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Hellraiser AKA Clive Barker's Hellraiser (1987)
Pinhead in the original Clive Barker terror.Director: Clive Barker
OVERALL: R2-
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:This version is currently OOP.
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary with writer/director Clive Barker, star Ashley Laurence, and writer Pete Atkins
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Extras:"Hellraiser: Resurrection" featurette
Theatrical Trailer
Stills Gallery
THX Certified
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also includes a 1.33:1 version of the film on this disc.
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Extras:DISC ONE: Hellraiser
Audio Commentary with writer/director Clive Barker, star Ashley Laurence, and writer Pete Atkins
"Hellraiser: Resurrection" featurette
Theatrical Trailer
Stills Gallery
THX Certified
THX-Optimode
DISC TWO: Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Audio Commentary with director Tony Randel, star Ashley Laurence, and writer Pete Atkins
"Hellraiser II: Lost in the Labyrinth" featurette
Theatrical Trailer
Stills Gallery
THX Certified
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Subtitles:English and English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Limited Edition set includes both films plus a 48 page colour booklet and a reproduction theatrical poster for both films.
Packaged in a special numbered tin set collector's box. Also includes 4:3 version of both films on these discs, both are which are presented open-matte. Thanks to Rewind user Ben Nunn who informed us that the Limited Edition releases are now available seperately. -
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Part of the Midnight Madness series.
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary with writer/director Clive Barker and star Ashley Laurence; moderated by screenwriter Peter Atkins
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Extras:"Mr. Cotton, I Presume?" featurette
"Actress From Hell" featurette
"Hellcomposer" featurette
"Hellraiser: Resurrection" featurette
"Under The Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser" featurette
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spots
Storyboard Gallery
Posters & Advertising Gallery
Still Gallery
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes in a slip-case.
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Easter eggs:From the Main Menu, go into the Special Features. Now press Up from Featurettes to reveal Pinhead's head. Select it to see a promotional trailer from the original Hellraiser VHS that shows all kinds of Hellraiser merchandise.
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary with writer/director Clive Barker, star Ashley Laurence, and writer Pete Atkins
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Extras:"Hellraiser: Resurrection" featurette (24:24)
Theatrical Trailer (1:29)
Stills Gallery
THX Certified
THX-Optimode -
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:English closed-captioning available.
Also includes a 1.33:1 full screen version of the film on the disc. -
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Extras:"The Art of Horror" featurette
Biographies & Filmographies
Theatrical Trailer
Photo Gallery
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Subtitles:French (Forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:French subtitles are forced when viewing the film with the English soundtrack.
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Extras:Interview with writer/director Clive Barker
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Subtitles:Dutch
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Theatrical Trailer
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Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"The Art of Horror" featurette
Biographies & Filmographies
Theatrical Trailer
Photo Gallery -
Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary with writer/director Clive Barker
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Extras:"Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser" featurette (12:32)
"Hellraiser: Resurrection" featurette (24:26)
On-Set Interview with Clive Barker (5:55)
Storyboards
Behind the Scenes Stills (64 Images)
Make-Up and SFX Photos (48 Images)
Promotional Material:
- B&W [6 Images]
- French Stills (8 Images)
- German Stills (8 Images)
- Japan Poster Art (2 Images)
- UK Stills (8 Images)
DVD-ROM: Scripts (as .pdf files):
- Script #1 (116 Pages)
- Script #2 (97 Pages)
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Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available in the "Collector's Edition" box set with Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth, and a bonus disc.
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Extras:Interviews with writer/director Clive Barker, SFX supervisor Bob Keen, and cast members Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins and Ashley Laurence (6 mins)
"The Art of Horror" featurette
4 Theatrical Trailers
Photo Library
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:This release is currently OOP and has been replaced with the re-released version which includes a 16:9 transfer.
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Extras:Interviews with writer/director Clive Barker, SFX supervisor Bob Keen, and cast members Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins and Ashley Laurence (6 mins)
"The Art of Horror" featurette
4 Theatrical Trailers
Photo Library
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:This is a re-released version from VCI which includes both a 16:9 and 4:3 version of the film.
