At long last the wait is over as the infamous “Surgeon Scene” from Hellbound: Hellraiser II is online.

The deleted scene was included in Arrow’s “Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box Limited Edition Trilogy,” which included the never-before-seen footage that was excised from the VHS workprint edition of Hellbound.

According to CliveBarkerCast, writer Peter Atkin himself stated that, “…the scene is shit,” but it’s still rather amazing that it’s been found and is being restored for a home video release.

Per Wiki:

Originally, there was going to be an extra scene during the ending when Kirsty and Tiffany are running from Channard. The scene was planned thusly; During their escape, the duo run into a doctor and nurse. The doctor demands to know what are they doing. Kirsty backs away in horror when suddenly the doctor and nurse turn into Pinhead and the Female Cenobite, before her and Tiffany continue running. The scene was set to be filmed but was ultimately dropped for two reasons. One was because the filmmakers thought that having actor Doug Bradley as a normal doctor would confuse the viewers, and another was because the special effects for the scene turned out poorly, so it was decided to discard it altogether. However, a photographer who was on set took some photos of Pinhead and the Female Cenobite dressed as surgeons which were used for promotion of the film, and were also used on some VHS/DVD covers of the movie, confusing fans and starting rumors about an “infamous deleted surgery scene”. Some trailers do show a few shots from this unfinished scene, as well as parts of another deleted scene with Chatterer stopping the elevator with his hand and jumping at Kirsty and Tiffany.

Note that the scenes marked as “missing” herein were planned but uncompleted SFX Inserts. It’s hard not to agree with Atkin, although the shot of Pinhead in the surgical garb is pretty iconic. The footage plays even worse without the sound design and score, although I’m not sure how much it would have helped the final product. Thoughts?