Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnthony Hickox
Screenplay byPeter Atkins
Story by
Based onCharacters
by Clive Barker
Produced byLawrence Mortorff
Starring
CinematographyGerry Lively
Edited by
  • Christopher Cibelli
  • James D. R. Hickox
Music byRandy Miller
Production
companies
Distributed byMiramax Films[1]
Release dates
  • May 1992 (1992-05) (Milan)
  • September 11, 1992 (1992-09-11) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes[2]
Country
    • United States[3]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$12.5 million (US)[4]

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is a 1992 American supernatural horror film and the third installment in the Hellraiser film series. It was directed by Anthony Hickox and stars Terry Farrell, Paula Marshall, Kevin Bernhardt, and Doug Bradley. Ashley Laurence, who starred in the previous two films, reprises her role as Kirsty Cotton in a cameo appearance.

Following the events of Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), in which the demon Pinhead (Bradley) is imprisoned in a statue, he resurrects himself by absorbing the life force of unlucky humans. After converting several power-hungry youths (Marshall and Bernhardt) into new Cenobites, Pinhead goes on a rampage, opposed by a reporter (Farrell) and the spiritual manifestation of his good half (also Bradley).

Series creator Clive Barker reprised his role as executive producer, though he was largely uninvolved until post-production. It was the first Hellraiser film to be filmed outside the United Kingdom and the first release by Dimension Films. The film's reception on release was better than the previous film, and it grossed $12.5 million in the US.

In 1996, it was followed by Hellraiser: Bloodline, which was the last film in the series to be theatrically released.

  1. ^ a b c d "Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "HELLRAISER III - HELL ON EARTH (18)". British Board of Film Classification. September 23, 1992. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  3. ^ "Hellraiser III Hell on Earth (1992)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 30, 2016.