Clive Barker tog nyligen tillfället i akt att ge fansen lite roliga nyheter om Hellraiser på sin Facebook-sida. Han är nämligen på gång att skriva manuset för en ny version av sin klassiker. Men han har även en helt ny skräckfilm i pipen.

Det har varit en del snack om en remake av Hellraiser men det verkar inte lett till något konkret. Men i dagarna gjorde originalregissören Clive Barker ett glädjande utspel på sin Facebook-sida. Han kommer nämligen att skriva ett manus för en remake av Hellraiser för Dimension Films:

”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”.

Han säger dock inget om han kommer att regissera filmen. Men det verkar som regissörsnerverna har börjat kittla rejält för efter Hellraiser planerar han att både skriva och regissera en helt ny skräckfilm! Så här säger Barker om de nya planerna:

”As questions are asked I’ll do my best to answer them,though as you all know making movies is a volatile art,and things seldom remain fixed. One question regarding the rating has been asked. I asked it too,and Dimension confirmed that they are purely interested in an R rated picture.Somebody else asked why I’m not writing something original. The answer is that I am.After HELLRAISER I intend to write and direct a completely new horror movie,which will mingle graphic horror and erotic content,to create an unrated film which will push the envelope of extreme content further than ever…”