Hellraiser

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Hellraiser

New 4K Restoration

In Clive Barker’s gruesome horror classic, a hedonist named Frank (Sean Chapman) purchases a mysterious puzzle box that promises untold pleasures but accidentally unleashes a world of pain when untold powers tear him apart. When Frank’s brother Larry (Andrew Robinson) and wife Julia (Clare Higgins) move into Frank’s old house, they unknowingly resurrect what’s left of Frank, now trapped by beings called Cenobites and subjected to a world of sadomasochism. While Frank schemes with Julia for an escape plan from the Cenobites, Larry’s daughter Kristy (Ashley Laurence) must find a way to survive her uncle’s evil plans.

Restored in 4K in 2023 at Silver Salt Restoration laboratory from the 35mm original camera negative and from a 35mm interpositive sourced for sections removed from the negative.

"Utterly bizarre and entirely ridiculous—and yet effective, an imaginative Guignol festival, like the goriest of soap operas, in which one wrong move opens a portal to hell."
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
"Horror is at its best when it's relentless. Clive Barker knows this, and his debut feature as director is so gleefully vicious, so relentlessly grim that it's going to be very hard for fans of the genre not to like it."
William Thomas, Empire Magazine

This film is part of the After Hours series.



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