Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1992
Running Times: 93 mins     97 mins (Director's Cut)
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Nostradamus Pictures
Executive Producer: Clive Barker
Producers: Lawrence Mortorff
2nd Unit Producer / Associate Producer: Olive McQueen
Co-Producer: Christopher Figg
Unit Production Manager: Phil Smoot
Los Angeles / New York Unit Production Manager: Paul Martin
Production Supervisor: Greg Spence
Production Coordinator: Dale Williams
2nd Unit Production Coordinator: Dana Middleton
Los Angeles / New York Production Coordinator: Tricia Riordan

SCRIPT
Script: Peter Atkins
Story: Peter Atkins, Tony Randel
Characters: Clive Barker

DIRECTION
Director: Anthony Hickox
2nd Unit Director: Bob Keen
Assistant Directors: Paul Martin, Ty Arnold, Paula M. Hammerel
2nd Unit Assistant Director: Matthew Maiellaro
Los Angeles / New York Assistant Director: Cari Frankson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Gerry Lively
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Russ Brandt
Camera Operator: Richard Clabaugh
Steadicam Operator: Neal Forney

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: Christopher Cibelli
Editor: James D.R. Hickox
Post Production Supervisor: Sherwood Jones

MUSIC
Music: Randy Miller
Additional Music: Christopher Young
Music Performed By: The Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Mosfilm Studios
Songs: Sean Dickson (Divine Thing); Sash K. Konietzko, En Esch (Ooh-La-La); Jim Ellison (What Girls Want); M. Templin, D. Coutts (Go With Me); John Feldman (I Feel Like Steve); J. Christian, M. Baker, G. Giuffria, B. Marlett (Down, Down, Down); David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels (Baby Universal); Tyson Todd Meade, The Chainsaw Kittens (Waltzing With a Jaguar); G. Moore, M. Levine, Mladen (Troublemaker); Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy Kilmister, Zack Wylde (Hellraiser)
Songs Performed By: Soup Dragons (Divine Thing); KMFDM (Ooh-La-La); Armoured Saints (Hanging Judge); Material Issue (What Girls Want); Ten Inch Men (Go With Me); Electric Love Hogs (I Feel Like Steve); House of Lords (Down, Down, Down); Tin Machine (Baby Universal); The Chainsaw Kittens (Waltzing With a Jaguar); Triumph (Troublemaker); Motorhead (Hellraiser)
Orchestrators: Randy Miller, Peter Tomashek, John Kull
Music Coordinator / Supervisor: Carol Sue Baker
Music Editors: Doug Lackey, Carl Swartz

SOUND
Digital Sound Designer: Tim Gedemer
Creative Sound Designers: Jonathan Miller, Stephen Earnhart, Kate Hopkins
Sound Recordist: Austin McKinney
Los Angeles / New York Sound Recordist: Kim Ornitz
Special Sound Effects: John A. Larsen, John Joseph Thomas

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up / Hair: Rudy Sotomayor
Los Angeles / New York Nake Up / Hair: David Allen Koneff
Costume Designer: Leonard Pollack
Wardrobe: Claire Porter
Los Angeles / New York Wardrobe: Hilary Momberger

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Coordinator: Paul Jones
Supervisor: Steve Painter, Mark Coulier, Dave Keen
Los Angeles / New York Coordinator: Bob keen
Physical Effects: Kevin McCarthy, John Wells

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Bob Keen
Special Effects: Nik Galitzine, Eric Good, Joseph Schultz
Mechanical Special Effects Coordinator: Ray Bivins
Mechanical Special Effects: Bob Canipe Jr, Larry Bivins, Joe Goins, Dave Whisnant, Joel Bowman, Keith Montero

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Visual Effects: Cinema Research Corporation
Producer: Steve Rundell
Coordinator: Erica Heider
Camera Operator: Reid Paul
Editor: C. Marie Davis
Blue Screen Coordinator: Michael Satrazemis Jr
Optical Supervisor: Dion Hatch
Main Titles Optical Supervisor: Dave Gregory (uncredited)
Optical Camera: Eugene Eyerly, Steve Mayer, Ernest Miller
Film Scanner: Tom Martinek (uncredited)
Animation Supervisor: Steve Wright
Animator: Jay Johnston
Paintbox Artist: Joni Jacobson
Matte Paintings / Photography: Neil Culley

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Steve Hardie
Art Director: Tim Eckel
Los Angeles / New York Art Director: David Allen Koneff
Set Designer: Carey Meyer
Set Decorator: David Allen Koneff
Los Angeles / New York Set Decorator: Jayne-Ann Tenggren
Set Dressers: "Jungle" Jim Shaughnessy, Mark Franklin
Storyboard Artist: John Floyd
Los Angeles / New York Storyboard Artist: Marc Baird
Head Sculptors: Paul Catlin, Allen "Boolaka" Mansfield

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistants: Deanna Gallier, Penny Pridemore, David Diliberto, Bradley Greer, Stephen Jennings, Mike Duffield, Philip Lenger, Steve Lonano, Mark Day, Karen Ghant, Logan James, Jo Heather Christenbury, Jill Fagaley
2nd Unit Production Assistants: K.T. Dunphy, Dave Young
Los Angeles / New York Production Assistants: Scott Moss

