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War Is Hell: Making Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
"I could tell that Tony really wanted to shoot a war movie as much as he wanted to shoot a horror one!"
Screenwriter Peter Atkins
War is Hell Making Hellraiser III Hell on Earth – A thorough chronicle of the journey on the battlefield of Hellraiser III Hell on Earth
It provides unproduced script treatments for Hell on Earth by writer Peter Atkins.An Examination of Hell on Earth’s story, themes, and conclusion – Details on filming locations and special effects – Features never-before-seen photos. A breakdown of the entire film and making of with trivia and the legacy of Pinhead and the cenobites...
Interviews with Cast & Crew
Behind the scenes photos
And much more!
“Danny’s incredible book shines an overdue light on a most worthy sequel. Fans of Hell on Earth will find themselves in heaven with this wonderful retrospective.” - Dustin McNeill, Author Taking Developing Halloween From Script to Scream
"Superbly researched...enjoyably written and packed full of information and interviews...this is the definitive chronicle of the making of Hellraiser Hell on Earth." - Jon Towlson, Author Subversive Horror Countercultural Messages of Films from Frankenstein to the Present
"Danny Stewart has created the ultimate making-of book.This is a nuts and bolts look at the way films are made. Highly recommended for anyone who appreciates film." - Andrew J. Rausch, Author My Best Friend's The Making of a Quentin Tarantino Film
Screenwriter Peter Atkins
War is Hell Making Hellraiser III Hell on Earth – A thorough chronicle of the journey on the battlefield of Hellraiser III Hell on Earth
It provides unproduced script treatments for Hell on Earth by writer Peter Atkins.An Examination of Hell on Earth’s story, themes, and conclusion – Details on filming locations and special effects – Features never-before-seen photos. A breakdown of the entire film and making of with trivia and the legacy of Pinhead and the cenobites...
Interviews with Cast & Crew
Behind the scenes photos
And much more!
“Danny’s incredible book shines an overdue light on a most worthy sequel. Fans of Hell on Earth will find themselves in heaven with this wonderful retrospective.” - Dustin McNeill, Author Taking Developing Halloween From Script to Scream
"Superbly researched...enjoyably written and packed full of information and interviews...this is the definitive chronicle of the making of Hellraiser Hell on Earth." - Jon Towlson, Author Subversive Horror Countercultural Messages of Films from Frankenstein to the Present
"Danny Stewart has created the ultimate making-of book.This is a nuts and bolts look at the way films are made. Highly recommended for anyone who appreciates film." - Andrew J. Rausch, Author My Best Friend's The Making of a Quentin Tarantino Film
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Published January 28, 2022
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August 8, 2024
As much as I enjoy Hellraiser 3 - and as obviously passionate as Danny Stewart is about it - it takes more than just being a good film to make something like this an interesting read.
For starters, it seems like overall it was a pretty smooth shoot. Great for them. Not so entertaining for us. The one potential bit of drama - the original director quitting during pre-production - is glossed over, presumably because the author wasn't able to get him to offer his side of events for the book. That makes sense but it's a shame.
Also, while we hear from an admirable number of cast and crew members, crucially we don't hear from Clive Barker himself (the Hellraiser creator) except through archival material, nor do we hear from any of the producers. Those would have been invaluable perspectives here.
Finally, the approach isn't a chronological journey through the production, but broken down instead by cast and crew interviews. So we hear from the grip what their overall experiences were, then we might hear from catering what they remember, then production assistant, etc. The result is it just kills the momentum, and you get really samey insights into the same kinds of things all the way through (yes they remember working on the boiler room scene, no they haven't been back to the locations since,yes Doug Bradley was lovely, etc.)
Stewart has obviously gone to a lot of effort to collect these interviews - and scriptwriter Peter Atkins' recollections are interesting in context of the franchise - but the real takeaway here is that nothing much happened on set, or in post.
War may be hell, but filming hell sounds like a bit of a doddle.
For starters, it seems like overall it was a pretty smooth shoot. Great for them. Not so entertaining for us. The one potential bit of drama - the original director quitting during pre-production - is glossed over, presumably because the author wasn't able to get him to offer his side of events for the book. That makes sense but it's a shame.
Also, while we hear from an admirable number of cast and crew members, crucially we don't hear from Clive Barker himself (the Hellraiser creator) except through archival material, nor do we hear from any of the producers. Those would have been invaluable perspectives here.
Finally, the approach isn't a chronological journey through the production, but broken down instead by cast and crew interviews. So we hear from the grip what their overall experiences were, then we might hear from catering what they remember, then production assistant, etc. The result is it just kills the momentum, and you get really samey insights into the same kinds of things all the way through (yes they remember working on the boiler room scene, no they haven't been back to the locations since,yes Doug Bradley was lovely, etc.)
Stewart has obviously gone to a lot of effort to collect these interviews - and scriptwriter Peter Atkins' recollections are interesting in context of the franchise - but the real takeaway here is that nothing much happened on set, or in post.
War may be hell, but filming hell sounds like a bit of a doddle.
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