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Hellraiser IV
''Hellraiser: Bloodline'' (also known as ''Hellraiser IV: Bloodline'') is a 1996 American science fiction horror film and the fourth installment in the ''Hellraiser'' series, which serves as both a prequel and a sequel. Directed by Kevin Yagher and Joe Chappelle, the film stars Doug Bradley as Pinhead, reprising his role and now the only remaining original character and cast member. It also features Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Kim Myers and Adam Scott in his first major film role. It was the last ''Hellraiser'' film to be released theatrically and the last to have any major official involvement with series creator Clive Barker until the 2022 reboot. In the 18th century, a celebrated toymaker (Ramsay) is hired to create his greatest work, the Lament Configuration, not knowing that it will allow the summoning of the demonic Cenobites, including Pinhead (Bradley) and Angelique (Vargas). Hundreds of years in the future, the toymaker's descendant (also played by Ramsay), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Yagher
Kevin Yagher (born June 23, 1962) is an American special effects technician, known for Freddy Krueger's makeup and The Crypt Keeper creature. Career His company, Kevin Yagher Productions, has created effects for '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge'', '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'', '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'', ''Face/Off'', ''Enemy of the State'', ''Volcano'', ''Starship Troopers'', ''Conspiracy Theory'', ''Radio Flyer'', '' Mission: Impossible 2'', and ''Honey, I Blew Up the Kid''. Yagher's other credits include ''Tales from the Crypt'', and '' Child's Play'', where he met his wife, Catherine Hicks. He is the designer and executor of the Chucky doll. Yagher frequently collaborated with puppeteer Brock Winkless on his productions. For example, Winkless performed the puppetry for Chucky in '' Child's Play'' and several of its sequels. Yagher and Winkless also worked closely on the visual effects of ''Honey, I Blew Up the Kid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinhead (Hellraiser)
Pinhead (also known as Lead Cenobite or the Hell Priest, among other names and titles) is the main antagonist of the ''Hellraiser'' franchise. The character first appeared as an unnamed figure in the 1986 Clive Barker novella ''The Hellbound Heart''. When Clive Barker adapted the novella into the 1987 film ''Hellraiser'', he referred to the character in early drafts as "the Priest" but the final film gave no name. The production and make-up crew nicknamed the character "Pinhead"—derived from his bald head studded with nails—and fans accepted the sobriquet. The name was then used in press materials, tie-in media, and on-screen in some of the film's sequels, although Barker himself despises the moniker. Pinhead is one of the leaders of the Cenobites, said to be humans who were later transformed into demonic creatures blindly devoted to the practice of experimental sadomasochism. They exist in an extra-dimensional realm that is Hell or one of many versions of Hell that co-ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |