Fails the Bechdel test
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
2002. Directed by Rick Bota, written by Clive Barker (characters) and Carl V. Dupré and Tim Day.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
8 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Kirsty Cotten is now grown up and married to Trevor Gooden. Her memory of the events that took place back at her parent's home and the mental institution have dimmed, but she is still traumatized. One fateful day, the two get into a fatal car crash, killing Kirsty. Now, Trevor finds himself in a strange world full of sexy women, greed and murder, making him believe he may be in hell. He follows the clues all the way to Pinhead.
- Released
- 15 Oct 2002
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5 / 10
- Metascore
- 46 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations.
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Trevor 247 lines, man
- Allison 68 lines, woman
- Kirsty 46 lines, woman
- Lange 39 lines, man
- Bret 37 lines, man
- Tawny 28 lines, woman
- Gwen 20 lines, woman
- Larry 18 lines
- Pinhead 18 lines, man
- Sage 16 lines, woman
Full cast, 18 people
- Dean Winters as Trevor Gooden
- Ashley Laurence as Kirsty Cotton
- Rachel Hayward as Dr. Allison Dormere
- Sarah-Jane Redmond as Gwen Stevens
- Doug Bradley as Pinhead / Merchant
- William S. Taylor as Det. Mike Lange
- Ken Camroux-Taylor as Dr. Ambrose
- Trevor White as Bret
- Michael J. Rogers as Detective Givens
- Jody Thompson as Tawny
- Kaaren de Zilva as Sage
- Dale Wilson as Chief Surgeon / Surgeon Cenobite
- Brenda McDonald as Angular Nurse
- Sarah Hayward as Stitch Cenobite
- Nancy J. Lilley as Bound Cenobite
- Gus Lynch as Tawny's Boyfriend
- Alec Willows as Janitor
- Kyle Cassie as Paramedic
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 112
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 4 to 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 to 12 | 9 | 15 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 to 18 | 13 | 20 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 12 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 6 |
| 25 to 27 | 8 | 6 |
| 28 to 30 | 11 | 8 |
| 31 to 33 | 23 | 16 |
| 34 to 36 | 6 | 34 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 to 42 | 1 | 16 |
| 43 to 45 | 3 | 2 |
| 46 to 48 | 19 | 11 |
| 49 to 51 | 6 | 8 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 15 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 1 |
| 58 to 60 | 34 | 31 |
| 61 to 63 | 1 | 36 |
| 64 to 66 | 1 | 5 |
| 67 to 69 | 11 | 24 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 14 |
| 73 to 75 | 3 | 12 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 15 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 1 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 13 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 4 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 7 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 6 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 4 |
| 97 to 99 | 1 | 1 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 6 |
| 103 to 105 | 1 | 5 |
| 106 to 108 | 12 | 15 |
| 109 to 111 | 10 | 3 |
| 112 to 112 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 32 are women's.
188 lines from women, 397 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
8 women and 10 men in the cast. 6 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 640.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 69 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 30% of the words (2,186), men 70% (5,048). Women have 32% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
1
Two men
22
Exhibit E: behind the camera
None of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 6% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Rick Bota (man)
- Written by
- Carl V. Dupré (man), Tim Day (man)
- Produced by
- Michael Leahy (man), Ron Schmidt (man)
- Shot by
- John Drake (man)
- Edited by
- Anthony Adler (man), Lisa Mozden (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Stephen Edwards (man)
- Production design by
- Troy Hansen (man)
- Costumes by
- Brad Gough (man)
- Cast by
- Blair Law (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
0 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 3 men
-
Writing
0 women, 3 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 2 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Other crew
1 women, 0 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jody Thompson 26, Sarah-Jane Redmond 32, Rachel Hayward 34, Ashley Laurence 36
Men
Trevor White 31, Dean Winters 38, Michael J. Rogers 38, Doug Bradley 48, William S. Taylor 55, Ken Camroux-Taylor 61
Exhibit G: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- $3 million
- Box office
- Not listed
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 112 scenes and 640 lines of dialogue. How the test works
