Hellraiser: Inferno
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| Directed by | Scott Derrickson |
| Written by | Clive Barker (characters), Paul Harris Boardman, Scott Derrickson |
| Starring | Craig Sheffer, Nicholas Turturro, James Remar, Doug Bradley |
| Music by | Walter Werzowa |
| Cinematography | Nathan Hope |
| Editing by | Kirk M. Morri |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | 2000 |
| Running time | 99 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Hellraiser IV: Bloodline |
| Followed by | Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker |
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Hellraiser: Inferno (also known as Hellraiser V: Inferno) is the fifth installment in the Hellraiser series. It was directed by Scott Derrickson and released on DVD Region 1 on October 10, 2000.
[edit] Plot
Hellraiser: Inferno is a psychological thriller take on the Hellraiser series. The plot concerns an intelligent cop who lets greed and corruption completely destroy his life and all of the people in it.
The movie is a morality tale of sorts, depicting the questionable actions of the police detective main character (i.e., using drugs, having sex with a prostitute even though he is married, gambling, falsifying evidence, stealing, etc.) and their impact upon the other characters in the movie (such as framing his partner to ensure his silence, neglecting his family, etc.).
By the end of the movie, there have been several mysterious murders of the other characters, and the main character has a strange and revealing confrontation with Pinhead, who reveals that all the pain and desperation the cop has lived through in the film, the murders of his friends and visions of demons, is a loop that he is doomed to live over and over again, as this is his punishment in Hell.
[edit] Trivia
Pinhead appears in Inferno more than he did in the original Hellraiser, and his speech in the final Hell sequence is longer than any dialogue in the first two films combined.
The film is unique amongst Hellraiser films in terms of underplaying the traditionally high gore factor. Many scenes are pull away shots where the moment of violence is only suggested, not shown. In fact, the murder of the main character's mother is not shown at all, and merely suggested by horrible screams that gurgle as something awful is done (whose details are left to the viewer's imagination) and a huge amount of blood flowing under a locked door.
[edit] External links
- Hellraiser: Inferno at All Movie Guide
- Hellraiser: The Hellbound Web
- Revelations - The Official Clive Barker Resource Constantly updated news and archive of fascinating comment.
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Films: Hellraiser • Hellbound: Hellraiser II • Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth • Hellraiser: Bloodline • Hellraiser: Inferno • Hellraiser: Hellseeker • Hellraiser: Deader • Hellraiser: Hellworld
Cenobites: Pinhead • Chatterer • Female Cenobite
Related topics: Clive Barker • Doug Bradley • Philip Lemarchand • Lemarchand's box • The Hellbound Heart
