Way better than expected from a Hellraiser "reboot" made in 2022. But not nearly as good as those two first movies. Where those had grotesque love stories between psychopaths and skinless creatures escaping hell, this has more attractive young people running, screaming and being picked off one by one.
It's definitely not as bad/cliché as your average American teen horror, but still. It was Frank, Julia, Dr. Channard and their twisted love/lust/desires that made those movies classics. Not Pinhead chasing Kirsty.
Voight was by far the most interesting character and should've been the center of the story. He should've lured the brother in as a sacrifice, making the sister and/or boyfriend try to find him. His "wish" from leviathan should've been to bring back some old lover, now disfigured and skinless like frank and Julia (but worse), forever needing more blood to stay alive. Explicit sex scene with this broken lump of meat could've been this movies "mattress scene".
Because it badly needed that "cherry on top" to truly make it "Hellraiser". Skinned people making out and the razor blade scene on the mattress was what made people talk about those movies. It wasn't Pinhead. It was those scenes and relationships that was so f'd up that you just HAD to talk about them. Disturbing, fascinating and beautiful all at the same time.
Pinhead is fantastic though. Love new Pinhead. Love new cenobites design. It's less 80's bdsm/metal vibe, and more outer worldly "explorers in the further regions of experience". Love it. Perfect.
Also loved all the effort put into the box. Best box.
Anyway, everyone involved is clearly capable and fans of the source material, so if you get to make another one; go way, way darker.
It's definitely not as bad/cliché as your average American teen horror, but still. It was Frank, Julia, Dr. Channard and their twisted love/lust/desires that made those movies classics. Not Pinhead chasing Kirsty.
Voight was by far the most interesting character and should've been the center of the story. He should've lured the brother in as a sacrifice, making the sister and/or boyfriend try to find him. His "wish" from leviathan should've been to bring back some old lover, now disfigured and skinless like frank and Julia (but worse), forever needing more blood to stay alive. Explicit sex scene with this broken lump of meat could've been this movies "mattress scene".
Because it badly needed that "cherry on top" to truly make it "Hellraiser". Skinned people making out and the razor blade scene on the mattress was what made people talk about those movies. It wasn't Pinhead. It was those scenes and relationships that was so f'd up that you just HAD to talk about them. Disturbing, fascinating and beautiful all at the same time.
Pinhead is fantastic though. Love new Pinhead. Love new cenobites design. It's less 80's bdsm/metal vibe, and more outer worldly "explorers in the further regions of experience". Love it. Perfect.
Also loved all the effort put into the box. Best box.
Anyway, everyone involved is clearly capable and fans of the source material, so if you get to make another one; go way, way darker.
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