Hellraiser: Hellseeker

"Evil. Deadly. Immortal."

2002 1h 29m EN

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Synopsis

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After a car crash, a shady stockbroker suffers from amnesia. This leaves him in a hazy limbo of sex and murder. But, as in a predestined journey, he takes the bait and follows the marked-out clues all the way to Pinhead.

“Evil. Deadly. Immortal.”

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Cast

Dean Winters
Trevor Gooden
Ashley Laurence
Kirsty Cotton
Rachel Hayward
Dr. Allison Dormere
Sarah-Jane Redmond
Gwen Stevens
Doug Bradley
Pinhead / Merchant
William S. Taylor
Det. Mike Lange
Ken Camroux-Taylor
Dr. Ambrose
Trevor White
Bret

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rick Bota
Writers: Carl V. Dupré, Tim Day
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Canada

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Canada.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Hellraiser Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rick Bota, shot by John Drake. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stephen Edwards. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Anthony Adler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rick Bota directs. John Drake behind the camera. Stephen Edwards scores. Anthony Adler cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America, Canada. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 24 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Canada.
5Part of the "Hellraiser Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Rick Bota, shot by John Drake. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Stephen Edwards. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Anthony Adler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Dean Winters and Ashley Laurence and Rachel Hayward carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Evil. Deadly. Immortal.".
11IMDB entry: tt0274546 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 9 themes, including "amnesia", "based on novel or book", "supernatural", "hallucination".

The technical file

Cinematography: John Drake
Original score: Stephen Edwards
Editing: Anthony Adler
Production design: Troy Hansen
Costume design: Brad Gough
Makeup / hair: Gary J. Tunnicliffe
VFX supervisor: Jamison Scott Goei
Runtime: 89 min · 1h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)

Part of

Hellraiser Collection

Hellraiser is a British horror film franchise is based on the novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. The films continually features the Cenobite Pinhead. The series’ storyline focuses on a puzzle box that opens a gateway to the Hell-like realm of the Cenobites, an order of formerly human monsters who harvest human souls to torture in sadomasochistic experiments.