
@@sle2470 the design of pumpkinhead scared the hell out of me as a kid. I was afraid to stand under roof eves for a long time thanks to that movie rofl
@@googlename3859 Yep one of my favorite movie monsters. Also directed by special effects guru Stan Winston.
I highly, highly recommend you watch the sequel, it’s one of the rare occasions when the sequel is better than the original
I'm sad the remake was so STERILE
That's not hard to believe since this movie set such a low bar to clear
Oh I'm gonna disagree with this statement lol
I disagree but the sequel is fun if you like the first
Hm, wouldn't go quite that far but as far as horror sequels go, Hellraiser 2 is definitely up there.
The fact that Kirsty has the most chill boyfriend in the world is just hilarious. He's like "ah yes, a demon monster...interesting. Whelp...Dennys anyone?"
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The scene with the guy eating the locusts was shot in my mate's pet shop which dealt in exotics. We closed the shop for a day to clear it up and get it ready for shooting and caught loads of escaped snakes, lizards, spiders, toads and frogs. In an Arachnophobia moment one guy moved some tins and a Colombian Bird Eating spider with a 10 inch legs span leapt from the wall and landed on his face like an alien face hugger To this day that is the highest pitched scream I have ever heard..
on par with Home Alone Marv moment? :P
Well we were not rushing to help him so that probably didn't help.@@RatelRegalement
We have such sights to show you, Ashleigh.
My first thought when I saw the thumbnail. "She ain't ready for this" 😆😆
and you were correct
Clive Barker's style of horror was very influential for a while. If you remember in the final LotR movie, "Return of the King," the guy that Aragorn and Gandalf met at the Black Gate - the Mouth of Sauron - his design always seemed to me to be based on Clive Barker's horror style.
I had a whole book of Clive Barker short stories from my mom growing up and loooooved it. She also gave me the Bachmann Books, Dracula, Frankenstein… No wonder I grew up to be a horror hound lmao
Hellraiser is based on a short story by Clive Barker titled "The Hellbound Heart." And he also directed the movie. I love the book, I read or listen to it every spooky season.
I love Barker's books. I wish someone would make a movie of Weaveworld (arguably Barker's best book) and The Great and Secret Show
@@IanM-id8or Weaveworld is amazing! I listen to it on audible all the time!
@@IanM-id8or i love Barker's books. but they can generally be separated into "adaptable" and "non-adaptable". most of his more adaptable stories have already been done and stories like Imajica you couldn't possibly adapt for the screen, too high concept. BUT, Weaveworld could be incredible on the screen, it deserves to be. it has the Barker high concept of Imajica while having the tangible object, the rug that isn't a rug, for the audience to engage and get invested with. Barker is known for gruesome horror, and he is good at that, but his real strength is in "dark fable". a good dark fable is usually short, think "The Forbidden" (Candyman). but Weaveworld is a big-ass book and still manages to feel like a fable.
The forbidden, from in the flesh
Clive Barker, a British author from Liverpool wrote and directed this. When he first arrived in London he was poor and living on the streets most of the time. To make ends meet he used to work as prostitute and the Cenobites in Hellraiser are based on the people he met in certain seedy S&M clubs in London.
The makeup artist should get a prize for all of the grotesque people he had to make. Thanks for another awesome job. Hello from Pa USA 🇺🇸 ❤❤❤
I love how in these early installments, the ones where Clive Barker was involved, the Cenobites aren't Evil so much as Other. They're very much a metaphor for S&M and peoples' fears about it. (A lot of Clive Barker's writing is about processing his feelings of societal rejection for being gay and kinky, and feeling judged as a monster for it.)
People fear what they don't understand
That explains Cabal/Nightbreed
@@IanM-id8or Oh, that film is a psychologist's wet dream...
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The puzzle box is basically the garage door opener to Hell.
Ashleigh: No more creepy crawlies for me.
Me: So... you should watch Creepshow! 😄
@@Nergalsama01 Creepshow is GREAT and did also made me scared of the dark and weird noices. I would add, from bad memory "Pacific Heights" as if I recall rightly, it also has some creepies crawlies in it... and also good actor in it.. It is one of those along with "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle", that once you see it, it's there at the back of the mind. BOTH are good for HalloBeans!
