Hellraiser 

The movie that I watched was called Hellraiser, a classic horror cult film. I’m not going to say much about the plot of the story but basically monsters called “cenobites” are out to torture people in unimaginable ways. Anyways the scene that I chose is when Kirsty meets the whole team of cenobites for the very first time. Back in the 80’s special effects weren’t great, in fact they were pretty awful, however the way the director Clive Barker shot this scene was genius.

1.Barker knew that the make up and the special effects were not very great therefore he decided to shoot this scene with fog surrounding the room, therefore you can’t get a really good look at things.

2. Barker used some very interesting shots in this scene, for example when you see the Pinhead, the camera is also very close-up, giving the audience a feel that is not so comfortable with.

3. The high placement angle of the shoots made the audience and Kirsty feel powerless.

4. Barker shot this scene with a very unusual backlight, making the audience only focusing on the cenobites.

5. Although the special effects were not great in the movie, the make-up and costumes are still amazing, the make up of all the cenobites were actually very realistic. The costumes were also great, they had a certain style to them that looked scary and cool at the same time. This scene basically made the movie famous and the line that Pinhead said “no tears please, you are wasting the suffering” was just awesome. 