Christopher Figg

It did have that kind of stopwatch animation effect, didn't it? And apparently,

according to the Mental Floss Hellraiser Facts Breakdown, the British Board of Film Classification, the BBFC, required producer Christopher Figg to bring three remote-controlled rats into the censor's office and wiggle them on the floor to prove that no real rats were harmed during filming.

It's an interesting fact.

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they're not like play it in reverse or something

everyday materials the effects team used common household items and cheap supplies instead of expensive tech lube and condoms provided wet slimy camera looks while metal cellulose a common food thickener created gooey birthing strands colored threads were used to mimic blood vessels yeah and apparently to film flank frank's flesh reforming on the attic floor the team used multi-stage melting wax models we filmed the models melting down and then played the footage in reverse

again another commentatic sometimes in these kind of movies playing something backwards Now, one thing I've seen when we talk about the budget here, it says that Barker, obviously, being upset with his previous adaptations of his work, asked Christopher Figg, the producer, how small a budget he would have to do for someone willing to hire him, given that he's the director here, but he admits he was very inexperienced.

He said, I'm a first-time director, even though I've created, I am a first-time director.

spoilers that

came out months ago the success of the first movie led to a sequel hellbound hellraiser 2 which was released in 1988 barker did not direct the sequel tony randall directed the film while peter atkins wrote the screenplay christopher figg returned as producer and ashley lawrence claire higgins and doug bradley returned in their respective roles

I don't know if this is true or not, or if I completely made it up, but I'm going to speak as if it's fact.

So I remember reading that Clive Barker originally was going to direct the sequel.

But he still needed investment to be able to make his own film adaptation of The Hellbound Heart.

He got involved with producer Christopher Figg, who shopped the project around, with Virgin Films taking an interest in working with Clive Barker, but not in the content.

Luckily, the name Clive Barker was enough to command a budget of just under $1 million with a post Roger Corman New World Pictures.

Many elements from the book were either toned down or altered, including diluting much of the sexual aspect and Kirsty becoming Larry's, or Rory in the books, daughter as opposed to a close friend.

The production of Hellraiser, which was supposed to take seven weeks to complete towards the end of 1986, was extended by New World to nine to 10 weeks.

The initial working title for the movie was Sadomasochists From Beyond the Grave.

Barker wanted to keep Hellbound in the name, but producer Christopher Figg thought it was too negative a connotation.

He suggested Hellraiser as in more something from hell coming for you than you being sent to hell.