Hellraiser: Bloodline is a 1996 American science fiction horror film directed by Kevin Yagher and Joe Chappelle [as Alan Smithee] from a screenplay written by Peter Atkins. Also known as Hellraiser IV: Bloodline.
The movie stars Doug Bradley, Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, and Kim Myers.
The soundtrack score was composed by Daniel Licht.
The film had a troubled history, and director Kevin Yagher left the production after backers Miramax demanded new scenes be shot. It was subsequently completed by Joe Chappelle. The new scenes and re-shoots changed several characters’ relationships, gave the film a happy ending, introduced Pinhead earlier, and cut 25 minutes.
Plot:
In 2127, Doctor Paul Merchant, an engineer, seals himself in a room aboard The Minos, a space station that he designed. Merchant manipulates a robot into solving the Lament Configuration, as he is apprehended and agrees to explain his motivations.
Paris, France, 1796. Doctor Merchant’s ancestor, Phillip LeMarchand, a French toymaker, makes the Lament Configuration on commission for libertine aristocrat Duc de L’Isle. Unbeknownst to LeMarchand, L’Isle’s specifications for the box make it a portal to Hell.
In 1996, LeMarchand’s descendant, John Merchant, built a skyscraper in Manhattan that resembles the Lament Configuration. Angelique travels to America. Discovering the Lament Configuration in the building’s foundation, Angelique tricks a security guard into solving it, which summons Pinhead…
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Trailer:
Choice dialogue:
Pinhead: “Pain has a face. Allow me to show it to you, gentleman. I am pain!”
Pinhead: “Do I look like someone who cares what God thinks!?”
Pinhead: “I am so exquisitely empty.”
Cast and characters:
Bruce Ramsay … Phillip/John/Paul
Valentina Vargas … Angelique
Doug Bradley … Pinhead
Charlotte Chatton … Genevieve
Adam Scott … Jacques
Kim Myers … Bobbi
Mickey Cottrell … Duc de L’Isle
Louis Turenne … Auguste
Courtland Mead … Jack
Louis Mustillo … Sharpe
Jody St. Michael … The Beast
Paul Perri … Edwards
Pat Skipper … Carducci
Christine Harnos … Rimmer
Wren T. Brown … Parker (as Wren Brown)
Technical details:
1 hour 25 minutes
Audio: Dolby
Aspect ratio: 1.85: 1