Or Phenomena!
Fun fact - The director of the film (Clive Barker) is also the WRITER of the film, based on a NOVELLA he wrote titled The Hellbound Heart. And when they tried to get someone else to direct it, Barker went out, read an entire book on filmmaking in 24 hours, then pitched *his* vision of the film, which is what the studio went with.
He's truly what you consider an artistic genius (he also has a litany of original books and short story collections, as well as being a painter, making video games and way, WAY more).
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Ashleigh embraces full love for (good) 80's practical effects. YES! Also a woefully underrated Final Girl.
This movie got me so much free food. I'd have friends over to watch it and order pizza. Inevitably, they would lose thier appetite and I got their pizza.😂
HAHAHAHAHA
Lol...yep, that'll do it.
Yay for free food! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
And now you have diabeetus 😂
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Practical effects are 100% better than CGI. You're absolutely right. It looks more realistic and grittier and nastier. 9 times out of 10, I'll always choose practical over CGI.
Depends on effects, but a lot of time they are better, but sometimes looking fake too.
Nothing in this film looks realistic. It's so obvious when they switch to puppets or mannequins.
The best way is to do as much as possible with practical effects in front of the camera, then use CGI subtly to tidy it up and do the bits that just can't be done any other way.
Agreed!
@@sumelarIt's so obvious when they switch to CGI, too. Practical looks better, all day every day.
The 2022 Hellraiser is actually a pretty solid entry in the series.
As fun as the practical effects are in the orignal, the latest takes them a step further :)
There's a whole mess of lore about the Puzzle Box its Eremite Keepers (the homeless guy/dragon demon thing) and how they protec the boxes and pass them on to new victims.
It's surprisingly deep for what's a simple body-horror flick at first glance
Yeah it's not bad. I've seen ALL the hellraiser movies, woof there's some serious suck in there. 2022 was pretty good.
I'd love to see a Cronenberg take on this body horror
Hate the costumes in 2022 Hellraiser. They’re too clean and look like plastic. I also don’t like the new Pinhead, she’s pretty bland compared to Doug Bradley’s Pinhead. The movie is still a lot better than the last 4-5 Hellraiser movies, but that isn’t saying much tbh. 😅
@@Piquet2the actress in 2022 hellraiser portrays Pinhead more accurately to the books which is why I prefer her version over Doug Bradley’s. Pinhead is meant to come off as androgynous.
I love that Pinhead and the "villains", aren't "bad" in this first movie. The uncle summoned them and made a deal. They are just coming for what they are owed maybe a little violently but....
Pinhead has less than 20 minutes of screen time and he’s one of the most iconic characters in horror movie history. I personally don’t consider him a monster or a bad guy at all. He’s an angel to some, a demon to others. He doesn’t come unless you call him. He’s very misunderstood. You can trust Pinhead to be Pinhead.
and what he have beyond everything else is presence
In the first two films, anyways. After that the writers would lean heavier into the cenobites being 'demonic', which is why I stopped following the franchise after the third. Though I admit I enjoyed the most recent one as well.
The way I see it... He is the darker side of humanity. Not necessarily evil in the accepted sense, but decidedly amoral. And as, when we see later in the series, the two sides of this character interact, we see a lot more of the complexity of why and how he came to be what he is....
Well, I'm sure you realized it...but if not, no one in the film ever calls him Pinhead. That was a nickname Doug Bradley (Pinhead) picked up on set. In the book, he was simply called the Hell Priest.
It was my understanding the pins were used as a reference point, I don't know the make-up technicalities, and not intended for the screen, but the director liked the look and kept it. I used to watch Movie Magic on Discovery, I think that's where I heard that bit of trivia.
@@stupidsmart-phone6911 Here's the thing this comes from the audio commentaries an bonus features for the movie. Clive Barker wanted them to be pins in his head in the movie. But when they screen tested it the pins didn't show up on film. But they found coper tubes that fit over the pins. Then they got coper nails an cut off the heads then glued the heads onto the coper tubes. So that explains where the nickname came from the original design of the character. With the pins in it because the practical effects artist had to call the cenobites something. To keep the looks straight an in the script or screenplay they had no names just cenobite 1,2,3 an 4.
