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Trivia: Star Craig Sheffer had previously starred alongside Doug Bradley in the film "Nightbreed," which was written and directed by "Hellraiser" creator Clive Barker.

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Trivia: Like several other entries in the series, this was originally not meant to be a "Hellraiser" film. The studio felt the script would be a good fit for the series, so it was rewritten to add in the cenobites and puzzle box.

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Trivia: The first "Hellraiser" movie to be released direct-to-video.

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Trivia: The film was originally meant to be set in England, but this was changed during production when the studio decided it should take place in the US. In order to help sell this, a number of the English cast members were redubbed with American accents. However, as the decision was made after part of the film had already been shot, there are a few lines alluding to it being set in England still left in the finished movie. (They evidently couldn't be reshot or cut around).

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Trivia: "Gremlins" star Zach Galligan has a "blink and you'll miss it" cameo as one of the dead bodies in the nightclub after the massacre. He's only on-screen for a second, but if you know where to look, you can see him. (He's impaled with a pool stick.) Evidently the director asked him to make a cameo as they had worked together before on the "Waxwork" films, and Galligan accepted.

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Trivia: The original draft of the script was reportedly much bleaker in tone. It didn't have the pseudo-cenobites such as "Barbie" and "CD Head," and the ending of the film involved Joey willingly becoming Pinhead's "bride" in exchange for fortune and success.

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Trivia: Peter Jackson was reportedly asked to direct, and while he entertained the notion, he ultimately turned down the opportunity as at the time he mainly worked on broad comedic horror films and felt he would not be a good fit for the material.

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Trivia: The film was originally directed by Kevin Yagher. However, after filming was initially completed, Miramax demanded reshoots to restructure the film, give it a happier ending, introduce Pinhead earlier and alter the storyline to make it more mainstream. Yagher strongly disagreed with these changes and walked away from production. An uncredited Joe Chappelle stepped in to direct the reshoots, and the film was ultimately credited to "Alan Smithee," as Yagher felt the finished film strayed too far from his original vision.

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Trivia: Though it's not made 100% clear in the film, the character Eugene was originally intended to be the killer from the original "Black Christmas."

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Trivia: The puzzle-box from the "Hellraiser" movies can be seen on an end-table in Eugene's living room. It can easily be seen about 23 minutes into the film while Leslie is talking to Eugene. (In fact, Leslie puts his drink down right next to it).

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Trivia: At the beginning of the film, Taylor is standing in front of a bar called "Rabbit in Red." This is a reference to the movie "Halloween," in which Dr. Loomis finds a matchbook for a lounge called the "Rabbit in Red."

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Trivia: Leslie's turtles are named "Church" and "Zoe." These are references to the original two "Pet Semetary" films. In "Pet Semetary," there is a re-animated cat named "Church." And in "Pet Semetary 2," there is a re-animated dog called "Zoe."

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Question: It's been a while since I've seen the movie, so I could be forgetting something. But why do Maurice and Brian say a sad good-bye at the end of the film? Sure, Brian can't go down to the monster world any more, but there's theoretically nothing stopping Maurice from coming up to visit him in the future pretty much whenever he wants. Does Maurice just think he shouldn't see Brian any more or something?

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Trivia: Ryan Reynolds has half-jokingly, half-seriously said that the studio could probably make an R-rated cut of "Detective Pikachu" if they wanted, because of all the jokes he improvised during the voice and motion-capture sessions. He described the process as "you throw a billion things up against the wall...", and said he'd sometimes come up with dozens of different variations for any given joke, which would range from child-friendly to for adults only.

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Trivia: Was the final "Critters" movie for 27 years. A fifth film, "Critters Attack," was finally released direct-to-video in 2019.

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Trivia: Shot back-to-back with "Critters 3."

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Trivia: Shot back-to-back with "Critters 4."

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Trivia: The first feature film for future megastar Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Trivia: The last "Critters" movie released in theaters. All three films that came after were released direct-to-video.

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Trivia: Director Mick Garris reportedly did many of the critter voices himself. (Albeit his voice was heavily altered).

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