--- title: 'Hellraiser (1987)' type: 'film' director: 'Clive Barker' released: '1987-09-10' runtime_minutes: 88 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Horror' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hellraiser-1987' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093177/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Hellraiser (1987) 1987 · R · 88 min · Horror · United Kingdom, United States ## Synopsis Hellraiser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker in his directorial debut. Based on Barker's 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart, the film's plot concerns a mystical puzzle box that summons the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between pain and pleasure. It stars Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, and Doug Bradley as the leader of the Cenobites. ## Credits - **Director:** [Clive Barker](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-barker) - **Screenplay:** [Clive Barker](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-barker) - **Original Music Composer:** [Christopher Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-young) - **Producer:** [Christopher Figg](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-figg) - **Director of Photography:** [Robin Vidgeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-vidgeon) - **Editor:** [Richard Marden](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-marden) ## Cast - [Clare Higgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/clare-higgins) - [Oliver Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-parker) - [Sean Chapman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-chapman) - [Nicholas Vince](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-vince) as Chatterer - [Simon Bamford](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-bamford) as Butterball Cenobite - [Oliver Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-smith) - [Grace Kirby](https://cinepixo.com/people/grace-kirby) as Female Cenobite - [Doug Bradley](https://cinepixo.com/people/doug-bradley) as Pinhead - [Ashley Laurence](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashley-laurence) as Kirsty Cotton - [Andrew Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-robinson) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hellraiser-1987 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1162728); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.