So the practical effects artist gave them nicknames based on their characteristics. The Hell Priest or lead cenobite had pins in his head so they called him Pinhead. The female was the only female so she was called female. The fat one Butterball an the one with the teath Chatter so yeah thats how the hole nickname thing happened.
In the book they aren’t called anything, and they weren’t the leader, they were just one among the group. It wasn’t until the Scarlet Gospels that they were called anything (and, tbh, even Clive had lost the plot at that point).
@@Matrim42 I know you are trying to make a point...but I don't know what it is aside from you confirming what I said. In the film, "Pinhead" is not named as such, he's just the lead Cenobite. The name "Pinhead" was made on set and, through word of mouth, that's' what his name became. I also see you are using the "genderless" pronouns, which confused that crap out of me for a sec. I'm aware that in the book, the Hell Priest had a high pitched voice, that of a child, and it's gender was never confirmed. I'm also aware that Clive wanted a woman in the role initially, but Doug Bradley nailed the role so much, they changed the gender in casting. Bradley didn't even want the role because he didn't want to be unrecognizable in the film and wanted to play one of the delivery guys moving the matrass...thank goodness common sense prevailed. As for the female version of Pinhead, she made her film debut in the new film...I don't know, I still prefer Doug...
@@Jimdlux My point is pretty simple; you said they were called the Hell Priest in the book, they was not. No need to write a whole screed about it.
This is one of the only scary movies that actually scared me.
I feel the same as Ashleigh. The gore is yucky, but not really scary. But Cenobites coming out of the walls creeps me out. And it’s so random. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do, or anything. You’re there. It’s your turn.
I admit that some of the acting in this movie is marginal. But it’s easily overlooked because of the horrifying concept of the movie!
Zenobite*
My biggest pet peeve about this movie is that Frank’s whole skeleton and obviously his lungs and voice box were re generated with a few drops of blood. Then he needed, what was it, 4 entire bodies to regenerate him to the point he was at the end.
I need an explanation for that! 😆
logarithmic scale :). The most likely scenario however is that skeleton and lungs and voice box was not regenerated, that is simple what was left of him in the Cenobite space and the drop of blood was what allowed that part of him to escape.
A few drops of blood opened the gate for Frank to escape in his current state. After that he needed raw materials in order to rebuild his body. It's kind of like in The Mummy where opening The Book of the Dead wakes up Imhotep, then he starts taking victims to restore his body.
Yes! This bugs me so much! The first 2 bodies each do a lot, and after that each one adds so little.
The SPOILER character in the sequel needed a decent splash of blood to get to walking around without skin... then like 30 people to get their skin back.
it was his brothers blood that brought him back, and his other bodies werent as closely related
Ashe mimicking the chattering Cenobite killed me! 😂
Screen shot it 😂😂😂😂🎉
They are basically SET DESIGN! Too elaborately made to actually do anything except look menacing and scary
The original short story by Clive Barker is basically what you get when a Lovecraftian horror fan discovers himself and finds out he's both not straight and very into BDSM in a time when both were practically equated with satanism. He's a gifted and poetic lil freaky man and I love him for it lol
Nicely put!
Is your CZcams name meant to be pronounced "Tim D. owns Animation?"
@@donovanmedieval no my name is Tim Downs lol
@@TimDownsAnimation Ah. I thought maybe you were my brother, who is a big animation fan.
I know he passed it on BDSM and the cenobites off some guys he saw at a leather bar, but I didn't he was into it himself
one of my earliest memories is after watching this movie having a horrible nightmare. I ran into my dad room and woke him up and shouted "dad I had a dream that pinhead was trying to kill me and it was awesome"
I was so happy to see that you were doing Hellraiser. I knew the reactions were going to be pure gold. 😆
Freaky film facts: Frank's regeneration was accomplished by using a a incredibly designed mannequin, made from different densities of coloured wax (so they would melt at different rates), heating up the room and then running the film in reverse.
-Doug Bradley's makeup was so thin that he did get routeinly poked by the pins.
-Human Frank's voice was dubbed by the monster Frank actor, so it would stay in continuity.
-the blood drops, that land on the floor, are Clive Barker's blood. He thought the fake blood looked too fake... so he used his own!
Oh... and YES, that hall monster was on a *skateboard!*
Holy crap. I never knew any of that. Thanks for the info.
