Hellraiser
A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
- Released:
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thrillers
- Stars: Jamie Clayton, Odessa A'zion, Drew Starkey, Brandon Flynn, Goran Visnjic, Adam Faison, Aoife Hinds, Hiam Abbass, Selina Lo, Jason Liles, Yinka Olorunnife, Zachary Hing, Kit Clarke, Predrag Bjelac, Gorica Regodić, Vukašin Jovanović, Ivona Kustudić, Greg De Cuir, Miodrag Milovanov, Nikola Kent, Katarina Gojković
- Director: David Bruckner
Comments
- crisgeelen-86553 - 16 June 2024
Missing the edge of the original.
This new iteration of Hellraiser is not bad. Actually it is way way better than everything that came after bloodline. And yes, I am happy the franchise is getting some new life injected into it. Not that I am saying Hell on earth and bloodline are better than this one. But the main point I will touch on later.
It has a good production value and the characters I actually like. That they used the original score is also a great plus. The new female Cenobite lead I think is also a good choice since no one will ever be able to fill the shoes of Dough Bradley. Would be cool though if in the future he can make a cameo or something. Dough also had some amazing one-liners, and that made wish the new female Cenobite would be a bit more prominent and torturous and evil.
The thing with this Hellraiser though... It is incredible vanilla. The original Hellraiser movies that were good had a certain intimidating factor to it. You knew you were in for one hell of a ride. Even a certain raunchiness that touched your inner fears with hint of obscenity and obscurity. I mean who can forget Julia coming out of the mattress in part 2. Or Frank and his "Jesus wept".
They played it safe because they didn't want to screw up. And I guess be approachable to an as big of an audience as possible. But that comes with a price. And most of the time that is not pushing it to the next level... - TCurtis9192 - 28 January 2024
HELLRAISER
Probably better than many of the original sequels but that's not saying much.
It's a bad film. It looks cheap, the characters are rubbish, too much focus on teenagers doing stupid douchebag things while being oh so plucky and adventurous. The cenobites are not intimidating and the mystique around the iconic box is just gone at this point- no matter how many upgrades it received for the reboot.
What are the plusses? Nice to see a gay couple represented as simply a couple rather than a plot device or source of strife; most of the effects are practical; there's some interesting violence.
All in all it was a disappointment like basically all of the HELLRAISER films from the third one onwards.
