Hellraiser

Hellraiser is a 2012 American Supernatural Slasher horror film written by Damien Shannon & Mark Swift and directed by Pascal Laugier.

The film stars Peter DeLuise, Shirley Manson, Elizabeth Banks, Richard Armitage, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Aaron Johnson, Lucas Till, Dev Patel, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Katie Findlay, Diego Boneta, Brittany Curran and Tom Hardy.

It is a remake of Clive Barker's 1897 film of the same name and the 10th Hellraiser film overall, it is produced by Platinum Dunes and Michael Bay, the film is designed as a reboot of the Hellraiser franchise.

For the remake writers Shannon & Swift had planned originally to knock off the other three cenobites of the original film (Female, Butterball and Chatterer) to make the lead cenobite Pinhead the only threatening killer force of the film apart from the evil uncle Frank Cotton under the guise of brother Larry Cotton.

However in ultimate acquiring a high amount of budget and support following a gruelling long pre-production period Shannon & Swift then planned on re-inventing not just the iconic devil Pinhead but his fellow monsters as well.

The film is the second Hellraiser film to not feature actor Doug Bradley portraying the role of Pinhead as this time the role is fitted by accomplished actor Tom Hardy (who shot the film back to back with Christopher Nolan's third Batman entry The Dark Knight Rises in which he portrays the antagonist Bane.)

The film features a higher budget then any of the other previous Hellraiser films ranking a remarkable budget of $42 Million.