So the " Lazarus come forth" part wasn't claymation it was just burnt wax?
In fact, the actor playing human Frank his voice was dubbed as well. They had originally planned to film this in the UK, so they had many English actors, including the one playing Frank, but when it was changed to the US, they dubbed over his voice with that deeper voice he has.
If someone were to ask me, I would say "Hellraiser" is an acquired taste for some, a long awaited treat for others. The author of the story on which this film is based, Clive Barker is . . . special. I saw this movie when it was released (1987). At the time, it was next level. The experience was unique. It was "thrusting-your-hand-into-a-bucket-full-of-razor-blades" unique. Thank you for the journey. It was kind of . . . nostalgic.
Clive Barker also directed it. The book was "The Hellbound Heart"
I'm gathering he really didn't like Rubik's Cubes
I wish someone would make a movie version of a couple of his otehr books - Weaveworld and The Great And Secret Show
Y'all didn't mention Christopher Young's AMAZING score. And I love your enthusigasm for 80's practical effects, Ashleigh. Truly an art lost to time...
You can't trust a demon.
Seeing this show up on your channel, I was like, "Oh no, this is not an Ashleigh Movie. She's going to hate it and/or get traumatized by it." 😮
Surprisingly, you handled it better than I thought you would. 😁
The Crow is so good! It turned a lot of my friends Goth, and that's great! 😃
You will cry though, probably a lot.
Especially, when you find out what happened during filming, and the origin of the graphic novel it's based on. 😢
Still, The Crow is a wonderful movie.
The movie’s director Clive Barker is also the author of the short story it’s based upon.
Clive is an prolific horror writer and having written numerous other books. He wrote an epic fantasy story called Imajica that I think would make an awesome miniseries. At the center of the saga is a love story between an immortal and a shapeshifting assassin…trust me it actually works.
I mean, it's nearly 200 pages, not really a short story.
@@sleepcrime A novella then
Yeah, it really shows that he didn't direct #2
Imajica rules - Weaveworld, too
Clive Barker is also an artist. A former co-worker of mine met him at a bar and he drew him an original sketch which he got to keep.
"We have such sights to show you..."
There are plenty of talented make-up effects artists working today who could simulate and improve upon (using newer materials like silicon vs foam rubber) what was done in this film. The problem is: Most studio heads and producers seem to want CGI these days, instead.
CG is easier, cheaper, and they think audiences see practical effects as "outdated" and don't want to see it. Hell, there's been a couple movies where they did the whole thing in practical effects, then covered it all up with CG (The Wolfman, The Thing), and everyone on set said the practical effects looked amazing
Hopefully the studios will listen to what we want or we’ll have to go on strike as well😜
I will highly recommend watching Hellbound: Hellraiser II for the next Hallobeans. Hellraiser is a good starting point, but the sequel takes the lore and characters to another level. It also contains the absolutely epic line "... your suffering will be legendary, even in Hell!" Ashley Laurence is awesome as Kirsty too, she's probably my favorite final girl out of all of the iconic 70s/80s horror franchises thanks to this movie and especially Hellraiser II
Drinking game: Take a drink every time Ashleigh says "NO!" and two drinks when she says "f*ck no!"
You won't survive the video.
Alcohol poisoning after 5 minutes.
Drink 3 for "balls!"
I now need a new liver.
x_x
Drink also for every "practical effects".
and if you want to play a game that'll get you lit, do the same thing but with a toke of a top grade joint after the gulp of booze 😁
Doug Bradley as the original pinhead in the first 8 films is so iconic
Hellraiser is one of those classics where if you haven't seen the films you've definitely seen it referenced somewhere else in pop media, from cartoons, film spoofs and daytime tv. It left its mark
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"Someone had to think these critters up.."
That is the most Southern thing to possibly say.. 😂😂😂😂
Shit yeah! Finally someone is giving Pinhead some love - easily the best horror character in my book. He would wipe his ass with Jason, Freddy, Mike Myers, etc.
Hellraiser is a rare occasion where a novel The Hellbound Heart is adapted by the original writer! Clive Barker who wrote the book also directed the movie
Yeeep, after two previous efforts to put Barker's stories to film didn't turn out good, he decided to take things into his own hands. And hooo boy, am I glad that he did.
