Clayton estimated it took between four and six hours to get in the Pinhead makeup, depending on the day, and another hour to remove it all at the end of the day.

David took so much time to schedule with me, late at night on Sundays to sort of help me get to a place where I could really become the Priest.” Step 2: Spend half your day getting into costume Image: Spyglass Media Group/Huluįor Hellraiser, Bruckner teamed up again with the makeup artists at Russell FX, who worked with him on The Night House and The Ritual. “He was working in Serbia months before any of us even arrived. “I was very grateful to David for all of the time that he took,” she says. “It came out, and we’d never seen anything like that before.”Īfter watching the original, Clayton said she had “many, many, many” discussions with Bruckner over the minutest of details, like Pinhead’s posture and voice. “I think about the original Hellraiser and I think it’s a marvel that all of those images were released at once in one movie,” he says. It’s one of the best horror movies ever made, as Bruckner will tell you, it’s a bit of a miracle that it even exists. Step 1: Watch the original Hellraiser Image: Anchor Bay EntertainmentĬlayton watched Clive Barker’s lauded 1987 film the night before her audition for Bruckner’s version, but Cenobite wannabes should feel free to watch it as many times as they want (on Prime Video, Shudder, or for free with ads on Tubi and Pluto TV).

Polygon was lucky enough to catch up with Clayton and Bruckner over Zoom, where they explained what it actually takes to play a Pinhead and gave us a step-by-step guide to becoming a “hellraiser” yourself. Sure, every Halloween is a good Halloween to watch a Hellraiser movie, but this year there’s a brand-new one: The Night House director David Bruckner’s reboot-ish continuation of the Clive Barker series, starring Jamie Clayton as the iconic Pinhead.Ĭlayton is the latest actor to step into Pinhead’s self-made leather boots.

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