Studio executives meddled with
Hellraiser so bad the director bowed out and left us with an
Alan Smithee movie. That's really all there is to say about that
one, because I've forgotten almost everything from it already due to
it being so “memorable”. Oh right, Pinhead was in outer space on
a space station. Hellraiser!
Fast forward to the year 2000, the dawn
of a new millennium. What better way to celebrate than by releasing
another Hellraiser film? This time the honours went to
relative newcomer Scott Derrickson, who would go on to turn a career
of mostly high quality horror films (including The Exorcism Of
Emily Rose and Sinister) into a HUGE opportunity as he'll
be bringing us Marvel Comics' Doctor Strange in 2016. In
addition to directing Inferno, Derrickson co-wrote it with his
longtime friend Paul Harris Boardman, who has worked with him on
pretty much every movie he's ever done.
Despite getting burnt by being excited
to see the last film, I'll admit to being somewhat excited here
because it's always fun to see the early works of directors before
they got big. Let's cue up some cautious optimism because it's now
time for A Ghoul Versus Hellraiser: Inferno!
