Hellraiser Trilogy [Blu-ray]

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Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser - archival interview with the iconic actor about his first appearance as ‘Pinhead’

Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser - in this video interview, actor Doug Bradley discusses his relationship with director Clive Barker and contribution to Hellraiser. In English, not subtitled. (13 min). Newly uncovered workprint version of Hellraiser: Bloodline, with alternate music score and deleted scenes (standard-definition only) Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser (1080p; 1:29:17) is just part one of a really exceptional documentary that will be aThe Beauty of Suffering - brand new featurette exploring the Cenobites' connection to goth, fetish cultures and Bdsm That Rat-Slice Sound, a brand new appreciation of composer Christopher Young’s scores for Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II by film critic and author Guy Adams

Lost in the Labyrinth - archival featurette featuring interviews with Barker, Randel, Keen, Atkins and others A histrionic, hyperbolic quote it may be…but when it comes from the lips of one Stephen King (himself referencing it from a quote about, ironically, The Boss…Bruce Springsteen), it really shouldn’t be so easily dismissed as mere marketing fluff. Clive Barker completed Hellraiser in 1987 with a relatively small budget. It was his first feature film and the only one in the Hellraiser trilogy which he directed. In addition to the two sequels there are a few direct-to-video Hellraiser films, but they essentially borrow a few of the original characters and veer off in completely different directions. as -- if not more so -- disturbing, sinister, and terrifying. He combines the grace of Dracula with the frightening and Newly uncovered workprint version of the film, providing a fascinating insight into how it changed during post productionNote: Hellraiser currently appears only in Arrow Video's Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box. An individual Blu-ray release will be available in 2016. Hellraiser: Resurrection vintage featurette including interviews with Clive Barker, actors Doug Bradley and Ashley Laurence, special make-up effects artist Bob Keen and others The biggest difference right off the bat between the two competing editions of Hellraiser is Image's ditching of Anchor Bay's Dolby TrueHD 5.1 First things first – the Leviathan documentary on the first two films that was included in the previous Scarlet Box and Trilogy set is NOT included here. Neither are the 30 min making of Hellraiser III and short films on the bonus disc of the set. However everything else is. And some… Rather than rehash the plot dynamics of the first Hellraiser film, I'll refer those interested to my colleague Martin Liebman's summary in his

another 4K UHD release where some already obvious and at times pretty wide variances in densities, clarity and grain resolution are only exacerbated and restored in 4K resolution at Silver Salt Restoration, London. Sections of a 35mm interpositive were also sourced for sections that had been Workprint version of the film, providing a fascinating insight into how it changed during post production – NEW (82 mins, plus 6 mins of additional footage) to slightly mask detail levels at times (see screenshots 13, 14 and 15). The palette looks great, with all important reds resonating especiallythe more "normal" palette sequences fairly burst at time, especially with regard to primaries, including the all important reds. That said, some of the the film remains a popular and perhaps even quintessential film because of its relentless, grotesque, And Arrow have delivered top notch restorations and a wealth of new and interesting supplementals to help ease the pain for those double and even triple dipping on these films. It’s a handsome set both on-disc and off and should make fans very happy indeed. And into this morass of stagnating blood and guts came Barker’s bizarre creation, itself a Frankenstein of unlimited imagination and horribly suffocating production restrictions, a film that at once showcased a first-time film maker and an author (the film is based on one of his novellas, The Hellbound Heart) whose worlds far exceeded anything in horror or dark fantasy before and arguably since. Far more than the sum of its parts, it opened up a landscape of twisted sexual fantasy intertwined with equally perverse physical torture; it parlayed a prosthetic-driven creature feature into the midst of a very suburban melodrama; and it delivered a sense of the dreamily uncanny, of the off-kilter shot through impossible environments (is it set in the UK? The US? Even our world? Who knows?) and nightmare logic with no discernible rhyme nor reason…

There’s no doubt that the Hellraiser franchise has been diluted somewhat by a sea of inferior sequels and the loss of just about everyone associated with its beginnings in the intervening years. However, there is something that can’t help but resonate with the public’s consciousness about the film’s antagonists and what they stand for – at once terrifyingly evil and wholly unknowable, yet rooted in what it means to be human, their being angels to some and devils to others is a notion we seem unable to shake. And certainly the best of the films are gathered here in this collection, now including one of the most interesting if not quite best of the sequels. An almost naked man, Frank sits cross legged holding a puzzle box. It is a dark room and he sits in a square of candles. Based on his own novella The Hellbound Heart, Barker's Hellraiser sees Larry (Andrew Robinson) and his wife Julia (Clare Higgins) move into their new home, unaware that something evil lurks beneath the floorboards of the dilapidated house - something that wants human blood... nevertheless proves to be the superior version. It's perhaps a hair crisper than the Image release. Fine detail is comparable, with a slight edge again In the 1980s, Clive Barker changed the face of horror fiction, throwing out the rules to expose new vistas of terror and beauty, expanding the horizons for every genre writer who followed him. With Hellraiser, his first feature film as director, he did the same for cinema.

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Hell Was What They Wanted! - appreciation of Hellbound, the Hellraiser mythos and the work of Clive Barker by horror authors George Daniel Lea (Born in Blood) and Kit Power (The Finite) – NEW (85 mins) Brand new and exclusive 4K restorations of Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth and Hellraiser: Bloodline by Arrow Films from the original camera negatives Hellraiser is presented in 4K UHD courtesy of Arrow Video with an HVEC / H. 265 encoded 2160p transfer in 1.85:1. Arrow provides the same Archival audio commentary with writer/director Clive Barker and actor Ashley Laurence, moderated by Peter Atkins sharing his thoughts on the famed Horror icon, Pinhead, and the film itself. Concluding this set of