This could be the last time Bradley EVER plays Pinhead.
One of the coolest things happening in the horror world this year, makeup effects legend Tom Savini and horror icon Doug Bradley are joining forces to bring Pinhead back to life for The Pinhead Experience, a special event that will take fans straight into Hell. Tickets for the experience, taking place at next weekend’s Mad Monster Arizona, are selling incredibly fast (Saturday is already sold out but tickets for Friday evening are currently still available), and we’ve just been provided with our first look at Bradley back underneath the iconic makeup!
Bradley’s Facebook page made the announcement earlier this year:
When fans and show organizers started to ask about the possibility of a Pinhead photo op with Doug a few years back, we dismissed it as an impossibility. Almost nothing relating to Pinhead existed anymore. No makeup. No costume. Not even a life cast. Besides, shaking hands and “posing” for a picture with Pinhead seemed like a silly idea. The more time went on, the more the questions persisted and the more we talked about it. An idea evolved. If Pinhead can’t enter the fans’ world, how can we bring you into his? We wanted to present an experience and not just a photograph, as close to stepping on set with Doug as Pinhead as we could make it.
This is a huge deal, of course, because Doug Bradley has not played Pinhead since the ’05 film Hellraiser: Hellworld. We were sure we’d never again see him in the makeup (we probably never will again on screen, but that’s a different story), so this is needless to say a huge treat for us all.
Check out your first look at Bradley back in the Pinhead makeup for the first time in 12 years!
Kyle Roberts and Steve Tolin of Tolin FX handled the makeup. Tom Savini was a consultant, while Allison and Sean Boyle have recreated the full leather costume.
