Hellraiser reboot director teases the upcoming horror movie

Hellraiser
(Image credit: Entertainment Film Distributors)

David Bruckner has proven himself a dab hand when tackling terrifying tales. The director's movie The Ritual was a surprise success, while The Night House, his next movie with Rebecca Hall, scared critics at Sundance earlier this year. Who better to tackle the upcoming Hellraiser reboot?

The movie will be written by David S. Goyer, who penned The Dark Knight, and will – according to Bruckner – be "something of a small reimagining" of the original movie and the source material.

"We can’t say anything about it yet," he tells SFX in the latest issue of the magazine, which features Titans on the cover. "But it is something that we are actively working towards, and it is a joy and a dream for a filmmaker like myself to dive into that world. All I’ll say is that we are aiming to be as true as we can to the original material. [Clive Barker’s original story] 'The Hellbound Heart' is also a primary source of inspiration, as well as the original film. But then it is something of a small reimagining and we are currently working on it."

The new Hellraiser will be the eleventh movie in the series, though looks set to have no links to the other ten movies (potentially for the best considering some of those movies were... shall we say, not well received). There have been rumors that Pinhead, the iconic villain, will be portrayed by a woman in the reboot, with Grand Army actor Odessa A’Zion linked to the role – though this remains unconfirmed.

Whatever the case, we're looking forward to going back to hell in Bruckner's interpretation of The Hellbound Heart. 

You can check out the full interview with the director – in which he discusses The Night House at length – in the next issue of SFX Magazine, which features Titans on the cover. For more from SFX, make sure to sign up to the newsletter, sending all the latest exclusives straight to your inbox.

Jack Shepherd
Freelance Journalist

Jack Shepherd is the former Senior Entertainment Editor of GamesRadar. Jack used to work at The Independent as a general culture writer before specializing in TV and film for the likes of GR+, Total Film, SFX, and others. You can now find Jack working as a freelance journalist and editor.

Read more
David Bowie in Labyrinth 1986
Nosferatu director Robert Eggers is making a sequel to one of my favorite childhood movies Labyrinth – and I have the perfect nightmarish storyline in mind
Fede Alvarez at the UK Alien: Romulus premiere
Alien: Romulus and Evil Dead helmer says he wants to take on "a good old slasher" movie next
Michael B. Jordan in Ryan Coogler's vampire horror Sinners
Black Panther director reveals the one reason why making his new horror movie was "more exciting" than working with Marvel
Nicolas Cage as Longlegs in Longlegs/Osgood Perkins and Nicolas Cage standing side-by-side at a Longlegs event
Longlegs director has shared his dream project outside of horror, and now we're hoping it happens
Longlegs
Longlegs director Osgood Perkins says he's never going to "run off and make a video game or an X-Men movie" because of the success of his horror movies
Audition movie 1999
The goriest Japanese horror movie I’ve ever seen is getting a modern remake from original Speak No Evil director
Latest in Horror Movies
Jenna Ortega as Astrid Deetz in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice 2 star Jenna Ortega would love to star in another classic horror comedy franchise: Gremlins
Lea Myren as Elvira in The Ugly Stepsister
Cinderella body horror movie that made viewers sick gets release date, and it’s coming very soon
Indy in Ben Leonberg's haunted house horror Good Boy
Good Boy, a new scary movie told from a dog's POV, is being called "one of the best horror films of the year"
Cujo
Netflix is making a brand new adaptation of Cujo, the infamous Stephen King book about a killer dog
Drop
New horror movie starring White Lotus and Yellowstone actors gets a great Rotten Tomatoes score as early reactions call it the "perfect date night movie"
Clown in a Cornfield
First reactions to new clown horror movie say the slasher is giving Terrifier a run for its money
Latest in News
the last campfire screenshot showing the protagonist talking to a giant frog
Can't wait for the No Man's Sky dev's new game Light No Fire? Well, its latest and much smaller game is $1.49 in the Steam Spring Sale 2025
Avengers: Endgame
The Russo brothers reveal that Marvel has an ingenious way of working out which actors they can use for upcoming Avengers movies
Zone of the enders 2 screenshot showing mechs battling
One of Hideo Kojima's most overlooked games is under $6 in the Steam Spring Sale 2025 to make the wait for Death Stranding 2 more bearable
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams dancing during the Netflix series, Wednesday.
Wednesday star Jenna Ortega denies rumors of big Marvel role after her disappointing MCU debut 12 years ago: “I count that and I move on”
Silent Hill f key art showing the main character holding a pipe
Silent Hill f trailer suggests Konami’s newest nightmare will bring back an iconic weapon central to every game in the franchise
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Percy Jackson series gets unusually early renewal for season 3 before upcoming season 2 even airs