He didn’t do quite so well adapting his “Lord of Illusions” afterwards, and hasn’t directed since, but boy, was he on his own points with this one and story-scripting the sequel.
The Exorcist (and its sequel Legion, aka The Exorcist III) is another example where the original author also wrote and directed the movie adaptation.
@@ericjanssen394he also directed “Nightbreed” in between, based on his novel “Cabal.”
@@synthetic240 The Exorcist was directed by William Friedkin not William Peter Blatty (who wrote the novel and the screenplay).
Not just pins in his head. Huge nails equally distributed throughout the head in an orderly, perfectly square pattern. Not just torture. Very orderly, systematic torture. Pain down to a science. That's what makes Pinhead work so well.
If your significant other asks you who your free pass is - tell them its Pinhead. Its so fun to watch the range of emotions that will cross their face.
Pinhead seemed so nice, but it turns out you can't trust a demon.
Ah man. Hellraiser.
The Cenobite designs and atmosphere surrounding them are just everything I wish I could see in more movies ❤
I love Julia's transition from reluctant accomplice to competent murderess.
The reasons this movie is a classic for me are the music and the special effects/makeup. Beyond that, its an interesting concept that could've been executed better.
23:50 if I remember correctly Clive Barker is also a visual artist. So he came up will all of the creepy crawlies in this flick.
His book Imajica has a lot of illustrations of what the various fantastical creatures the protagonist encountered. Just wild
I started reading his books in my teens because I was already reading King by then and I know he spoke highly of him. I think I have read everything up to and including Cold Heart Canyon. Has anyone already mentioned that Clive plays the cricket eating homeless man?
If I remember correctly Pinhead wasn't originally supposed to be the main sinbite they where also supposed to have equal lines and scenes but the other actors had trouble speaking with while wearing their prosthetics.
MAKES SENCE.. How was chatter supposed to say anything??? lol
Technically he isn't the head, LOL is although he's not in the first movie
@awkwardashleigh you are going like like the Adam's family and the movie is based on the tv show of 1960s or 50s . And there is a spin off kind of even if it is not a spin off .the Munsters about a girl named Marilyn who was named after Marilyn Monroe moved in with her uncle Herman who looked like Frankenstein monster and his wife Lilly looked like Dracula girl and her dad looked like Dracula if he was old and their son Eddie looked like a mini Dracula and the show went for 2 season and was popular as well as the Adam's family. Herman was the wise and kid in a man body and a mother of good and grand pa is funny and silly for a Dracula rip off .check it out for yourself. Jim verny Ernest did a Beverly hillsbilles with him saying the funny line this is what we use and lea Thomason the mom in back to the future mom mcfly with a French accent and she said happiness sounds like the p word for a man you know what sarcastic ha ha. How is my word for the movie .and why. Lea Thomason was in a movie about girl in love with Howard the duck a duck from a alternative dimensions version of earth with ducks and interspecie relationship and that was the scary thing about imagination that their children and it's a nightmare . They can not show a human girl' titis but, it'sOK to showoff a girl duck titis ina kidfriendly movie? No, I said no theywere drunk when they made this in the 80s .
@@awkwardashleigh Clive Barker who wrote this was at the time in to S&M. He finally got all rights back by court order in 2022.
Cenobites, as monsters are called, have crossed the line where they cant separate pleasure from pain anymore.
Pinnhead actor Doug Bradley. processed voice is great, in some later sequels they dropped it, those are not really worth watching, studio made those just to keep the rights. You have this and 2nd movie based on the book and then Hellraiser Hellworld 2005, mainly for Lance Henriksen. (android Bishop in Aliens)
@@awkwardashleigh The Chatterer was speaking - he had his lines down perfectly - it's just that nobody could understand him lol
8:41 is my favourite bit, the judgemental statement followed by that scream, I couldn't stop laughing
I love how Andrew Robinson had blue eyes when he was 'Larry', but when he played 'Frank' impersonating 'Larry', they actually gave him contacts simulating Frank's brown eyes. Subtle, but cool.
Pinhead is my favorite horror icon. He embodies horror, intelligence and poetically almost romantic in the sense of pleasures and pain perfectly as the character should be. Frank's coming back is pure nightmare material.
