Hellbound: Hellraiser II [1988]

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1988
Running Times: 97 mins     98 mins     99 mins
Format: Technicolor     35mm
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: New World Pictures in association with Cinemarque Entertainment [USA] Ltd / A Film Futures Production / Troopstar Ltd
Executive Producers: Christopher Webster, Clive Barker
Producer: Christopher Figg
Associate Producer: David Barron
Production Coordinator: Gillian Bates

SCRIPT
Script: Peter Atkins
Story: Clive Barker

DIRECTION
Director: Tony Randel
2nd Unit Director: Christopher Figg
1st Assistant Director: Andy Armstrong
2nd Assistant Director: Kieron Phipps
3rd Assistant Director: Peter Freeman

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Robin Vidgeon
2nd Unit Director Of Photography: Wally Byatt
Camera Operator: David Worley
Clapper Loader: Clive Mackey
2nd Unit Clapper Loader: Bob Bridges
Focus Puller: Danny Shelmerdine
2nd Unit Focus Puller: Keith Blake
Gaffer: Steve Foster
Best Boy: Steve Kitchen
Electricians: Andy Curling, Ray Wardley, Jack Collins, Peter Wing
Camera Grip: Gary Hutchings
Unit Still Photographer: Murray Close
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision
Lighting: Samuelson, London
Film Stock: Fujicolor Negative
Colour: Technicolor
Work Prints: Film & Photo Design Ltd

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Richard Marden
1st Assistant Editor: Roy Birchley
2nd Assistant Editor: Tracey Sheffield

MUSIC
Music / Orchestrator: Christopher Young
Music Performed By: The Symphony Orchestra Graunke
Choir: Kammerchor "Pro Musica Seria" Munich
Conductor: Allan Wilson
Music Recordist / Mixer: Eric Tomlinson
Music Coordinator: Paul Talkington
Music Recorded At: The Bavaria Music Studios Munich

SOUND
Sound Mixer: John Midgley
Boom Operator: Clive Osborne
Re-Recording Mixers: Otto Snel, Kevin Tayler, Mike Carter
Dubbing Editor: Tony Message
Assistant Dubbing Editor: Joe Gilmore
Sound Effects Editor: John Ireland
Assistant Sound Effects Editor: Simon Manley

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Chief Make Up: Aileen Seaton
Chief Hair: Heather Jones
Cenobite Costume Designer: Jane Wildgoose
Cenobite Costumes: Ro Sylvester-Fisher, Johnny Britton, Jeff Strong
Wardrobe Supervisor: Daryl Bristow
Wardrobe Consultant: Clare Hastings
Wardrobe Assistants: Brian Cox, Jane Howells

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Image Animation
Special Make Up Effects Designer: Geoff Portass
Special Make Up Technicians: Little John, Simon Sayce, Cliff Wallace, William Petty, Stuart Conran, Beverley Pond-Jones, Mark Coulier, Arlind Junkerman, Roger Walker, Steve Hardy
Special Make Up Effects Crew: Allan Burne, Neill Gorton, Alan Hedgcock, Paul "Squiffy" Jones, Alan Lovatt, Alistair McPherson, Mike Moustafi, Steven Painter, Mark Roberts, Gary Ryan, Warwick Sayce
Special Make Up Effects Engineers: Paul Knowles, Steve Cullane, David Keen
Special Make Up Effects Consultant: Bob Keen

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Graham Longhurst
Animation Sequence: Rory Fellowes, Karl Watkins
Flying Effects Supervisor: Robert Harman

VISUAL EFFECTS
Travelling Matte Supervisor: Dennis Bartlett
Matte Camera Operator: Neil Culley
Optical Effects Supervisor: Cliff Culley
Additional Opticals: Optical Film Effects
Titles: Westbury Design & Optical Ltd

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Mike Buchanan
Assistant Designer: Lia Cramer
Art Director: Andrew Harris
Production Buyer: Anna Pinnock
Property Master: Ron Allett
Chargehand Dressing Prop: John Allett
Dressing Propman: David Balfour
Chargehand Standby Prop: Graeme Purdy
Standby Prop: Steve Payne
Props Transport: Ray Ellis
Construction Manager: Steve Ede
Supervising Carpenter: Ken Evans
Carpenters: Ian Green, William Chamberlain, Nigel Crafts, Bernard Collins, Peter Collins, Alex McLune, Nick Lloyd
Stand-By Carpenter: Malcolm Miller Jr
Supervising Painter: Colin Lovering
Painters: Ronald Kent, Michael Gunner
Stand-By Painter: David Mears
Chargehand Rigger: Ian Hills
Rigger: Steve Davis
Standby Rigger: Pat Kileen
Stagehands: Derek Ede, John Keenan
Standby Stagehand: James Muir
Storyboard Artist: Floyd Jones Hughes
Art Department Trainee: Angus Cameron

