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‘Hellraiser: Judgment’ Director Reteams With Pinhead Actor on Clown Horror ‘Coulrophobia’ [Exclusive]
Hellraiser: Judgment director and special effects artist Gary J Tunnicliffe is reteaming with Pinhead actor Paul T. Taylor on the clown horror Coulrophobia, Bloody Disgusting exclusively learned this morning.
In the film…
“The perfect weekend getaway turns into a surreal nightmare and a fight for survival as a group of friends are pursued by an ancient evil in the form of four sinister clowns.”
“The simple intention is to do for clowns what Jaws did for sharks,” says Tunnicliffe. “This won’t be a campy, fun, comedy horror film – think about the craziest/weirdest moments of Hellraiser: Judgment [and] times that by a thousand, throw it into a blender with the original Evil Dead, Wrong Turn, Hills Have Eyes [among others], and you’ve got Coulrophobia.”
On reteaming with Paul T. Taylor, who played Pinhead in Hellraiser: Judgment, Tunnicliffe adds: “When it came to casting the lead protagonist, it was an easy choice with Paul. But this character won’t be the eloquent, regal character of the Hell Priest – this [will be] a visceral, sadistic killer who delights in his actions and the fear he instills.”
Tunnicliffe will also design and supervise all the special makeup characters, kills and effects with long time collaborator Mike Regan and some legendary crew: “I’ll be pulling in some favors from some ‘cream of the crop’ makeup fx heavyweights and delivering in your face ‘Grand Guignol’.”
Delco-Cut Productions and Nine Ten Films’ (Sick for Toys, Road Head) Jon Paul Burkhart, David Gunning and Larissa Garcia-Baab are producing (fresh from their Atlanta Horror Film Festival win) from a story by Burkhart written by Burkhart, Garcia-Baab and Tunnicliffe.
Daniel Roebuck has been cast as Santa Claus in Terrifier 3, Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report.
Writer-director Damien Leone is currently wrapping production on the highly-anticipated sequel, in which Art the Clown unleashes chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.
“I’ve been holding this secret for a long time!” Roebuck tells Bloody Disgusting. “I’ve been really excited about it. I’m actually entering into the movies that I watch. It’s extraordinary. This is Terrifier bigger, badder, best.”
Roebuck appears in Terrifier 3 alongside returning cast members David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera, Samantha Scaffidi, Elliot Fullam, and AEW superstar Chris Jericho.
No stranger to iconic horror properties, Roebuck has squared off against Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Halloween II, played The Count in Zombie’s The Munsters, succumbed to The Tall Man’s sphere in Phantasm: Ravager, and investigated death in Final Destination.
A distinguished character actor with over 250 credits, Roebuck has also appeared in The Devil’s Rejects, 3 from Hell, Bubba Ho-Tep, John Dies at the End, The Fugitive, Lost, Agent Cody Banks, and The Man in the High Castle. Incidentally, he’s also playing Santa in the family drama Saint Nick of Bethlehem, due out later this year.
Terrifier 3 will be released in theaters nationwide later this year via Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting in conjunction with our partner on Terrifier 2, Iconic Events Releasing.
Terrifier 3 comes courtesy of Dark Age Cinema Productions. Phil Falcone Produces with Lisa Falcone acting as Executive Producer. Co-producers include Mike Leavy, Jason Leavy, George Steuber, and Steve Della Salla. Brad Miska, Brandon Hill, and Erick Opeka Executive Produce for Cineverse. Matthew Helderman and Luke Taylor also Executive Produce.
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