Screamfest 2007.A true class act and a personable, intelligent conversationalist: Doug Bradley. The watershed British horror of the 80's, Hellraiser made Pinhead an icon and spawned a clutch of mostly unsatisfactory sequels. Behind a mountain of makeup and a leather apron resided Bradley, who always maintained the menace and integrity of the character, no matter how artistically bankrupt the proceedings got.
Minus the fashionably disgusting costume, Doug's greatest weapon in his Pinhead performance was his voice. That in mind, I leaned over the table and made an innocent inquiry about Doug's history of voice-over work. Unprompted, he took me through a complete history of the Pinhead voice and its highly inconsistent post-production manipulation. On the set, he mostly used his normal voice, citing the difficulty of working in a lower register. Apparently, the engineers had not taken notes in the dubbing sessions; they had to start fresh with each sequel, resulting in the inconsistencies.
We segued into a discussion of the re-dubbing of the British supporting cast in Hellraiser and the incongruity the oh-so English settings created with the "American" dubbing. Throughout this, I was keenly aware that there were people waiting behind me and that I'd spent longer talking to him that any other celeb I'd met that day.
Seated nearby, Kane Hodder, who played Jason no less than four times, interrupted Doug no less than twice by loudly klanging his machete on the table to rouse his fellow monster. I get the sense that these guys fuck with each other in order to break up the monotony of ten hours of pressing the flesh with strangers.
After twenty minutes, one of the Screamfest volunteers leaned in and politely shooed me away, mentioning the growing line. In a fit of pique Bradley snipped, "It doesn't seem that long to me," and continued talking.
The volunteer finally corralled us into the above pic.
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