LOCATIONS
Locations: High Point, North Carolina, USA; NationsBank Plaza, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Location Manager: Jim Goodman

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Bob Stephens
Stunts: Ron Norris, Joe Murphy, Allen Penney, Bob Stephens, Bobby Bragg
Band Doubles: Greg Stentz, Stephen Harris, Jonathan Zimmerman, Lenny Rios, Anthony Fincher
Stand-Ins: Nicci Johnston, Kevin Helms

CASTING
Casting (Los Angeles): Geno Havens
Casting (New York): Leonard Finger
Casting (North Carolina): Clayton D. Hill
Casting Associate: Sharon A. Hill
Extras Casting: The Casting Group

CAST
Terry Farrell (Joey Summerskill)
Doug Bradley (Pinhead / Captain Elliot Spencer)
Paula Marshall (Terri)
Kevin Bernhardt (J.P. Monroe)
Ken Carpenter (Doc / Camerahead)
Peter Boynton (Joey's father)
Aimée Leigh (Sandy)
Lawrence Mortorff (bum)
Clayton Hill (the priest)
Larry Kuppin (derelict)
Brent Bolthouse (CD the DJ)
Philip Hyland (Brad)
George Lee (Bob)
David Young (Bill the bouncer)
Ron Norris (Douglas the bouncer)
Shanna Teare (female cop)
Bob Bragg, Bob Stephens (male cops)
Rob Treveiler, Chris Frederick (paramedics)
Sharon Percival (Brittany Virtue)
Paul Vincent Coleman, Anthony Hickox (soldiers)
Steve Painter (young guy)
Peter Atkins (Rick the barman)
Minnie Davis (Black Poodle)
Young Bobby Knoop, James D.R. Hickox (yuppies)
Ashley Laurence (Kirsty Cotton)
Tonya Saunders, Angelia Thomas, Kim Ball, Cassandra Perry, Anna Marie Isaacs, Flame (go-go dancers)
John Bush, Joey Vera, Phil Sandoval, Jeff Duncan, Gonzo (Armored Saint)
Dan DeVita (tour manager)
Vince Polselli (sound engineer)
Gregory K. Saulter, Stacey D. Tyler, Thomas E. Taylor Jr, John V. Brown Jr (In the Black)
Sharon Hill (blonde nurse - uncredited)
Eric Willhelm (CD head Cenobite - uncredited)

Pinhead escapes captivity in a large block of wood by getting a wealthy nightclub owner to lure victims to his penthouse flat. Pinhead is soon free and trying to find and destroy the Lament Configuration puzzle block. But a female TV journalist investigating Pinhead's atrocities teams up with a survivor of his depredations and together they prepare to face the Cenobite and his latest creations.

The Hellraiser franchise relocates to the States and loses forever the distinctiveness that the first film brought to the series. Pinhead becomes wise-cracking monster in the vein of Freddy Kreuger, complete with ludicrous one-liners, and is positioned as the film's anti-hero, a new horror icon to rival Freddy, Michael Myers and Leatherface. The film itself is full of unlikable people doing obscure things for no discernable reason. The beginning of the end for a once promising series.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Arrow Films

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Dimension Films / Miramax Films / Paramount Pictures
Video Distributor: Paramount Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Paramount Home Video

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Ivex Films SA

Australia
Rating: R

Germany
Rating: 18

Norway
Rating: 18

Spain
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

1993
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
Grand Prize (Anthony Hickox) - nominated

Fantasporto
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film (Anthony Hickox) - nominated

1992
September
11: USA - theatrical release

1993
February
Day Unknown: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival
19: UK - theatrical release

June
3: Australia - theatrical release

1994
July
23: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies)

August
12: Spain - theatrical release

1999
November
17: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)

What began in Hell, will end on Earth.

He'll offer you the heights of ecstasy, but you'll spend eternity in the depths of hell.

SEQUEL TO
Hellraiser (1987)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

SEQUELS
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies (1992)

MAGAZINES

Empire no.45 (March 1993) p.28 (UK)
illustrated review

Empire no.128 (February 2000) p.125 (UK)
illustrated article

Hollywood Reporter vol.319 no.18 (24 September 1991) p..2 (USA)
credits

Sight and Sound vol.3 no.2 (February 1993) pp.46-47 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review (by Kim Newman)

Sight and Sound vol.3 no.8 (August 1993) p.58 (UK)
note

Starburst no.165 (May 1992) p.13 (UK)
illustrated article

Starburst no.166 (June 1992) pp.12-15 (UK)
illustrated interview

Starburst no.167 (July 1992) pp.28-29 (UK)
illustrated review

Starburst no.171 (November 1992) pp.14-17 (UK)
illustrated interview

Starburst no.268 (December 2000) p.87 (UK)
illustrated DVD review

Variety 14 September 1992 p.47 (USA)
credits, review

OTHER SOURCES

British Board of Film Classification Monthly List September 1992 p.2 (UK)
note

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Last Updated: 1 January, 2009