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Extras:DISC ONE: Hellraiser
* The Film (93:22)
Audio Commentary with writer/director Clive Barker
Audio Commentary with writer/director Clive Barker and actress Ashley Laurence
"Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser" featurette (12:32)
"Hellraiser: Resurrection" featurette (24:26)
On-Set Interview with Clive Barker (5:55)
Storyboards
Behind the Scenes Stills (64 Images)
Make-Up and SFX Photos (48 Images)
Promotional Material:
- B&W [6 Images]
- French Stills (8 Images)
- German Stills (8 Images)
- Japan Poster Art (2 Images)
- UK Stills (8 Images)
DVD-ROM: Scripts (as .pdf files):
- Script #1 (116 Pages)
- Script #2 (97 Pages)
Screensaver
DISC TWO: Hellbound: Hellraiser II
* The Film (99:04)
Audio Commentary with writer Pete Atkins and director Tony Randel
Audio Commentary with director Tony Randel, actress Ashley Laurence, and witer Peter Atkins
"Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser II: Hellbound" featurette (10:53)
"Lost In The Labyrinth" featurette (produced by Clive Barker) (16:48)
On-Set Interview with Clive Barker
On-Set Interview with Clive Barker, Tony Randel, Claire Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Imogen Boorman and Kenneth Crantham (4:43)
- Theatrical Trailer #1 (1:10)
- Theatrical Trailer #2 (1:24)
- Theatrical Trailer #3 (1:29)
- Theatrical Trailer #4 (1:50)
TV Spots (2 TV Spots) (1:02)
Poster and Stills Gallery (12 Images)
DVD-ROM: Script (as .pdf file) (97 Pages)
Screensaver
DISC THREE: Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
* The Film (92:33)
Audio Commentary with director Anthony Hickox and actor Doug Bradley
"Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth" featurette (13:46)
Raising Hell On Earth: Interview with Director Anthony Hickox (14:00)
On Set interviews with Clive Barker & Doug Bradley (5:15)
Theatrical Trailer (1:46)
Poster and Stills Gallery (13 Images)
Screensaver
DISC FOUR: Bonus Disc
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (fullscreen presentation; not fully open matte - cropped at top and on left; English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; no subtitles)
Early short film: "Clive Barker's Salomé" (1973) (17:38) (RT including interviews with Clive Barker, Doug Bradley and other key players (26:33)
Early short film: "Clive Barker's The Forbidden" (1978) (38:14) (RT including interviews with Clive Barker, Doug Bradley and other key players) (47:58) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Standard slip case packaging, or a special "lament configuration" open out box.
There have been reported playback issues on the XBox and PS2.
The full screen presentation of Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is not fully open matte, it's cropped at the top and on the left and presented in English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround and contains no subtitles. -
Easter eggs:DISC ONE (Hellraiser) press right on your remote-control till you see a puzzle box lights up on the screen. If you press play on this easter-egg you will see a promotional trailer that shows all kinds of Hellraiser-merchandise.
DISC TWO (Hellraiser II) press right on your remote control till you see a play-available button on the screen, if you play this easter-egg you will see some behind-the-scenes clips. -
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OVERALL: R2
"Collector's Edition box set" by Anchor Bay UK is the winner, for having the best set of extras and a DTS-track.
Note: All of these releases (except R2 releases, that have BBFC-issues) are "R-rated theatrical versions". This is what Clive Barker says on the new audio commentary (thanks to our Rewind member 42ndStreetFreak):
"(On the hammer murder) That was cut by the MPAA and I never put it back, because you know it was stronger and nastier without the other material. There's probably 2 and a half shots gone. I think she hit him an extra time, I know there was a close-up of the hammer head. At one point I had the choice to put it back in again but it was better and it was more violent the way they demanded that I do it."
Note about the R4 release: Many people have asked for a comparison of the R4 Hellraiser as seen on www.ezydvd.com.au, This release is NOT R4, it is the US version, imported by the company DVD Australia. There are no plans at this stage for this film to be release in R4.
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts.
- R0 America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts.
- R0 Limited Edition America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts.
- R1 America- Image Entertainment - No cuts (93 mins NTSC).
- R1 20th Anniversary Edition America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts.
- R1 THX America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No Cuts.
- R2 France- TF1 Vid - No cuts.
- R2 Holland- RCV Home Entertainment - No cuts.
- R2 Collector's Edition Norway- SME - No cuts.
- R2 Sweden- Atlantic - No cuts.
- R2 United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No Cuts (93:22 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- VCI - Yes. Rewind User A.K. owns this disc and confirms that it's the "hammer death scene" (Julia's (Claire Higgins) first victim "please please" as she hits him with a hammer) that is cut from this P&S version.
- R2 United Kingdom- VCI - Yes. According to the BBFC website, the P&S version is uncut at 89:25 and the W/S version runs at 89:18 without cuts (which would suggest a previously cut W/S version was submitted by VCI). However, Rewind User A.K. owns this disc and confirms that it's the "hammer death scene" (Julia's (Claire Higgins) first victim "please please" as she hits him with a hammer) that is cut from this P&S version.
- R2 Collector's Edition Box Set United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No Cuts (93:22 PAL).
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Comparison added by Craig on 19/07/01
Comparison last updated by Anthony_DiPaola on 30/04/16UPDATE LOG:
25 Sept 2011: Fixed a few typos in the Overall.
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