Hellraiser is lastly getting a videogame after 40 years, and I solely have one request for Saber Interactive
Hellraiser’s twisted puzzle field has spawned a whopping 11 movies, a great deal of comics and a TV present is on the way in which (allegedly). However till now, videogames have been overlooked—except for foremost antagonist Pinhead’s look in Lifeless By Daylight. Due to Saber Interactive, that is about to alter.
Saber’s simply unveiled Hellraiser: Revival (or Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, if you wish to be pedantic)—a singleplayer survival horror romp that includes unique Pinhead actor Doug Bradley, reprising the function for the primary time since 2005’s garbage Hellraiser: Hellworld, the place some children obtained hooked on a horrible MMO.
Revival spins a brand new however acquainted story, with protagonist Aidan making a pact with Pinhead so he can unlock “the darkish powers of the Genesis Configuration” to save lots of his girlfriend from Hell. To battle “Hell’s wretches, deviants, cultists and its most infernal monks” you will have to make use of the powers gifted to you by the not-to-be-trusted puzzle field, together with earthly weapons.
“Engaged on the primary true Hellraiser sport has been a enterprise deep into the recesses of my darkest imaginings,” mentioned Clive Barker, who’s had a sophisticated relationship with the collection after he offered the rights earlier than the primary film even launched.
The collection actually began going downhill fairly shortly, and after the third movie we stopped getting theatrical releases—and nothing of worth was misplaced. The unique Hellraiser is without doubt one of the horror GOATs, nevertheless it simply obtained extremely foolish, and by Hellraiser 3 we had been getting Cenobites with CD drive mouths and digital camera heads.
However since I actually do not see Saber’s survival horror motion sport managing to match the unique, which was a wise, slow-burning and severe horror movie that supplied a substitute for the teen-focused and really American slasher flicks of the ’80s, I am hoping it simply leans into the silliness as an alternative.
So yeah, whereas solely the unique quartet—Butterball, Chatterer, Deep Throat and Pinhead—are proven within the trailer, I would wish to see some actual bizarre Cenobites. A DJ remodeled right into a CD-spitting demon may not make sense in 2025, however I wager Saber may give you a Cenobite who’s nicely into spewing fascist vitriol on X, or one who’s been twisted by their obsession with AI and crypto. Simply actual dumb shit. I would like it.
The trailer means that Revival goes to be principally impressed by the primary film, although, so it is in all probability going to take itself a bit extra critically. However you by no means know!
The Steam web page is reside now, however there isn’t any launch date but.