A trailer for Hellraiser: Revelations has stumbled forth from the bowls of Hell and, well, I guess we all know what the devil’s been eating.

Rather than a tease for the franchise’s planned reboot, Hellraiser: Revelations is instead a stop-gap to ensure that the rights don’t expire before The Weinstein Company can get that particular ball rolling (via Shocktillyoudrop).

Nothing could be clearer from the resultant trailer, with the series’ original icon, Pinhead, having to be recast when Doug Bradley declined to return due to “the miniscule shooting schedule [being] more than matched by the budget.” Ouch.

While the franchise was flagging anyway, this latest instalment shows all the hallmarks of an Asylum “original” as opposed to an instalment in an enduring cult classic franchise – the shaky-cam doing little to disguise the tacky sets and “scared face” performances.

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If the trailer hasn’t completely put you off this contractual ninth instalment , and you can’t wait until the inevitable remake for you’re next cenobite fix (really? Not even after Clive Barker’s sweary tweet?), Dimension Extreme will release the film on DVD on August 30th, 2011, having previously played in only one Californian theatre.