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Libbie Barr
Production Accountant: John Sargent
Assistant Accountants: Jo Pond, Marija Sargent
Financial Services: Richard Butler, Director Arbuthnot Latham Bank Ltd
Producer's Assistants: Domenica Fraser, Louise Rosner
Administrators: Roy Puddefoot, Karen Winnery, Lesley Maley
Unit Publicist: Steve Jones
Additional Publicists: Dennis Davidson Associates
Unit Drivers: John Collins, Maurice Newsome
Unit Nurse: Caroline Quilter
Jobfit Trainees: J.J. Odedra, Alison Riva, Gilmore Smith
Production Runner: Gavin Kingcome
Computer Services: Sargent Disc [London]
Mayer's Cube: Pentangle the Puzzle People

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
With Special Thanks To: Schilling and Lom; J.C. Clarke; M.J.G. Chesterman of Arbuthnot Leasing International Ltd; Anne Atkins Young; The Symphony Orchestra Graunke

LOCATIONS
Studio: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

STUNTS
Stunts: Bronco McLoughlin

CASTING
Casting Director: Doreen Jones
Assistant To Casting Director: Amanda Fisher

CAST
Clare Higgins [Julia Cotton]
Ashley Laurence [Kirsty Cotton]
Kenneth Cranham [Dr Channard]
Imogen Boorman [Tiffany]
Sean Chapman [Frank Cotton]
William Hope [Kyle MacRae]
Doug Bradley [Pinhead / Captain Elliot Spencer]
Barbie Wilde [female Cenobite]
Simon Bamford [Butterball Cenobite]
Nicholas Vince [Chatterer Cenobite]
Oliver Smith [Browning]
Angus McInnes [Ronson]
Deborah Joel ['Skinless' Julia]
James Tillitt [Officer Cortez]
Bradley Lavelle [Officer Kucich]
Edwin Craig [wheelchair patient]
Ron Travis [workman 1]
Oliver Parker [workman 2]
Catherine Chevalier [Tiffany's mother]

Following her encounter with the cenobites, Kirsty Cotton is committed to a psychiatric hospital under the care of psychiatrist Dr Channard. But Channard has his own agenda and is looking for a dorway to Hell and when he obtains the bloodstained mattress where Julia died, he's able to revive her. Julia leads Channard into Hell and Kirsty follows, hoping to free her father's tortured soul...

A disappointing sequel to the original Hellraiser [1987]. The story is confused and ultimately goes nowhere and the direction lacks the subtlety of Barker's original work. The impressive set design and make up effects prevent it from being completely unwatchable, but they're not really enough to elevate the film to the rarified levels of excellence achieved by its predecessor.

Australia
Video Distributor: Roadshow Home Video

Netherlands
Video Distributor: Cosmos Home Entertainment

UK
Video Distributor: RCA Columbia

USA
Theatrical Distributor: New World Pictures
Video Distributors: Starmaker Entertainment / R&G Video; New World Video; Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: R

Finland
Rating: K-18

France
Rating: -12

Iceland
Rating: video banned

Netherlands
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18
Cinema and video prints are cut and the poster design had to be altered

USA
Rating: R; unrated [uncut version]

West Germany
Rating: 18

1989
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Saturn Award: Best Music [Christopher Young] - winner
Saturn Award: Best Horror Film - nominated
Best Supporting Actress [Clare Higgins] - nominated

Fantasporto
International Fantasy Film Award: Best Film [Tony Randel] - nominated

1988
December
23: USA - theatrical release

1989
February
Day Unknown: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival

June
16: UK - theatrical release

July
5: France - theatrical release

Hellraiser II
Hell Bound - Hellraiser II, prigionieri dell'inferno - Italian title
Wyslannik piekiel 2 - Polish title

SEQUEL TO
Hellraiser [1987]

SEQUELS
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth [1992]
Hellraiser: Bloodline [1996]
Hellraiser: Inferno [2000]
Hellraiser: Hellseeker [2002]

MAGAZINES

Is It Uncut? 3 pp.4-5 [UK]
illustrated review

Samhain no.8 pp.24-26 [UK]
review

Scapegoat no.1 p.12 [UK]
note

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.169
credits, review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

demons, hell, reincarnation, puzzles, sequels, cenobites

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007