Michael Myers and Pinhead could have teamed up to raise hell together!
The Big Picture One of my favorite games to play with other horror friends is to ask them who would win in a deadly match-up. Would Ghostface be able to out-smart Leatherface, or would he stumble over themselves like always and lose to the saw? Is Annabelle able to be silent and deadly against the crass, knife-wielding Chucky, or will he use his humor and wit to overpower his fellow doll? We already saw Freddy vs.
The idea was conceived by filmmaker Dave Parker after he had unsuccessfully pitched the idea of Freddy vs. Jason back in the mid-90s, according to the book The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy. Once he was rejected for the Freddy vs. Jason crossover, he began to try and think of other horror icons that could be meshed together. At the time, Dimension Studios owned the rights to both Halloween and Hellraiser, so Parker started there.
Dimension thought Helloween was interesting but didn't think there would be enough of a sell to make it plausible. This idea was pitched eight years before Freddy vs. Jason was actually made and became a theatrical success ... much to Parker's dismay, I'm sure. Doug Bradley, who played Pinhead in the Hellraiser franchise, pondered what might have been in an interview with Your Move Magazine, where he discussed the potential crossover.
Loyal Fans Were Against a 'Halloween' and 'Hellraiser' Crossover Unfortunately for everyone, Halloween producer Moustapha Akkad was against the idea of the crossover happening. Bradley noted that Akkad had retained the rights to all the sequels and wasn't keen on the two getting together. Fans were never fully onboard either, as confirmed by a poll that was put up at HalloweenMovies.com.
Maybe it's just me and my penchant for cheesy horror movies, but the Helloween movie sounds like it could've been a campy classic for all to enjoy. Horror crossovers have been far and few between since Freddy vs. Jason was released, but if the slasher genre can get a resurgence, perhaps some marquee match-ups might still come our way. I'm looking at you, David Gordon Green!
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