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The Hellraiser franchise returns to life with a brand new Hulu Original movie, and it’s set to unleash pain and pleasure exclusively on Hulu on October 7, 2022.
Entertainment Weekly has shared some first-look images from Hulu’s Hellraiser this morning, giving us our first look at “Sense8” actress Jamie Clayton as our brand new Hell Priest!
Director David Bruckner tells EW, “This is not a remake. 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?”
“This is a new story in the Hellraiser universe,” Bruckner adds.
Head over to Entertainment Weekly to see and learn more, and look down below for reveals of both Jamie Clayton’s Pinhead and a brand new Cenobite dubbed “The Masque.”
In the new Hellraiser movie from Hulu, “A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.”
David Bruckner (The Night House), who helmed Netflix’s The Ritual as well as sections of Bloody Disgusting’s horror anthologies V/H/S and Southbound, is directing the relaunch of the Hellraiser franchise for Spyglass Media, set to be a Hulu feature film written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (SiREN, Super Dark Times, The Night House).
Hulu’s Hellraiser has been rated “R” for some very Hellraiser Things, including…
“Strong bloody horror violence and gore, language throughout, some sexual content, and brief graphic nudity.”
The project is being described as a “loyal, yet evolved re-imagining of Clive Barker’s 1987 horror classic,” and the best possible news is that Clive Barker is on board as a producer.
The ensemble cast includes Odessa A’zion (“Fam,” “Grand Army”), Adam Faison (“Everything’s Gonna Be Okay,” “Yes Day”), Drew Starkey (“Outer Banks,” “The Devil All the Time”), Brandon Flynn (“Ratched,” “13 Reasons Why”), Aoife Hinds (“The Long Call,” “Normal People”), Jason Liles (“Stereoscope,” “Rampage”), Yinka Olorunnife (“The Transporter”), Selina Lo (“Boss Level,” “Q8 Unleashed”), Zachary Hing (“Halo”), Kit Clarke (“Leonardo”), with Goran Visnjic (“The Boys,” “Timeless”) and Hiam Abbass (“Succession,” “Blade Runner 2049”).
Vukašin Jovanović as The Masque in Spyglass Media Group’s HELLRAISER, exclusively on Hulu. Photo courtesy of Spyglass Media Group. © 2022 Spyglass Media Group. All Rights Reserved.
Jamie Clayton as Pinhead in Spyglass Media Group’s HELLRAISER, exclusively on Hulu. Photo courtesy of Spyglass Media Group. © 2022 Spyglass Media Group. All Rights Reserved.
Odessa A’zion as Riley in Spyglass Media Group’s HELLRAISER, exclusively on Hulu. Photo courtesy of Spyglass Media Group. © 2022 Spyglass Media Group. All Rights Reserved.
Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.
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Writer/Director Jalmari Helander delivered a delightfully wicked twist to Santa Claus in 2010’s genre-bender Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale . Helander’s latest, Sisu , sees the filmmaker reteaming with some familiar Rare Exports faces for another crowd-pleasing genre-bender, this time an R-rated journey through Lapland near the end of World War II. The period action adventure goes hard on hyper-violence and has a sense of humor to match.
Jorma Tommila ( Rare Exports ) stars as Aatami, a former soldier turned solitary miner living out in the wilderness with his loyal dog and horse. When Aatami uncovers an impressive pile of gold, he loads up his haul and begins a trek to the closest town to trade it for cash. He crosses paths with a Nazi battalion led by the ruthless SS Obersturmführer ( Aksel Hennie ). The Nazis intend to leave Aatami for dead and steal his gold, but they don’t realize until far too late that they’ve just incurred the wrath of a legendary man willing to fight to the death for what’s his.
Helander breaks Aatami’s journey and subsequent war with Nazis into chapters, each one with the aim of topping what came before. It’s a steady and well-paced escalation of tensions and violence, driving the story across the land with multiple impressive set pieces and action sequences. Helander wants to keep topping the madness, rarely offering a reprieve from the raucous mayhem. His orchestrated action and gory antics get your fist-pumping from the first grisly and well-earned Nazi kill, but it’s only a light warm-up for the bone-crunching, explosion-filled grudge match that ensues.
Helander’s inventive ways not only progress the story but retain visual interest in a simple story. Kjell Lagerroos’s cinematography and Lapland’s natural beauty lend so much production value and an epic quality to this massively violent action adventure. Sisu provides ample backgrounds for Aatami to take advantage of in his fight; minefields, lakes, burning villages, mud pits, and so much more. Each set piece showcases another lethal skill in Aatami’s repertoire.
The action prowess on display elevates the barebones narrative and makes it so much fun. Helander’s Nazis are pure evil, drawing ire from their first entrance to ensure maximum glee at their violent and oft-gruesome demises. A truckload of captive women serves to underscore the deplorable antagonists, though never gratuitously, but also to flesh out the legendary status of their newfound enemy.
Aatami is a man of no words; Tommila’s star performance is entirely physical. And what a grueling and impressive physical performance it is. The punishment that Aatami doles out and receives in kind will make you wince and applaud in equal measure. Helander’s protagonist veers more into antihero territory than a hero. However, he’s one with a sturdy moral code that makes him such an enigmatic and root-worthy character to take viewers on such a wild ride.
Sisu feels like a gritty actioner of yesteryear but with a modern sense of style. Helander manages to keep progressing this bloody battle in surprising ways. When you think you’ve reached a showstopper action sequence or gory kill, expect another to come along to top it. It’s that style and imaginative visual storytelling that keeps Sisu so thrilling. It’s also in the playful tone; Helander’s having a blast dispatching evil men in fitting and over-the-top ways. Even if you think you know who will be left standing by the end, thanks to the clear division between good and evil, there’s no predicting how it’ll all unfold. It’s a wild ride that begs to be seen with an energized crowd.
Sisu made its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Fest.
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