The New ‘Hellraiser’ Movie Is Not a Remake

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Hellraiser,” don’t assume the latest entry in the long-running horror franchise is a remake of Clive Barker’s 1987 original.In fact, director David Bruckner bluntly shut down that train of thought when he discussed his upcoming film in an interview with EW: “This is not a remake,” explained the filmmaker. “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?”“Hellraiser” follows a recent trend of horror reboots that take the original film’s title, including “Halloween,” “Candyman” and “Scream.” Like those films, it’s not a remake, but a new entry in the ongoing franchise.

However, it remains to be seen how the new film will fit within the world fans know considering that, after following cenobites through hell portals and back again across 10 films, the “Hellraiser” franchise encompasses a vast and wild mythology.“This is a new story in the Hellraiser universe,” said Bruckner, explaining the film as “the tale of a young woman, who’s struggling with addiction and compulsive behavior, that comes in contact accidentally with the box and unfortunately begins to dabble with it.” Naturally, “chaos ensues.”EW also debuted first-look images from the film and from the looks of things, that chaos will exist at the signature junction of grotesquery and elegance that defines “Hellraiser” and its sadomasochistic demon-esque monsters, the cenobites.

Among them is the iconic horror character Pinhead, reimagined here by “Sense8” star Jamie Clayton, who is a trans actress, after being played by Doug Bradley in eight films (and a handful of other actors in recent sequels).“We knew we wanted Pinhead to be a.