Gary J. Tunnicliffe

Well, I'd worked on Hellraiser 3 in the workshop and then Hellraiser 4.

I worked for Gary Tunnicliffe.

And I went out to LA to work for him for obviously Kevin Yeager was directing it.

So I worked on the Kevin Yeager segment.

I think I was there for nine weeks.

This was 1994.

And I kind of just, you know, flown out by Gary Tunnicliffe when Sean, I need you out here.

Can you help me do Hellraiser? And I was kind of told at the time that everything had been built and I'm just going on set.

just...

We haven't actually mentioned the name Gary J. Tunnicliffe, which is the writer-director.

The

writer-director and one of the stars.

I'd be doing.

The film's special makeup effects designer and second unit director, Gary J. Tunnicliffe.

actually pulled double duty by acting in the movie as well.

He plays the unfortunate news anchorman, Tommy Tunnicliffe, who gets turned into a vampire by a group of undead circus performers.

for sure that

was like this is more like it this is what i want from a horror movie and so when i knew it was obviously based on a story by clive barker um i'm like okay i'm there for that i'm there for that And then I think in terms of the – yeah, so it was kind of like a new decade and we're ready for a change in tone, a shift in gears.

We've done the silly stuff.

We've done the slapstick and the jokes and all that stuff.

it's uncanny.

And unsettling.

It's just that kind of tone for it.

As a horror film, again, and comparing it to something like Hellraiser, it's actually not that gory, though, is it? There's a couple of bits, but on the whole, it's pretty restrained.