The primary teaser for the “Hellraiser” reboot is right here. The brand new film will debut this October, simply in time for Halloween. The teaser options an ominous shot of the sequence’s iconic villain, recognized most famously as Pinhead however truly referred to as the Excessive Priest — or, on this case, Excessive Priestess.
The film is a reimagining of the unique 1987 horror basic of the identical identify. It was directed by Clive Barker, who wrote the script and primarily based it on his personal novella. “Hellraiser” in the end had 9 sequels. Within the new film, a younger lady who struggles with habit finds an historical puzzle field. What she does not know is that the field summons sadistic beings from one other world.
Again in July, one of many new film’s stars, Brandon Flynn, informed POPSUGAR that the reboot takes the queer subtext of the unique “Hellraiser” story and makes it express. “‘Hellraiser”s primarily based on a narrative that is known as a large metaphor for Clive Barker as a closeted man experiencing BDSM tradition,” Flynn defined. “We bought to be the primary, in 11 [Hellraiser] motion pictures, we’re the primary film to have homosexual characters. The excessive priestess, also called Pinhead, is performed by Jamie Clayton, this lovely trans actress. It simply looks like a prophecy fulfilled, and I am actually excited for the world to see that one.”
Learn on for every thing we all know concerning the new “Hellraiser,” together with the solid, trailer, and launch date.
