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‘Hellraiser’ Star Shares Rare Cenobite Makeup Test Photo

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This might be the coolest thing you see all week.

The 1987 classic Hellraiser introduced not only Pinhead but also his army of Cenobites, characters that went on to appear in so many sequels that it’s honestly become hard to keep count – though if you are keeping score, the franchise to date includes nine films, with another on the way. Characters like Butterball and Chatterer are as iconic as Pinhead himself, and thanks to a rare makeup test photo that’s just been unearthed, you can now see them all as you’ve never seen them before.

As shared by Hellraiser actor Nicholas “Chatterer” Vince over on Facebook today, the test photo shows off the original incarnations of Pinhead, Butterball, and Chatterer (known as Poor Bastard at the time), and Vince noted the changes that were made before filming actually began:

Doug’s pins were literally pins, but didn’t ‘read’ on camera; so were replaced by ‘nails’ and he gained black contact lenses to cover his blue eyes. Chatterer’s teeth are pointed here, but Clive thought I didn’t look human, so the teeth you see in the film are replicas of mine taken from the molds for the dentures I wore.

Vince also posted a photo of a makeup test call sheet, dated exactly 30 years ago today.

Check out these awesome pieces of horror history below!

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Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery

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One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.

Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”

In the SXSW 2024 horror film…

“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.

“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”

Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.

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