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Hellraiser Films Ranked by On-Screen Kill Counts
A ranking looks at the number of deaths in the Hellraiser films, a horror franchise that began with Clive Barker’s 1987 movie.
The original film introduced the Cenobites, supernatural beings connected with pain and pleasure, rather than focusing mainly on a high body count.
The franchise later featured stories with larger-scale killings and other forms of supernatural violence.
The ranking counts deaths shown on screen or explicitly confirmed during each film.
It includes deaths that happen in illusionary scenes, which can make the events in some films difficult to separate from reality.
The 1987 film and the 2022 reimagining each have seven counted deaths, while Hellraiser: Hellworld has nine.
The comparison shows how the franchise’s level of bloodshed changed over time.
Screen Rant ranked Hellraiser films by documented on-screen and explicitly confirmed deaths.
The article says the counts include deaths in both real events and illusionary scenes within the films’ runtimes.
Hellraiser (2022) and Hellraiser (1987) are tied at the bottom of the ranking with seven kills each.
Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005) is listed next, with nine kills.
The article says the franchise’s later entries grew more violent than its original, more intimate story.
- Who
- Screen Rant’s Richard Craig wrote the ranking.
- What
- The article ranks Hellraiser films by kill count.
- When
- Published October 11, 2026, at 8:10 PM EDT.
- Where
- The ranking covers films in the Hellraiser franchise.
- Why
- It examines how the franchise’s on-screen death toll changed over time.
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- Hellraiser (2022)
- 7 kills
- Hellraiser (1987)
- 7 kills
- Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)
- 9 kills
- Ranking basis
- Documented on-screen and explicitly confirmed deaths
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