‘Hellraiser: Revival’ Celebrates Its Gore and Depravity in New Accolades Trailer

“Disgusting… Brutal… A beautiful display of suffering…”

For Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, those are selling points. The new accolades trailer celebrates the game’s positive reviews, highlighting the gratuitous violence, gore, and depravity that make this trip into Hell feel so appropriately fucked up.

We’ve talked about Revival a whole lot here on Dread Central, and for good reason. Its familiar survival horror mechanics let you step directly into Clive Barker’s universe, with Doug Bradley returning as the voice of Pinhead. The puzzle boxes, the Cenobites, the grotesque imagery, the uncomfortable relationship between pleasure and pain. It’s all here.

Our own Christian McKnight gave the game four out of five stars, noting some frustrating combat and chase sequences but coming away impressed by its authenticity: “But I had a damn good time playing it. And it felt like Hellraiser.”

Barker himself was surprised by how much made it into the finished game. In our exclusive interview, he discussed his initial concerns about censorship before giving the result a pretty definitive endorsement: “I’m proud as fuck at the end result.”

That enthusiasm also led to a bigger conversation about the franchise. Barker called Revival a “wake-up call” for the movies, explaining that he still has plenty of ideas for exploring this world on film. And amid all the suffering, we even spotted a little love for and , with .