I've watched Hellraiser so many times.. but I've never laughed so much. *Ashleigh watching Frank's resurrection*
The book it's based on is crazy.
Technically “Pinhead” was the nickname given to him by the production crew. He is actually The Hell Priest from The Order of The Gash.
Also, The Cenobites are members of The Order of The Gash.
I'm really happy you're watching Wait Until Dark, because I don't think anyone's ever reacted to it before and it's absolutely FANTASTIC. Wouldn't call it a horror movie, but it is a Friday film, so maybe that's why a thriller fits. Always happy to see a reaction to The Crow, though.
When I first saw this in my teen years it warped my mind. You really should watch Bram Stokers Dracula, Interview With The Vampire and for devils night, The Crow with Brandon Lee. You can't trust a demon. I can't stop re editing this comment. I have to add Dawn Of The Dead from 2004. Great gore.
The crow!
Definitely the Crow.
Absolutely The Crow! 👍
The Crow is coming this Wednesday. Which, to me, is odd because Wednesday’s are usually reserved for more lighthearted movies. Like Casper, or something. But I’m just happy she is finally watching The Crow.
Excellent. Now I feel better. It is an odd one for a Wednesday but as long as it is reviewed. A tragic end for Brandon. He was really maturing as an actor. @@jrobwoo688
LOL your comments are killing me! 🤣 Years ago I designed a necklace of the puzzlebox and gave it to all the cenobites and Kirsty. Julia and the cenobite actors are all British and lovely. Julia (Clare Higgins) could not have been sweeter and what a sense of humor.
If you ever read Clive Barker's The Hell Bound Heart, the description of when the puzzle box is 1st opened is INSANE! All of his senses are amplified by a million. Just the flutter of a butterflies wing and the light is torture. Then the actual torture begins and he can feel it. All of it. What would be the worst tortue imagineable, amplified millions of times by the increased sensation.
Ps: he's seman on the floor is what brought he back (after someone is cut and bleeds on it). Clive Barker is a hell of a writer..
PSS: Frank (skinned brother) never gave af about the wife. Thought she was annoying if anything.. Just someone he could use to be brought back. The wife was obviously obsessed with him
Lmao when Ashleigh said "jeeezusss!" at that one jump scare, and my first thought was "you got that right" 😂
The author Clive Barker, was famous for his "Books of Blood" series. He said he bases his characters on the horrors of having some kind of uncontrollable appetite.
Sick appetites?
Number 2 explains how the Cenobites were created and how this began. There are 11 movies in the franchise. You will enjoy number 2 because the initial shock is over and now you can focus on the storyline, and the effects are even better. As far as The Crow coming up, I know for a fact that you'll love it, it's a great story and a great concept. Brandon Lee was a great actor RIP. If Wait Until Dark is the original, you'll love that as well, classic. Anyway, loved the review, love you and tell Beans hi 👋
Hellraiser is an amazing entry to the horror genre of the 80's. Absolutely, love it! I had the honor of getting to meet Clive Barker a few years ago as well as the cast. There's been many sequels. But, there's only one Pinhead & that's Doug Bradley. Secret Phrase - You can't trust a demon
Clive Barker's directing style is as gritty and gory as his writing. Also, consider the fact this movie is 95% practical effects. Love this movie so much. The first sequel is also great. Downhill after that.
Ashleigh "Let me tell y'all, I hate maggots "
Every guy watching the video "Siri, what movie has the most maggots?"
I really enjoy your channel.
I’m going to guess Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead aka The Gates of Hell would be at or near the top.
@@unkindestcut Nice, hopefully there's still time to get those on her list. Lol
Surprised Ashleigh is watching this movie as it isn't just SpOoKy but rather terrifying. This movie gave me quite a few nightmares as well as ideas for Dungeon & Dragon adventures and monsters.
You know there are multiple sequels.
It only occurred to me recently that Andrew Robinson really played a dual role in this; he was Larry and Frank-as-Larry, and he nailed both.
Garek is a skilled spy
Utterly psychotic in Dirty Harry, great performance.
@@reconsoldier135 don't be silly he's only a simple tailor
@@TheMKCrabI dunno. There were those mysterious deaths on Romulus that happened at the same time he was a gardener there.
