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Doctor Strangedirector Scott Derrickson seems like he might be teasing making a return to theHellraiserhorror franchise for a young moving picture . ground on the Clive Barker novellaThe Hellbound Heart , Barker himself directed 1987 ’s first film in what would become theHellraiserfranchise , and remained involved creatively with 1988 ’s direct sequelHellbound : Hellraiser II.After that , the series essentially left Barker ’s oeuvre behind and start its own thing , albeit at least mostly while prove to maintain the feel of theHellraiseruniverse .
1992’sHellraiser III : Hell on Earthturned Cenobite leader Pinhead into a Freddy Krueger - esque quipping slasher villain , while 1996’sHellraiser : Bloodlinesent the priest of Hell into out space . After that movie flopped at the box office , Hellraiserwas ostracise to the domain of direct to video for every continuation since . Horror icon Doug Bradley would continue playing Pinhead through the eighth film , 2005’sHellraiser : Hellworld . The Weinstein Company would pump out quickie sequelsHellraiser : Revelationsin 2011andHellraiser : Judgment2018 as well , to retain the rights to the franchise . Judgmentgot decent enough reviews from rooter , whileRevelationswas wide see as an unmitigated disaster .
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One reason such measures were resorted to is that a theatricalHellraiserremake , reboot , or belated subsequence has been hold fast in Hollywood ’s own hellish exploitation netherworld for over a decade . Barker himself was even attached to publish the hand at one point , before things fell through . Outside of Jason Blum recently teasing aBlumhouse Resurrection of Christ of the dealership , there has n’t been a peep about the future ofHellraiser . Now , curiously , Derricksonhas taken to Twitter to divvy up a humourous , albeit darkly so , meme feature Hellraiser ’s infamous Lament Configuration box . Is this hinting at Derrickson directing a newHellraiserfilm , or just just him consume fun ? The filmmaker is n’t say , despite some fans respond to his tweet with that very question .
What makes one admiration more than anything is that Derrickson is n’t a stranger to theHellraiserfranchise . Early in his career , Derrickson directed 2000’sHellraiser : Inferno , the first and what most fans consider ripe of the lineal to television films . Derrickson would also point several more horror films before graduating to the big budget arena with the MCU’sDoctor Strange . If he wanted to regress toHellraiser , one assumes studios would be lancinate to have him give it a shot , especially if that studio was in fact Blumhouse , which worked with Derrickson on theSinisterseries .
That all said , we ’re plain just conjecture for now , that is until if and when Derrickson himself clarifies whether or not the image he shared had any deeper signification than earn a joke from his follower . Still , the thought of Derrickson arrive another snapshot at point aHellraisermovie is certain to delight many diehard horror rooter . Barker ’s once - mighty demonic worldly concern merit better than residing in direct to TV purgatory .
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