History Trivia / Hellraiser

* TroubledProduction: The production had NoBudget and series creator Creator/CliveBarker had to find creative methods of dealing with issues. Shooting in a house with only a single camera to spare, Barker was forced to rely on overhead and zoom shots due to shooting constraints and limited areas to move in. Several of the effects (including Larry's blood being sucked into the floor and Frank's rebirth) were either reshot due to looking unconvincing, or required additional funding from New Line Cinema to complete because of cost overruns. Barker himself has said that the dodgy nature of the FX can be traced to him completing the majority of the work over a single weekend (while getting drunk with a Greek animator) after filming wrapped. The original soundtrack by industrial band Coil was also thrown out, with Barker commenting that it made "my bowels churn", and replaced with an orchestral score by Christopher Young. Barker also had to deal with the MPAA to get the rating down from an X to an R. Despite the hardships, the film was a major success, earning more than $14 million against a $1 million budget.

** The music for the film was originally done by Music/{{Coil}} (they were hired by Creator/CliveBarker after he listened to one of their albums and nearly got sick due to how brutal their music was) but the studio ended up rejecting it due to its content. Their score ended up getting released separately and Christopher Young did the score that ended up in the film (which launched his career as a composer).

** Creator/LanceHenriksen was offered the role of Frank by New World Pictures, but he turned it down, fearing that if successful, he would have to appear in a series of sequels, which he wasn't keen on. He would later go on appear in ''Film/HellraiserHellworld''.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://hellraiser.wikia.com/wiki/Hellraiser_Wiki Hellraiser Wiki]].

* WorkingTitle: The original title of the film was to be ''[[GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath Sadomasochists From Beyond the Grave]]''. New World Pictures had Barker change the name because the name was too sexual and campy. Too sexy and campy for Creator/RogerCorman? Egads.

* FanNickname: Pinhead was originally listed in the first film's credits as "Lead Cenobite," and Barker himself has been known to say calling him "Pinhead" makes him sound stupid. Which didn't stop the sequels from [[AscendedFanon adopting the fan nickname as the official one]].