@@TheMKCrab 🤣😂🤣😂
16:16 best transition from fright to disgust. Lol.
Have you ever said, "Why are 80's kids like that?" Well, here ya go. We had a solid decade of stuff like this. And no, none of us were old enough to watch any of it.
This movie ranked at #19 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo, Happy Hallobeans Monday Ashleigh with your fine self, cool reaction as always, you have a nice day & take care sweetie 🥰❤️
It's about time. Polls be damned. Hellraiser is pure 80's classic horror!
Your reaction to the "Closet Monster" had me in stitches. 🤣🤣
I don't think I've ever heard or seen someone recoil in horror, scream and almost puke all at the same time. 🤣🤣
I almost felt bad for laughing so much.😂
HELL YES!!!! Pinhead is the best horror movie character ever. Hard to call him a villain because he isn't particularly cruel or evil, he just does his job. The sequel is even better but all the following sequels aren't very good
Also this movie has the best line in horror "WE'LL TEAR YOUR SOUL APART"
Thank you! I’ve been saying this for years. Pinhead isn’t a villain. He doesn’t come unless he’s called. He’s an angel to some, a demon to others. He’s just doing his job.
The one you said you hated the most is named Chatterer, The female cenobite is Female, the fat one is Butterball, and of course Pinhead. The OG 4. The creature that chased her down the hallway in Hell was called the Engineer. None of these are their actual names, just the names fans came to know them as, and those names stuck. For example Pinhead is credited as the Chief Cenobite or as The Hell Priest. You should watch 2-4 next. After that, just don't bother. They progressively get worse and worse. But 2 is really good, and 3 is cheesy as shit, but okay, and the fourth one is 2/3's awesome. 1/3 stupid horse shit. lol
I swear, every horror franchise (at least, the classic ones) gets like 4 solid first movies in (ignore Halloween 3), and then they just go way over the top or get super silly, lol.
I remember liking part 5, mostly because it reminded me of Silent Hill. But yeah, most of the sequels are crap.
*Chatterbox
Honestly I like the middle franchise, even if it totally went weird. But the last two? Total pass. Gross-out horror isn't my thing.
@@Seantendo was 5 Inferno? Because I did actually like that. It just wasn't a Hellraiser movie. It was like a detective story featuring Pinhead occasionally. lol
"Teeth Dude" and "Pinhead" scared me the most, too. In that order.
You can't trust a demon.
Clive Barker also wrote Book(s) of Blood, Candyman, Cabal aka Nightbreed, The Midnight Meat Train, and Lord of Illusions - all made into movies.
Now you’ve been introduced to another horror icon in pop culture: Pinhead (played to perfection by Doug Bradley), though he’s not credited as such in the first movie. He’s just known here as Lead Cenobite.
You’ve also now been introduced to one of greatest minds in the horror genre, and creator if this sizeable series: Clive Barker. He has a fascinating and interesting mind for horror, and part of what drives it are his own paintings. He’s a huge painter and his home is filled practically wall to wall with his paintings.
I am 100% on board with your thoughts on practical effects! CGI is being so overly used now that it’s going against what it was supposed to be used for, to enhance. Now, CGI is so caked on they look like Tammy Faye Bakker 🤣😂🤣😂
Never was a fan of this series of movies, but your reactions to it are priceless. After everything you've watched, you should already know You Can't Trust a Demon.👹
Interesting facts about Hellraiser (1987) Doug Bradley was originally offered a choice of roles between one of the mattress movers and the Lead Cenobite. He nearly turned down the Lead Cenobite role, as he originally thought it was important that, as a new film actor, the audience should see his face. (2) Clare Higgins hates horror movies. When she saw this movie for the first time at the premiere, she had to leave after 10 minutes because it freaked her out so much. She has never seen the whole movie. (3) Because of his eventual skill at application and removal of the Pinhead appliances and costume, Doug Bradley has been credited in some of the Hellraiser films as an assistant makeup artist. (4) During rehearsals, Clive Barker told Doug Bradley, who at the time was more used to working in theatre, to subdue his movements and gestures, in order to give Pinhead an aura of complete control. (5) During production, Doug Bradley had trouble hitting his marks during his takes in makeup as he couldn't see through his black contact lenses and was afraid of tripping over Pinhead's skirts.
