My only experience with the franchise was half-watching the original once a couple years back, but I liked the new Hellraiser.
Spoiler!
I was really interested in finding out how the Cenobites would punish her if she'd chosen one of the other "gifts". Lazarus obviously would have made the most sense given the storyline.
There was a scene with, I think, the Priestess/Pinhead: "What do you pray for? Salvation? One harmonious note without end? There is no music in that."
I thought that was a pretty cool line, even if the Cenobites are twisted fuckers.
So I spent the last couple days watching Hellraiser and Hellraiser 2: Hellbound.
I'd have to say, I think they were both enjoyable, but I did not like how anticlimactic the second one was when Kirsty (or whatever) was able to convince the Cenobites that they were people once. That felt really rushed and missed the mark, IMO.
Generally speaking, the Cenobites could have been more menacing. In both originals, they could be reasoned with and that took some of the bite out of the scare factor for them. [Reply]
I felt they kept true to the franchise which I respect but unfortunately for me that means kind of boring. Too much dumb story and not enough Cenobites fucking shit up. The Cenobites are super cool albeit maybe a little too polished in this, but it just plodded along and under delivered imo.
Full transparency, Hellraiser is pretty low on my totem of horror. I admittedly lean much more stalk and slash than mystic horror so YMMV. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
The new Hellraiser is still on my mind a bit.
There was a scene with, I think, the Priestess/Pinhead: "What do you pray for? Salvation? One harmonious note without end? There is no music in that."
I thought that was a pretty cool line, even if the Cenobites are twisted fuckers.
So I spent the last couple days watching Hellraiser and Hellraiser 2: Hellbound.
I'd have to say, I think they were both enjoyable, but I did not like how anticlimactic the second one was when Kirsty (or whatever) was able to convince the Cenobites that they were people once. That felt really rushed and missed the mark, IMO.
Generally speaking, the Cenobites could have been more menacing. In both originals, they could be reasoned with and that took some of the bite out of the scare factor for them.
Ok, I finally got around to watching Hellraiser III and IV.
III was decent enough. It was hilarious seeing the newly made cenobites strolling down the streets of Manhattan.
Pretty jarring seeing that amount of smoking in this day and age. There might have been a solid 5 minutes of screen time in which none of techaracters on-screen had a cigarette in their mouth.
The actress who played Terry was hot as hell also. Shame what happened to her character though.
IV was a steaming pile of shit. What was it with the 90s and sending beloved horror franchises into space? They sent Jason Vorhees, Leprechaun and now Pinhead? Just garbage. [Reply]
I thought the new Hellraiser movie was pretty boring to be honest. The first hour is just them bumbling around accidentally stabbing people with the box. You don't really even see the cenobites for the first half of the movie, and when they do show, it never really picks up. Also, why does pinhead have a lisp?
Originally Posted by BDj23:
I thought the new Hellraiser movie was pretty boring to be honest. The first hour is just them bumbling around accidentally stabbing people with the box. You don't really even see the cenobites for the first half of the movie, and when they do show, it never really picks up. Also, why does pinhead have a lisp?
I was disappointed
Having just watched the original, that's par for the course really. The Cenobites had very little screen time in the original. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
Having just watched the original, that's par for the course really. The Cenobites had very little screen time in the original.
Notice pinhead looks a lot like the COVID 19 virus? [Reply]
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This is literally scaring people sick.
While most horror films keep people up at night, slasher flick “Terrifier 2” is apparently so graphic that viewers are vomiting and passing out in their seats. Social media users shared their appalling viewing experiences ahead of the special release of director Damien Leone’s film Thursday.
The crowd-funded indie horror flick — which will play in over 850 theaters nationwide after initially airing last week — is the “Uncut and Uncompromised” sequel to “Terrifier,” a film about a psychotic killer clown named Art the Clown, Bloody Disgusting reported. In this blood-splattered sequel, the homicidal harlequin gets resurrected by a malevolent entity, whereupon he terrorizes a teenage girl and her brother on Halloween. Think “It” but with buckets more blood and guts...
Originally Posted by Jerm:
Got out of Halloween Ends a little while ago….I have no idea what in the **** I watched.
*sigh* Jesus Christ.
I assume you mightve been let down,but not sure haha.I'm a big Halloween fan,but i kinda hope its the last movie for a while.I'm actually surprised they got JLC to do these last movies,i would imagine she won't do anymore.But of course i havent seen the new one yet. [Reply]
Originally Posted by PurpleJesus28:
I assume you mightve been let down,but not sure haha.I'm a big Halloween fan,but i kinda hope its the last movie for a while.I'm actually surprised they got JLC to do these last movies,i would imagine she won't do anymore.But of course i havent seen the new one yet.
Should have ended with Halloween with Michael dying in the basement. No need for the other 2 movies. :-) [Reply]
