Hellraiser 3
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| Directed by | Anthony Hickox |
| Produced by | Lawrence Mortorff |
| Screenplay by | Peter Atkins |
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| Based on | characters by Clive Barker |
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| Music by | Randy Miller |
| Cinematography | Gerry Lively |
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| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $12.5 million |
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is a 1992 British-American-Canadian horror film and third installment in the Hellraiser series, directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Doug Bradley, Terry Farrell, Paula Marshall, and Kevin Bernhardt. It was the first Hellraiser film to be filmed outside the United Kingdom. This was the first Miramax release under its Dimension Films banner and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
The revelation of his own former humanity in Hellraiser II has resulted in the Cenobite, Pinhead, being split into two different entities: his former self, World War I British Army Captain Elliot Spencer, and a manifestation of Spencer's id, which takes on the form of Pinhead. While Spencer ends up in limbo, Pinhead is trapped, along with the puzzle box, among the writhing figures and distorted faces etched into the surface of an intricately carved pillar — the Pillar of Souls.
The pillar is bought by J. P. Monroe, the rich owner of a popular nightclub called The Boiler Room. During her investigation, an ambitious young television reporter, Joey Summerskill, slowly begins to learn about Pinhead and the mysterious puzzle box. Joey is introduced to the pain the box can bring when she witnesses a teenage clubgoer being ripped apart by the box's chains in a hospital emergency room. Joey tracks the box and a young woman named Terri to The Boiler Room nightclub.
Video tape interviews are recovered from the Channard Institute of one of Pinhead's former victims Kirsty Cotton. Joey and Terri learn through the videos about the demonic Cenobites and how the Lament Configuration puzzle box is the only means of sending Pinhead back to Hell. Pinhead remains dormant until one night several hooked chains shoot out of the pillar and rip into one of the club goers, Sandy, whom Monroe had just recently slept with. After killing Sandy, Pinhead consumes her flesh and her distorted face appears on the pillar. Pinhead convinces Monroe to bring him more club members so he can feed on them and be freed from the pillar.
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