Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

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Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	Anthony Hickox
Produced by	Clive Barker
Written by	Peter Atkins Tony Randel
Starring	Terry Farrell Doug Bradley Paula Marshall Kevin Bernhardt Ashley Laurence (video cameo)
Music by	Sascha Konietzko Randy Miller
Cinematography	Gerry Lively
Editing by	Christopher Cibelli James D.R. Hickox
Distributed by	Dimension Films (theatrical) Miramax Films (theatrical) Paramount Pictures (video)
Release date(s)	September 11, 1992
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	------
Preceded by	Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Followed by	Hellraiser: Bloodline

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is a film released September 11, 1992, directed by Anthony Hickox. It is the third film in the Hellraiser series and the first to be made outside of the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Soundtrack 3 Cast 4 External links

[edit] Plot

After the confrontation in Hellraiser II, the Cenobite named Pinhead is trapped, along with the puzzle box, amongst the writhing figures and distorted faces etched into the surface of an intricately carved pillar - the Pillar of Souls. The pillar is bought by the rich and spoiled J.P. Monroe (Kevin Bernhardt), owner of a popular nightclub called The Boiler Room. An ambitious young television reporter, Joey Summerskill (Terry Farrell), slowly begins to learn about Pinhead and the mysterious puzzle box. She is introduced to the pain the box can bring when she views a teenage club-goer being ripped apart by the box's chains in a hospital emergency room. She tracks the box and a young woman named Terri (Paula Marshall) to The Boiler Room, from which Terri had stolen the puzzle box.

Through video tape interviews with Kirsty Cotton recovered from the Channard Institute, Joey and Terri learn about the demonic Cenobites and the power of the Lament Configuration, 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, Brittany Virtue (Sharon Percival), Monroe had recently slept with. After killing her she is absorbed and her face appears on the pillar. Pinhead convinces Monroe to bring him club members so he can feed on their blood and be freed from the pillar. Now more dangerous than ever before, since he has been separated from his human self - a World War I British Army officer named Elliot Spenser - and is simply the manifestation of Elliot's dark side and no longer under the control of Hell and purely out to cause chaos and destruction (in the previous movies the Cenobites were creatures of order, not chaos). After slaughtering everyone in the Boiler room Pinhead creates several new cenobites such as CD cenobite, Terri cenobite, Camera-head, Barbie cenobite, and JP cenobite(Pistonhead). Pinhead seeks to destroy the puzzle box so he need never return to Hell again. As time runs short, Joey must think of a plan to bring Pinhead and his newly-created Cenobites back to the realm of Pinhead's human self or else doom both herself and the mortal world to an eternity of pain and suffering.

[edit] Soundtrack

1. Motörhead - Hellraiser
2. Ten Inch Men - Go With Me
3. Material Issue - What Girls Want
4. Electric Love Hogs - I Feel Like Steve
5. Triumph - Troublemaker
6. KMFDM - Ooh La La
7. Tin Machine - Baby Universal
8. Armored Saint - Hanging Judge
9. Soup Dragons - Divine Thing
10. House of Lords - Down, Down, Down
11. Motörhead - Hell On Earth
12. The Chainsaw Kittens - Waltzing With a Jaguar

[edit] Cast

• Doug Bradley - Pinhead / Captain Elliott Spencer
• Terry Farrell - Joanne 'Joey' Summerskill
• Paula Marshall - Terri / Terri Cenobite "Female Cenobite II"
• Kevin Bernhardt - J.P. Monroe / J.P. Cenobite
• Lawrence Mortorff - Bum
• Ken Carpenter (actor) - Daniel 'Doc' Fisher / Camerahead Cenobite
• Peter Atkins - Rick "The Bar Man" / Barbie Cenobite
• Brent Bolthouse - CD "The DJ" / CD Cenobite
• Sharon Ceccattti - Blond Nurse
• Robert C. Treveiler - Paramedic 1
• Chris Frederick - Paramedic 2
• Lawrence Kuppin - Derelict
• Paul Vincent Coleman - Soldier 1
• Aimée Leigh - Sandy / Skinless Sandy (screams)
• Peter G. Boynton - Joey's Father
• Clayton Hill - The Priest
• Phillip Hyland - Brad
• George Lee (actor) - Bob
• Anthony Hickox - Soldier 2
• Ron Norris - Douglas the Bouncer
• Ashley Laurence - Kirsty Cotton (video cameo)(uncredited)

[edit] External links

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• Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth at the Internet Movie Database
• Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth at Allmovie

Preceded by Shadows and Fog

Box office number-one films of 1993 (UK) February 21, 1993

Succeeded by Under Siege

v • d • e The Hellraiser series Films Hellraiser • Hellbound • Hell on Earth • Bloodline • Inferno • Hellseeker • Deader • Hellworld Characters Pinhead • Kirsty Cotton • Cenobites • Other characters Related Lemarchand's box • The Hellbound Heart

v • d • e The films of Anthony Hickox As director Waxwork (1988) · Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990) · Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992) · Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992) · Full Eclipse (1993) · Warlock: The Armageddon (1993) · Payback (1995) · Invasion of Privacy (1996) · Prince Valiant (1997) · Storm Catcher (1999) · Jill Rips (2000) · Contaminated Man (2000) · Last Run (2001) · Federal Protection (2002) · Consequence (2003) · Blast! (2004) · Submerged (2005) · Knife Edge (2008) As producer The Turn of the Screw (1994) · Children of the Corn III (1995) · Carnival of Souls (1998) · Knife Edge (2008)