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I can't believe the Hellraiser series is still going on. 1987-present without remakes/reboots/offshoots. Only the 9th one didn't have the original Pinhead.
Who the fukk keeps making these movies?
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@ "Hellraiser: Hellworld" aka "Hellraiser: The Matrix"
^^^at that foolishness
*Warning : Long Winded Post Incoming*
Low key, some of those Hellraiser films actually aren't all that bad. I marathoned them all back in the day (Only one I've not seen is the last one, Revelations). Even though the franchise has been handed to a number of different people, most of them seem to be able to follow the general theme that the victims are being destroyed by their own desires. As Pinhead said...it's not hands that open the box, but desire.
1 is a straight up horror classic...holds it's own against any film mentioned in this topic. 2 is a strange, cerebral, twisted little gem. The plot is a little too sprawling for it to be as good as 1, but there are some nice moments in it.
After that, the franchise goes in a lot of different directions, some of them are worthy endeavors.
HR3: Hell on Earth, is amongst the worst of them, if only because Pinhead turns into a typical "I'm taking over the world, for no reason" type villain, as opposed to the diplomatic mercenary simply doing what he was meant to do. The other cenobites (Usually highlights in and of themselves) are also a letdown. This film was just ridiculous, I think there was a cenobite that spit CD's at you....
Shocking as it may sound, HR4:Bloodline is actually damn good. It's actually my second fave. It's a pretty interesting mix of sci-fi, horror, and period piece. Story takes place across three different generations of one family (All played by the same guy). Delves into the mythology of pinhead, has some cool cenobites, and doesn't have the ridiculousness of 3.
Part 5, Inferno, is also definitely worth checking out if you're a fan of the series. It's actually a mix of detective fiction/horror/psychological thriller...Pinhead isn't in it all that much, but the villain that they introduce is damn near just as scary. Once again, it follows the theme of desire.
Part 6, Hellseeker, is a little bit like part 5, but closer to Jabobs Latter. I've always felt that part 5 and 6 sorta go hand in hand. Their very different in tone from the other films in the series, and can almost stand alone, but still quite scary and they somewhat go against genre type by focusing on two male victims.
Part 7, Deader, is kind of interesting. From what I understand, it was not originally supposed to be a Hellraiser film, and it really does show. It was obviously supposed to be a film about a cult of some sort, but somewhere along the line, somebody must have secured some rights or something because Pinhead sticks out like a sore thumb. Even so, I believe that it was one of the more frightening entries in the series...honest to god, their is a part in the beginning where a person with a bad heart can have a cardiac arrest if they aren't careful.
Part 8, Hellworld....lol. If you're going to skip one, skip this one....really feels like a modern, run of the mill, shytty teenage sex horror. It delves into the "scary computer world" type stuff that you see in movies like Feardotcom and Stay Alive. If you really need motivation to see it, hell, it does have Lance Henriksen, but even he can't save this.
Overall I'd rank them : 1 >>> 4 > 6 > 2 > 5 >>>> 7 >>>>>> 3 >>>>>> 8
