Season 5, Episode 80: Interview with Gorica Regodić (The Mother) from “Hellraiser” (2022)

In 1987 Clive Barker brought us Hellraiser and the Cenobites. In 2022 another movie was introduced to us, and it brought back the decades-old franchise with this 11th installment. With this movie closely following Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart, there is balance in beauty and horror and it’s not to be mistaken for a reboot, it’s quite the opposite. Hopefully my guest today can help us understand just that. I absolutely love this interview! Gorica and I talked deeply about this movie and her character, The Mother, and providing details about her theories regarding her character’s lore in the film and The Mother’s backstory. Does The Mother possess any human qualities? I am sure that the character in the story did at one point before being transformed into a Cenobite. However, I believe that The Mother has a connection with Hellbound: Hellraiser II and that is the infamous baby crying scene where it exploits maternal instinct. She also went into detail about the costume and makeup process; as she said, she felt like a car getting detailed with the airbrush. There is a new viewpoint brought to light by my guest: that this movie heavily deals with capitalism. Keeping an open mind, I am going to have to watch the movie again attempting to wrap my head around it. It might be true after all. Check out Hellraiser (2022) still streaming on Hulu and Disney+.