Passes the Bechdel test
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
1992. Directed by Anthony Hickox, written by Peter Atkins and Tony Randel and Clive Barker.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 62. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Joey Summerskill is an ambitious TV reporter whose life is changed forever when she witnesses the horrific death of a tormented teenage boy torn apart by bloody chains. Determined to find the truth behind this gruesome vision, she discovers the Lament Configuration Box, which opens the door to the Cenobites demonic world of pleasure and pain. Once again Pinhead walks the Earth, creating a new army of Cenobites from the transmuted flesh of his victims, his one desire to reclaim the Box and free himself forever from the powers of Hell.
- Released
- 11 Sep 1992
- Genres
- Horror
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 50 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 10 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Joey 137 lines, woman
- Terri 89 lines, woman
- Jp 61 lines, man
- Pinhead 39 lines, man
- Elliott 22 lines
- Sandy 20 lines, woman
- Doc 12 lines, man
- Brad 11 lines
- Mama 11 lines, woman
- Elder Cop 8 lines, man
Full cast, 40 people
- Terry Farrell as Joey Summerskill
- Doug Bradley as Pinhead / Elliot
- Kevin Bernhardt as J.P. Monroe
- Ken Carpenter as Doc / Camerahead
- Paula Marshall as Terri
- Philip Hyland as Brad
- Ashley Laurence as Kirsty Cotton
- Sharon Ceccatti as Blond Nurse
- Shanna Lynn as Female Cop
- Bob Bragg as Male Cop
- Clayton Hill as The Priest
- Aimée Leigh as Sandy
- Anthony Hickox as Soldier 2
- James D.R. Hickox as Yuppie 2
- Lawrence Mortorff as Bum
- Steven Painter as Young Guy
- David Young as Bill The Bouncer
- Bob Stephens as Second Male Cop
- Peter G. Boynton as Joey's Father
- Ron Norris as Douglas the Bouncer
- Robert C. Treveiler as Paramedic 1
- Chris Kratt as Paramedic 2
- Lawrence Kuppin as Derelict
- Sharon Percival as Brittany Virtue
- Brent Bolthouse as CD The DJ
- Paul Vincent Coleman as Soldier 1
- Bobby Knoop as Yuppie 1
- Tonya Saunders as Go-Go Dancer
- Angelia Thomas as Go-Go Dancer
- Kim Ball as Go-Go Dancer
- Cassandra Perry as Go-Go Dancer
- Anna Marie Issacs as Go-Go Dancer
- John Bush as Armored Saint
- Joey Vera as Armored Saint
- Phil Sandoval as Armored Saint
- Jeff Duncan as Armored Saint
- Rosemary Gore as Date (uncredited)
- Peter Atkins as Rick the Barman / Cenobite (uncredited)
- Zach Galligan as Man Stabbed with Pool Stick (uncredited)
- George Lee as Bob
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 62
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 to 6 | 14 | 5 |
| 7 to 8 | 7 | 2 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 to 12 | 52 | 0 |
| 13 to 14 | 8 | 4 |
| 15 to 16 | 41 | 0 |
| 17 to 18 | 30 | 0 |
| 19 to 20 | 9 | 11 |
| 21 to 22 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 to 24 | 11 | 17 |
| 25 to 26 | 3 | 16 |
| 27 to 28 | 12 | 11 |
| 29 to 30 | 7 | 0 |
| 31 to 32 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 to 34 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 to 36 | 8 | 7 |
| 37 to 38 | 7 | 13 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 to 42 | 6 | 0 |
| 43 to 44 | 8 | 0 |
| 45 to 46 | 7 | 0 |
| 47 to 48 | 2 | 4 |
| 49 to 50 | 3 | 2 |
| 51 to 52 | 1 | 20 |
| 53 to 54 | 2 | 1 |
| 55 to 56 | 2 | 6 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 5 | 5 |
| 61 to 62 | 4 | 7 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
JOEY: Oh my God ... JOEY: Did I sleep through an earthquake? TERRI: I figured I'd make breakfast. JOEY: Right ... That's ... er ... that's nice of you, Terri. Can I ask? Is it always this ... exploratory?
JOEY: Jesus. Are you sure this is the street? TERRI: Yeah. Happening, isn't it? JOEY: What on earth were you doing down here? JOEY: Terri?
JOEY: Terri, check out the other folder. TERRI: What am I looking for? JOEY: God knows. Anything. Contacts. Clues. TERRI: Jesus. You're gonna pay her for this shit? It's like fucking business papers for God's sake!
TERRI: No! No. I can't. I just can't. TERRI: Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. JOEY: Hi. You've reached Joanne Summerskill. In spirit at least. Please leave a message. Thanks.
JOEY: Terri? Oh no! NO!! TERRI!! TERRI CENOBITE: Oh, go on. Have one. Fuck it. You think you're going to live forever? JOEY: Wanna light, you bitch?!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 64 are women's.
265 lines from women, 149 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
6 women and 17 men in the cast. 4 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 10 of 460.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 27 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 63% of the words (3,090), men 37% (1,812). Women have 64% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: 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
12
Two men
6
Exhibit F: behind the camera
None of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 0% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Anthony Hickox (man)
- Written by
- Peter Atkins (man)
- Story by
- Peter Atkins (man), Tony Randel (man)
- Produced by
- Lawrence Mortorff (man)
- Shot by
- Gerry Lively (man)
- Edited by
- James D.R. Hickox (man)
- Music by
- Randy Miller (man)
- Production design by
- Steve Hardie (man)
- Costumes by
- Leonard Pollack (man)
- Cast by
- Leonard Finger (man), Geno Havens (man)
The crew, department by department
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Production
0 women, 5 men, 6 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 6 men, 5 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 4 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Ashley Laurence 26, Terry Farrell 28, Paula Marshall 28, Sharon Ceccatti 35
Men
Kevin Bernhardt 31, Doug Bradley 38, Ken Carpenter 51
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $5 million
- Box office
- $12.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 62 scenes and 460 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
