Hellraiser: Bloodline

Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

Timing: 1:26 (86 min)

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Release date

1996-03-08

Country

United States

Production

Dimension Films, Miramax, Trans Atlantic Entertainment

Genre

Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Budget

$4 000 000

Revenue

$9 336 886

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Director

Alan Smithee, Kevin Yagher

Actors

Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Doug Bradley, Charlotte Chatton, Adam Scott, Kim Myers, Mickey Cottrell, Louis Turenne, Courtland Mead, Louis Mustillo
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Scenario

Peter Atkins

Producer

Nancy Rae Stone, Clive Barker, Paul Rich, Casey Bennett

Operator

Gerry Lively

Composer

Daniel Licht

Artist

Audition

Editing

Jim Prior, Rod Dean, Randy Bricker
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• The original director, Kevin Yagher, left the film due to disagreements with the producers, who demanded that Pinhead appear onscreen not at the end of the film, but in the middle, which was detrimental to the original storyline. Joe Chappelle was brought in to complete the work, filming the final scenes.
• Hellraiser 4 was the last installment in the saga to be shown in theaters. All subsequent series were released directly to video.
• Guillermo del Toro was offered the chance to direct the film, but he declined.
• Kevin Yagher's original version of the film contained far more graphic imagery, had a clearer plot, explained everything that happened in the film, and included scenes with cenobites-aristocrats in white powdered wigs, scenes with demonic clowns, and an entire large masquerade ball sequence.
• However, the original version of the film was strongly disliked by the producers. They were most upset that the Nailhead cenobite, a popular recurring character in the series, only appeared at the 40-minute mark. The producers demanded that Nailhead appear earlier—despite the fact that his appearance at the 40-minute mark was originally intended in all script versions.
• The result was a preliminary, shortened, and re-edited version of the film made without the involvement of director Kevin Yagher.
• In order to move on to Pinhead as quickly as possible, the aristocratic cenobites, demonic clowns, and the masquerade ball were ruthlessly cut from the film—despite the fact that promotional photos of the aristocratic cenobites had already appeared on the pages of numerous magazines.
• Kevin Yagher did not accept this version and refused to finish working on the film, resulting in some final scenes remaining unfilmed. These scenes from the original script remained unrealized on screen: new scenes were written instead—including a story about the creation of the puzzle box.
• Screenwriter Rand Ravich was brought in to write the new scenes and finalize the script.
• Kevin Yagher, understandably, did not want his name to appear as the director after all this mess and filed a request with the Directors Guild to remove his name from the credits. This request was granted, and as a result, a pseudonym—Alan Smithee—specifically provided by the Directors Guild for such cases appeared in the film's credits.