Gary Tunnicliffe Talks Hellraiser Judgment!
Gary Tunnicliffe sounds like a man on a mission. Over at the horror site Bloody Disgusting he’s given them an exclusive interview about Hellraiser: Judgment where he candidly talks about the origins of the project, Paul T. Taylor’s take on Pinhead, and even has the balls to admit that this movie is only being made because of rights issues.
Judgment IS a rights issue movie, but has been made with the sensibilities and input given to a regular budgeted Dimension feature. The executives (all the way to the very TOP of Dimension) and producers involved didn’t just say, “Bang this out”; there was an intense development stage, several re-writes and amazing input and guidance on casting, etc. Initially I pitched two concepts: Hellraiser: Judgment and a second idea called Hellraiser: Enter Darkness(I still love that title!). The latter of which was a much more linear, ‘Hollywood’-style horror movie. [Dimension] was very cool and extremely supportive about going with the riskier ‘Gilliamesque, del Toro, Barker, Cronenberg, Fincher’ tone, instead of the more mainstream idea. I have to give them props for that!
I really respect him for saying this. I’m sure a lot of other filmmakers would have a tough time acknowledging that their movie isn’t being made other than to keep the rights to a film franchise. But instead of complaining about it, he’s embraced the idea and seems to want to make the best Hellraiser sequel that he can with what he’s been given. He has my full support, and I hope the film turns out great. Only time will tell.
To read the rest of the interview follow the link below:
via Bloody Disgusting.
