The new Hellraiser movie coming to Hulu reveals first-look images including Jamie Clayton as Pinhead and a new Cenobite, The Masque.
The images come from EW with a featured article on the flick, and since the images are on the dark side, I lightened up the Pinhead and Cenobite images to get a better look (same with the one above). See below.
Director David Bruckner offers he is a big fan of the original and this new one isn’t a remake.
“This is not a remake,” says Buckner. “I just didn’t think you could ever remake the original Hellraiser. It’s too much its own thing and it would be, I think, perilous territory for filmmakers, because how do you top that? This is a new story in the Hellraiser universe.”
Buckner also says they wanted their Pinhead to be a woman and felt trans actress Jamie Clayton (Sense8) was perfect for the role and also that they didn’t want to copy Doug Bradley’s iconic version of the character (Bradley and Clive Barker approve).
“What Doug Bradley did with the character is so iconic,” says Bruckner. “We didn’t want to do a Doug Bradley impression, we just didn’t think that’s possible to do. There will be suffering, but you’re going to get a sense of what Pinhead’s desires might be in a way that hits a little different.”
Regarding the new Cenobite: “We call him The Masque. The Masque is one of my favorite Cenobites and it’s just a tease of really what’s to come as far as the Cenobites are concerned.”
Clive Barker has also been involved.
“Clive’s been very involved,” says Bruckner. “Clive came on before the shoot, when we were in prep, and was really just a wonderful resource for me. He was really generous with his time, and very welcoming of the idea that this was a new group of artists, and that they were going to run with this and land in different places with it. He was very supportive of that.”
Hellraiser premieres on Hulu on October 7.
The film follows a young woman struggling with addiction who comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
Jamie Clayton as Pinhead:
New Cenobite The Masque:
Hellraiser images:
