Hellraiser: Bloodline

"The past, the present and the future will all meet at the crossroads of hell!"

1996 1h 26m EN

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5.3

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24%

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5.1

IMDB

★5.3TMDB · 636🥫24%Rotten Tomatoes●21Metacritic★5.1IMDB · 26,335

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Synopsis

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Three generations of the same family deal with the consequences of unleashing the forces of hell.

“The past, the present and the future will all meet at the crossroads of hell!”

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Cast

Bruce Ramsay
Phillip L'Merchant / John Merchant / Dr. Paul Merchant
Valentina Vargas
Angelique
Doug Bradley
Pinhead
Charlotte Chatton
Genevieve L'Merchant
Adam Scott
Jacques
Kim Myers
Bobbi Merchant
Mickey Cottrell
Duc de L'Isle
Louis Turenne
Auguste

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alan Smithee
Writers: Peter Atkins, Pete von Sholly
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.

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ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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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 Alan Smithee, shot by Gerry Lively. 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 Daniel Licht. 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 Jim Prior 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

Alan Smithee directs. Gerry Lively behind the camera. Daniel Licht scores. Jim Prior cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.
430 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
5Part of the "Hellraiser Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Alan Smithee, shot by Gerry Lively. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Daniel Licht. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Jim Prior shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Bruce Ramsay and Valentina Vargas and Doug Bradley carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The past, the present and the future will all meet at the crossroads of hell!".
11IMDB entry: tt0116514 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 11 themes, including "artificial intelligence (a.i.)", "based on novel or book", "hell", "engineer".
13Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Gerry Lively
Original score: Daniel Licht
Editing: Jim Prior
Production design: Ivo Cristante
Costume design: Dayna Cussler
Makeup / hair: Anne Hieronymus
Sound: Patrick Cyccone Jr.
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,000,000
Box office: $16,675,000
Return: 417% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes: 24% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 21/100
IMDB rating: 5.1/10 · 26,335 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations total

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.