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What if the Surgeon Scene From ‘Hellbound: Hellraiser II’ Was Completed? (Watch)
Myth became reality last week when us hardcore horror fans were gifted with the long-rumoured deleted “Surgeon Scene” from Tony Randel’s awesome Hellbound: Hellraiser II.
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.
The reaction was overly negative, which wasn’t that surprising considering writer Peter Atkin had once stated that, “…the scene is shit.”
As I pointed out in my original story, the footage was raw, meaning there’s no sound, score or effects, not to mention it wasn’t even edited together. What you saw was simply footage taken off a camera and assembled sloppily.
But what if it were completed? What if?!
Let’s all give it up to Bloody Disgusting reader Zachary Paul Franklin, who took a solid crack at it.
“After watching this unfinished scene from ‘Hellbound: Hellraiser II’, I thought it would be a fun exercise to “complete” it I added music from Christopher Young’s score for the film, added some sound effects, and trimmed and inter-cut a few moments to create a stronger impact. I’d like to think this gives a better idea of what could have been…
“I wish it made the final cut of the original film if not just for the emotional moment of Kirsty grieving for her father. I feel that moment is a great payoff for her character.”
This is a brilliant exercise to show how much sound can bring footage to life. I highly recommend watching the original scene and then Franklin’s edit below…thoughts?!
A contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story Herbert West: Reanimator is on the way, and Deadline has unveiled the first look at the new Herbert West and the pathologist drawn to his orbit.
Adam Simon (The Haunting in Connecticut, “Salem”) and Tim Metcalfe (The Haunting in Connecticut, Kalifornia) penned the script. The original screenplay and storyline come from Jade Sandberg Wallace.
Michael Grossman (“The Originals”, “Pretty Little Liars”) directs.
The new images introduce star Joseph Morgan (“Vampire Diaries“), who plays “brilliant surgeon and scientist Herbert West, who is obsessed with creating a serum to reanimate the dead.” Katie Cassidy (Speed Demon) stars opposite as the pathologist with a troubled past who joins his efforts.
Together, they prove that conquering death may be the ultimate sin against life itself.
The film’s official synopsis: “As a child, Herbert West watches his father Peter reanimate his dead mother Judith in a secret basement lab — only for Judith to mortally wound Peter and nearly kill Herbert before Peter shoots her. The trauma leaves its mark on Herbert, but so does one final image: his mother’s finger, twitching after death. Thirty years later, Herbert West is a brilliant, secretive surgeon still chasing his father’s obsession.
“Pathologist Kate Locke arrives in town and is drawn into his orbit — first through a spark at a hospital fundraiser, then through his secret lab, where he reveals a serum capable of reanimating severed tissue. Kate, hiding a dark past of her own, is thrilled rather than horrified, and moves into West’s mansion to work alongside him. Their early experiments on a cadaver succeed only briefly. West concludes that dead tissue is the problem — they need something fresher.”
Supporting cast includes Scott Aiello, Ira J Amyx, Randall Newsome, Emma Reinagal, James D. Bryce, Kathryn A Bentley, Jack Lancaster, Amy Holland Pennell, John Pierson, Mindy Shaw, Eric Dean White, Tristan Wilder Hallet, Adrienne Lamping, Aaron Crippen, and Drew Patterson.
Makeup artist Jeff Lewis (“Star Trek: Voyager,” “Star Trek: Enterprise”) and cousin Roger Lewis are heading the production via their newly established Woodlake Entertainment.
Lovecraft’s short story, first serialized in Home Brew magazine in 1922, is the first among his works to mention the fictional Miskatonic University. It was most famously adapted into a 1985 horror movie from Stuart Gordon, starring Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West.
Herbert West: Reanimator is set in Alton, Illinois, where production is now underway.
Herbert West: Reanimator. Photo credit: Matt Lief Anderson
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