Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTony Randel
Screenplay byPeter Atkins
Story byClive Barker
Produced byChristopher Figg
Starring
CinematographyRobin Vidgeon
Edited by
  • Richard Marden
Music byChristopher Young
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 9 September 1988 (1988-09-09) (Toronto)
  • 23 December 1988 (1988-12-23) (US)
  • 16 June 1989 (1989-06-16) (UK)
Running time
93 minutes[2]
Countries
  • United Kingdom[1]
  • United States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$12.1 million[3]

Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a 1988 supernatural horror film directed by Tony Randel and starring Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Kenneth Cranham and Doug Bradley.[4][5] It is the second film in the Hellraiser franchise, and draws heavily upon its precursor, Hellraiser, which was released a year before with much of the same cast and crew. Laurence reprises her role as Kirsty Cotton, who is admitted into a psychiatric hospital after the events of the first film. There, the head doctor (Cranham) unleashes the Cenobites, a group of sadomasochistic beings from another dimension.

Clive Barker, who wrote and directed the first Hellraiser film, wrote the story of Hellraiser II and served as executive producer. Hellraiser II is an international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, and was screened at the Toronto Festival of Festivals on 9 September 1988, with mixed reviews upon release. It grossed $12.1 million at the box office and was followed by Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth in 1992.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Hellbound: Hellraiser II". American Film Institute. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "HELLBOUND - HELLRAISER II (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 3 January 1989. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Hellbound: Hellraiser II". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Hellbound Hellraiser II". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Hellbound: Hellraiser II". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2017.