# Hellraiser: Deader > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hellraiser:_Deader > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hellraiser:_Deader.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser%3A_Deader > Source revision: 1353631185 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) ***Hellraiser: Deader*** (also known as ***Hellraiser VII: Deader***)[2] is a 2005 [supernatural horror film](/source/Supernatural_horror_film) and the seventh installment in the *[Hellraiser](/source/Hellraiser_(film_series))* series. Directed by Rick Bota, the original script was written by Neal Marshall Stevens. As with *[Hellraiser: Hellseeker](/source/Hellraiser:_Hellseeker)* it began as an unrelated [spec script](/source/Spec_script), which was subsequently rewritten (by Tim Day) as a *Hellraiser* film. Like *Inferno*, series creator [Clive Barker](/source/Clive_Barker) did not have an involvement in the production. The film stars [Kari Wuhrer](/source/Kari_Wuhrer), [Paul Rhys](/source/Paul_Rhys), [Simon Kunz](/source/Simon_Kunz), and [Doug Bradley](/source/Doug_Bradley). It is an international co-production film between Romania and the United States. *Hellraiser: Deader* was filmed in 2002. It saw only a handful of isolated preview screenings in the following years before finally being released [straight to video](/source/Direct-to-video) in the United States on June 7, 2005. ## Plot Reporter Amy Klein is sent to [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest) at the behest of her boss, Charles Richmond, to investigate a videotape depicting the ritualistic murder - and subsequent [reanimation](/source/Undead) - of a member of a cult calling themselves "The Deaders". Amy tracks down the return address of the tape and discovers the corpse of its sender, Marla, holding the Lament Configuration. She returns to her hotel and opens the box, triggering an apparent dream in which she summons [Pinhead](/source/Pinhead_(Hellraiser)). Amy delves into Bucharest's subculture and meets Joey, who warns her about the Deaders and notices that Amy has a 'self destructive thing'. Amy pursues leads, ultimately tracking down Winter LeMarchand, the leader of the cult. Winter, as the descendant of Phillip LeMarchand, the toymaker who designed the puzzle box, believes he is destined to access the realm of the [Cenobites](/source/Cenobite_(Hellraiser)) and become their master. Unable to open the box himself, Winter believes that only an individual exhibiting trauma-induced nihilism can open the box. To this end, he founded the Deaders and attracted emotionally vulnerable followers so that he could kill them and reanimate them. Winter does this to Amy, resulting in her experiencing an extended [waking dream](/source/Waking_dream) in which she relives her father's physical and sexual abuse and her subsequent murder of him as a child. Coming back to the living world, Amy successfully opens the box and summons the Cenobites. Pinhead expresses disdain for Winter and his family, denying that any mortal could ever control the Cenobites. He proceeds to slaughter the Deaders before indicating to Amy that she is now indebted to them by opening the box, saying that her father has been waiting for her in Hell. Rather than being taken, Amy kills herself, resulting in the box closing and sending out an electrical charge that banishes the Cenobites back to Hell and causes the Deaders' compound to explode. Later, Charles, unaware of Amy's whereabouts, assigns a new female journalist to investigate the tape. The film ends with a reporter holding up the puzzle box, which has been recovered from the destroyed compound. ## Cast - [Kari Wuhrer](/source/Kari_Wuhrer) as Amy Klein - Maria Pintea as Young Amy Klein - [Doug Bradley](/source/Doug_Bradley) as [Pinhead](/source/Pinhead_(Hellraiser)) - [Paul Rhys](/source/Paul_Rhys) as Winter LeMarchand - [Simon Kunz](/source/Simon_Kunz) as Charles Richmond - [Marc Warren](/source/Marc_Warren) as Joey - [Georgina Rylance](/source/Georgina_Rylance) as Marla Chen - Ionut Chermenski as Group Leader - Hugh Jorgin as The Arrogant Reporter - [Linda Marlowe](/source/Linda_Marlowe) as Betty - Madalina Constantin as Anna - Ioana Abur as Katia - Costi Barbulescu as The Landlord - Daniel Chirea as Mr. Klein - Mike Jay Regan as [Chatterer](/source/Chatterer) ## Production In 2002, [Dimension Films](/source/Dimension_Films) hired screenwriter [Peter Briggs](/source/Peter_Briggs_(screenwriter)) to write the seventh entry in the [*Hellraiser* series](/source/Hellraiser_(franchise)) after being impressed with his unmade script for *[Freddy vs. Jason](/source/Freddy_vs._Jason)*. Briggs' script, entitled *Hellraiser: Lament*, set out to expand upon the first four films, ignoring *[Inferno](/source/Hellraiser:_Inferno)* and *[Hellseeker](/source/Hellraiser:_Hellseeker)*. Other potential subtitles considered were *Jihad*, *Nemesis*, and *The New Order*. Briggs' pitch was discarded for being too high budgeted, leading to the studio opting to retool Neil Marshall Stevens's spec script *Deader*, which was submitted to Dimension Films in 2000 during the production of his script *[Thirteen Ghosts](/source/Thirteen_Ghosts)* and had been planned to be produced by [Stan Winston](/source/Stan_Winston).