While Dimension struggles to get their HELLRAISER remake going, they’re hard at work on HELLRAISER: REVELATIONS, which thanks to an interview with writer/make-up artist Gary Tunnicliffe over at Shock Till You Drop, we learn was originally pitched as a remake idea. Obviously, the studio didn’t go for it, but I guess they dug it enough to move forward with this HELLRAISER sequel.
Here’s a sample of what Tunnicliffe had to say: “This is very much a “stand alone” tale, however, unlike a lot of the previous Hellraiser sequels this was written purely as a Hellraiser movie, this wasn’t another screenplay that was shoe-horned into a Hellraiser movie by adding a couple of scenes with Pinhead. The story was actually originally conceived as a potential “remake” idea, I pitched it after a dream I had. It’s a much smaller story, more akin to the first movie, more intimate, more about “desire” and playing more with the idea that maybe it’s humans who are the real monsters and not the cenobites. The only connections to the first movie really are Pinhead, the Box, the Vagrant and the mythology surrounding them.”
Well, he certainly talks a good game. Let’s wait and see if he can walk the walk as well.
As far as the plot is concerned, Tunnicliffe gave up some juicy details: “…the story centers around a dinner party held by one of the families of two late teenage boys who ran away and went missing in Mexico. Strange video footage and items were found at their last known location, but nothing has been heard from them for over a year. The dinner party is filled with tension and strange revelations. But the evening takes an even more bizarre turn when one of the boys – beaten, bloodied, exhausted and terrified – turns up. Relief and joy are mixed with a myriad of questions and concerns and soon a mass of secrets, hidden agendas and evil truths take us on a journey into the bizarre and terrifying world of Pinhead and the Cenobites.”
For the entire interview, head on over to STYD.
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