Editing Hellraiser (section)

==Production==
Having been dismayed at prior cinematic adaptations of his work, Barker, who had experience from writing, directing and starring in plays and had made two short films,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ymliverpool.com/interview-hellraiser-star-doug-bradley/21181 |title=Interview: 'Hellraiser' star Doug Bradley |magazine=YM Liverpool |date=28 October 2016 |access-date=23 April 2024 |archive-date=18 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118044114/https://ymliverpool.com/interview-hellraiser-star-doug-bradley/21181 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wilkins |first=Budd |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/hellraiser-the-scarlet-box/ |title=Blu-ray Review: 'Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box' on Arrow Video |website=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=4 February 2017 |access-date=23 April 2024 |archive-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423103524/https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/hellraiser-the-scarlet-box/ |url-status=live }}</ref> decided to attempt to direct a film himself.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/30/how-we-made-hellraiser-horror-film-pinhead-clive-barker |title=How we made Hellraiser |last=Hoad |first=Phil |date=30 October 2017 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=30 October 2017 |archive-date=8 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608042650/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/30/how-we-made-hellraiser-horror-film-pinhead-clive-barker |url-status=live }}</ref> He asked [[Christopher Figg]], who became his producer, how small the budget would have to be for someone being willing to hire him as a first time director. Figg said the budget had to be less than a million dollars, which could be done if the film was just about a house and some monsters, and if he used more or less unknown actors. Barker decided to adapt ''The Hellbound Heart'', as the story fit those parameters.<ref name="guardian"/> [[New World Pictures]] agreed to fund the film for $900,000.<ref name="guardian"/>

''Hellraiser'' was filmed at the end of 1986 and was set to be made in seven weeks, but was extended over a nine- to ten-week period by New World.{{sfn|Kane|2015|p=23}} The film was originally made under the [[working title]] of ''Sadomasochists from Beyond the Grave''.{{sfn|Kane|2015|p=23}} Barker also wanted to call the film ''Hellbound'' but producer Christopher Figg suggested ''Hellraiser'' instead.<ref name="guardian" /> Barker spoke fondly in ''The Hellraiser Chronicles'' about the filming, stating that his memories of production were of "unalloyed fondness ... The cast treated my ineptitudes kindly, and the crew were no less forgiving". Barker admitted his own lack of knowledge on filmmaking, stating that he "didn't know the difference between a 10-millimetre lens and a 35-millimetre lens. If you'd shown me a plate of spaghetti and said that was a lens, I might have believed you".{{sfn|Kane|2015|p=23}} After filming, New World convinced Barker to relocate the story to the United States which required overdubbing to remove some English accents.<ref name="guardian" />

During production, [[Doug Bradley]] had trouble hitting his marks during his takes in make-up as he could not see through his black contact lenses and was afraid of tripping over Pinhead's skirts.{{sfn|Kane|2015|p=23}} The special effects of the unnamed creature, known as "The Engineer" in the novels, proved challenging as the creature was difficult to maneuver.{{sfn|Kane|2015|p=24}} Other issues included a rushed shoot of the Chinese restaurant scene with Kirsty and Larry, due to the lateness of the person responsible for letting the cast and crew into the establishment.{{sfn|Kane|2015|p=24}} Numerous props of Lemarchand's box, constructed from wood and cut-out brass, were produced by special effects designer and maker Simon Sayce; due to the box's delicate construction, Sayce would lie on the floor under the Cenobites during some takes in case it was dropped, to save himself the eight hours it took to create another.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 Greatest Props in Movie History, and the Stories Behind Them |url=https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/greatest-movie-props |website=[[Thrillist]] |access-date=31 January 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170711191009/https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/greatest-movie-props |archive-date=11 July 2017 |date=10 July 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

About seven or eight weeks after principal photography had finished the executive producers saw the footage and liked the film enough to invest some more in it, and so a few scenes were redone with a higher budget, like the scene near the end where Frank's body is ripped apart.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wixson |first=Heather |url=https://dailydead.com/practical-ly-perfect-celebrating-the-special-effects-of-hellraiser/ |title=Practical-ly Perfect: Celebrating the Special Effects of HELLRAISER |website=Daily Dead |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=24 March 2024 |archive-date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324120606/https://dailydead.com/practical-ly-perfect-celebrating-the-special-effects-of-hellraiser/ |url-status=live }}</ref> To produce Frank's resurrection, effects like [[reverse motion]] were used to give his skeleton flesh and inner organs.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shields |first=Meg |url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/hellraiser-frank-melt-effect/ |title=How They Did the "Birth of Frank" Sequence in 'Hellraiser' |website=[[Film School Rejects]] |date=30 October 2020}}</ref>

The film had two editors: Richard Marden<ref name="guardian" /> and an uncredited [[Tony Randel]].{{sfn|Kane|2015|p=24}}