[3][4] As in the final film, it entailed a newspaper reporter being sent to [Romania](/source/Romania) to cover an underground cult who have discovered the secret of [immortality](/source/Immortality) and had gained contact with an otherworldly dimension, but did not feature connections to the *Hellraiser* series.[5] Although Tim Day had wanted to write a direct sequel to *Hellraiser: Hellseeker* featuring a final conflict between [Pinhead](/source/Pinhead_(Hellraiser)) ([Doug Bradley](/source/Doug_Bradley)) and [Kirsty Cotton](/source/Kirsty_(Hellraiser)) ([Ashley Laurence](/source/Ashley_Laurence)), [Bob Weinstein](/source/Bob_Weinstein) directed him to rewrite *Deader* into a *Hellraiser* sequel similar in tone to the [Japanese horror films](/source/Japanese_horror) [*Ring*](/source/Ring_(film)) and [*Pulse*](/source/Pulse_(2001_film)). After a brief delay during the production of the 2006 [American remake](/source/Pulse_(2006_film)) of *[Pulse](/source/Pulse_(2001_film))*, work on *Deader* resumed. [Scott Derrickson](/source/Scott_Derrickson) was approached to direct but declined, and Rick Bota was rehired from the previous film. The film was originally rewritten to take place in [London](/source/London) and later the [Lower East Side](/source/Lower_East_Side) of [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan) before the producers opted to film it simultaneously with another *Hellraiser* sequel, titled *[Hellraiser: Hellworld](/source/Hellraiser:_Hellworld)* in Romania, between October and December 2002, to save costs.[3] Production was difficult due to the inability of the Americans in the cast and crew to understand the Romanian set workers and actors.[5] ## Release ### Home media The film was released on DVD on June 7, 2005, by [Buena Vista Home Entertainment](/source/Walt_Disney_Studios_Home_Entertainment). It debuted on the Blu-ray format for the first time on March 10, 2013, by [Echo Bridge Entertainment](/source/Echo_Bridge_Home_Entertainment). The disc is rare, as it has since gone out of print.[6] ## Sequels Main article: [Hellraiser: Hellworld](/source/Hellraiser:_Hellworld) The film was followed by *[Hellraiser: Hellworld](/source/Hellraiser:_Hellworld)* later in the year, *[Hellraiser: Revelations](/source/Hellraiser:_Revelations)* in 2011, and *[Hellraiser: Judgment](/source/Hellraiser:_Judgment)* in 2018. ## References 1. ["Hellraiser Deader (2005)"](https://shotonwhat.com/hellraiser-deader-2005). *Gateway Film Center*. Retrieved March 30, 2026. 1. ["Hellraiser VII: Deader"](http://www.miramax.com/movie/hellraiser-vii-deader/). *[Miramax Films](/source/Miramax_Films)*. Retrieved 13 March 2017. 1. ["The Official Clive Barker Website - Hellraiser 7"](https://www.clivebarker.info/hellraiser7.html). *www.clivebarker.info*. Retrieved 2019-03-22. 1. Jenkins, Jason (August 6, 2021). ["Writer Peter Briggs Opens the Puzzle Box to Discuss His Unmade Sequel *Hellraiser: Lament* \[Phantom Limbs\]"](https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3677280/writer-peter-briggs-opens-puzzle-box-discuss-unmade-sequel-hellraiser-lament-phantom-limbs/). *Bloody Disgusting*. Retrieved December 12, 2021. 1. Paul, Zachary (2018-02-13). ["A Waste of Good Suffering: The 'Hellraiser' Franchise \[Part 2\]"](https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3481349/waste-good-suffering-hellraiser-franchise-part-2/). *Bloody Disgusting!*. Retrieved 2019-03-22. 1. ["Hellraiser: Hellseeker Blu-ray (Hellraiser VI)"](https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Hellraiser-Hellseeker-Blu-ray/44826/) ## External links - [Official website](http://www.miramax.com/movie/hellraiser-vii-deader) - [Hellraiser: Deader](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337636/) at IMDb --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hellraiser: Deader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser%3A_Deader) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser%3A_Deader?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.