Clive Barker plans to resurrect Hellraiser

Whatever happened to Pinhead and the Hellraiser franchise? Went crumbling down due to poorly made sequels, right? Well, Hellraiser is about to make itself ready for a big comeback, as Horror writer/director Clive Barker is gearing up for Pinhead's big return with a new Hellraiser movie! Barker took to his Facebook to tell everyone that – yes, we were aware that a Hellraiser remake had been contemplated, but it’s out of the realm of simple thought and we should be excited because he’s writing it.

Dimension Films, the old Weinstein-spinoff company that Bob (Weinstein) took and developed into that studio that brought teen slasher flicks back in the 90's and post-2000. Bob and Clive decided to give Hellraiser a re-pitch, and – boy! – someone put that puzzle box together. [hit the jump to continue]

Barker reports from Facebook:
HOT FROM HELL! My friends,I have some news which may be of interest to you. A few weeks ago I had a very productive meeting with Bob Weinstein of Dimension Pictures,in the course of which I pitched a remake of the first HELLRAISER film. The idea of my coming back to the original film and telling the story with a fresh intensity-honoring the structure and the designs from the first incarnation but hopefully creating an even darker and richer film-was attractive to Dimension. Today I have officially been invited to write the script based upon that pitch.What can I tell you about it?Well, it will not be a film awash with CGI. I remain as passionate about the power of practical make-up effects as I was when I wrote and directed the first HELLRAISER. Of course the best make-up in the world loses force if not inhabited by a first-rate actor. I told the Dimension team that in my opinion there could never be a Pinhead without Doug Bradley,and much to my delight Bob Weinstein agreed. So once the papers are signed , I will open a Lemarchand Configuration,dip my quill in its contents and start writing . I promise that there will be nowhere on the Internet where the news of my progress will be more reliable than here ,because the only author of these reports will be Your Infernal Corespondent ,me. My very best wishes to you all,my friends.

We all knew a Hellraiser remake was on it’s way, the new question is how much control will Clive Barker exert over the production (if it’s just his script and he doesn’t continue with the project, he’s not in a place to promise less CGI).

Doug Bradley will be back as Pinhead, which is purely good news, though I’m not sure that updating the original designs Hellraiser in a post-Saw world will convince me of an alternate dimension of pain.