Hellraiser Revival Is Ready To Earn Its M Rating

Hellraiser: Revival developer Saber Interactive is aiming to deliver a faithful adaptation of the cult-classic horror series, and the studio says it wants to earn its M rating when the single-player survival-horror game is eventually released. The source material--starting with Clive Barker's novel that the popular horror film series is based on--was already pretty extreme for its time, as it revolved around people unwittingly summoning the sadomasochistic Cenobites: explorers from another dimension who subject their victims to gruesome experiments.

"We are going to go as far as we possibly can, as far as the people that make rules will let us go," Saber development chief Tim Willits said to IGN. "And I hope that we can make one version, but we are willing to go as far as we possibly can go."

Barker is also involved in the project, as Saber says that he was consulted on the story written for the game. "We're trying to portray all the gore and horror that is present in the films, violence, sexuality, everything," associate game director Aleksandra Pelivanović explained to GameSpot recently. "It was really important for us to catch every key element of the franchise and put it in the game in the right context. And when we sent Clive the final draft for the storyline, he was like, 'Yes, that's Hellraiser!'"