
So, we just reached out to him and said, ‘We love your work. We kept coming across this guy, Martin Emborg. We’d all done all these deep internet dives, and we were pulling from all the Hellraiser art that was present and just trying to explore what hit us. Then Keith Thompson had also referenced his work. Kathrin Eder had referenced his work in her pitch to the studio to get the job.

“He designed this game called ECHOthat is very Hellraiser -y in its imagery. “ Martin Emborg, he’s a video game designer,” Bruckner tells us. Speaking with Bloody Disgusting, Bruckner talked about the talent involved in the new puzzle box’s creation and juggling multiple iterations for the screen.īruckner’s search for the puzzle box’s concept artist led him to the realm of video games. It’s a brand-new iteration of the iconic puzzle box, which meant multiple variations to create for the film. That puzzle box features six configurations, each offering a new puzzle to solve and a sharp hook that demands a blood sacrifice.

In Hellraiser, Odessa A’zion stars as Riley, “A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.” Director David Bruckner reteams with The Night House writers Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski for a new, highly anticipated installment of Hellraiser, now streaming only on Hulu.