Hellraiser is heavily influenced by Clive Barker's experience of Liverpool's gay BDSM scene in the early 80s. In the novel it's fare more ambiguous as to the nature of the Cenobites and the order of the gash, because - surprise, surprise - people are into all kinds of shit behind closed doors.
I have read many Barker stories over the years. When I found out about Clive’s extracurricular activities I thought “Yeah that explains a lot” 😉
I know way too much about the hellraiser franchise for someone who's never actually seen a whole movie of it. I'm way too scared of it but I love the lore of it .
"What kind of Rubik's cube is that?!?!?!" 😂😂😂 I can't
I knew this reaction would not disappoint! I remember seeing movie posters for Hellraiser as a child and being absolutely terrified by it. I didn't watch it until a couple of years ago and was like... wtf is this. I laughed at myself for being scared of this for so long. It's more disturbing than scary, for me. But I knew after I saw it that I'd never choose to sit down and watch it again lol.
We have such sights to show you, Ashleigh
"You know what we need..." monologue got me! 🤣
Seriously though, "this movie made me feel uncomfortable" is exactly what i would use to describe it. Now imagine watching it for the first time, at 2AM, all alone, on a winter evening, covered in blankets.....and being 13 or 14! Man, you gotta watch the 2nd one as well.
Doug Bradley (Pinhead) in an interview described hell as a prison" "the Cenobites are the prison guards, Pinhead is the prison warden, the puzzle box is the key to the prison cell, and the demons are the escaped inmates."
You can't trust a demon.
Except that maybe here you can.
I’ve never really been a fan of Hellraiser but I watched this just to see how you’d respond to it. Your imitation of Teeth made it all worth it.
I haven’t read a lot of discussion and analysis of this movie, but to me it was a metaphor for drug addiction. I think of how people seek greater pleasure, try new destructive things, and drag down their families in their desperation.
There was a remake of this recently and I thought it was quite good. The movie was inspired by Clive Barker and the cenobites certainly take time to get used to, you know you can't trust a demon. Good job on making it through the movie.
While this is a really good movie, actually Hellraiser II is my favorite of all of them.
Chatterer is my favorite Cenobite. And Yay for The Crow. It's so 90's and great.
I heard that. I'm so happy that you're finally getting to see The Crow. I really do hope you love the movie as much as I do. I want you to think of you and Blake when watching. Your love for each other being so strong for each. other
Ah, Hellraiser, a movie that a member of the crew felt should be retitled, "What a Woman Would Do for a Good F***." True story. Clive Barker asked for alternate titles when the studio was iffy on "Hellraiser."
The Hellraisers are so fun. The purists will say the only good ones are 1 and 2. I would add that I love 4 also. It gives detailed history of the puzzle box, but many people hate it.
Fair. I agree that 1 & 2 are good, 3 & 4 not as much, but 4 is better than 3 because it adds more to the lore. I do appeciate all the ones after 4 try to do something original with the story, each in their own way, some better than others. Sadly none of them do it very well (except maybe "Inferno" IMO).
At 16:16-16:19 you can see the gag reflex working OVERTIME. Love your reaction!!
Pinhead has the greatest lines. The entire series is worth watching just for them. haha
You can thank Bob Keene for the practical effects in this movie...the man's a genius! And you can thank the creator, Clive Barker, for the story. Barker's a bit of an odd duck, and has left many people in the position that you're in where you're not quite sure how to receive his movies, stories, etc. I will say that, over the years, I've only met a few people who have loved ALL of the stuff Clive Barker has done. For me, I love Hellraiser, but I had a hard time getting into Nightbreed and Lord of Illusions. Despite my love for Horror stories, I've tried several times to read his Books of Blood series and I've yet to get all the way through them. With all that being said, you really MUST watch Hellraiser II because the story isn't quite over yet. In that film, you'll get to see a bit of backstory on Pinhead and also a little bit more about the puzzle box. Glad you (kind of) enjoyed the film since it is a bit off-putting to most. And yes, practical effects in the 80s were stellar!
FWIW I enjoyed Cabal (the book Nightbreed is based on) far more than the underfunded, studio mishandled film adaptation - even with Clive directing there were just way too few resources to pull it off.