A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites.A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites.A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites.
- Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations total
- Riley
- (as Odessa A’zion)
- Orderly
- (as Greg Decuir)
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Also, the movie reminded me of 13 Ghosts in how the house was designed to keep the Cenobites out. You know, rich guy wants to chase after the unknown, figures out how to keep the evil characters trapped, and then goes down in a ball of flames after a plot for people to be bait falters. And it did all of this while keeping the gore to a minimum.
The source material being the same we wouldn't expect much new .
Where this outing fails is to raise the bar on what made the original so good.
The tension and build up is ok but I felt disappointed with the costumes. To me the heavy layered latex looked like heavy layered latex. The original was a darker filmed movie and the Cenobites were so disturbing the first time you see them . In this newer version we have a wider field of view shot further away and it looses its claustrophobic feel . Escaping seems easier and that drives the tension down.
So different cinematography and poor customers and such take away .
The good is the protagonist the actor does a good job portraying seemly troubled youth .
Act 3 has a bit of a twist but comes too late in the film to save it.
All of which makes the Cenobites feel pretty ineffectual. Never mind that Cenobites getting locked out of a house isn't really in keeping with, you know, opening all those portals from other dimensions in the walls and floor. Maybe it's a magic house, I don't know.
The Hellraiser reboot has decent art direction. It has a budget. There's nothing wrong with the new Pinhead, she's fine. But in terms of story, they phoned it in this time. We're left with a movie that's perfectly acceptable as some time-waster slasher that you forget the moment the credits roll, but that's all. Lamentable, considering the potential.
It's a shame that studio executives completely disregard fans and the original source material, when ever considering to remake, or reboot a title. It's not shocking either to see Disney is going doing a terrible rabbithole in ruining classic titles. At this stage it's best to simply watch the first two Hellraisers, Hellraise 3 and 4 are moderately decent sequels. Anything beyond this point was a simple cash-grab or purposefully made to retain the title by the studio so it wouldn't expire.
Keep away. 0 / 10.
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Did you know
- TriviaDoug Bradley, who originated the role of the Hell Priest/Lead Cenobite/Pinhead, had this to say about Jamie Clayton's take in a Twitter post, "I'm a bit blown away by this! The clever re-design of the make-up; the shimmer of the "pin heads"; the palette; whatever that keyhole/locket/tracheotomy thing is at the throat. It's simple, subtle, disturbing and sexy. Everything it should be. Peace and Pain, Doug."
- GoofsWhen Riley is researching Voight, the results show a list of websites. None of them are valid domain names. This is nothing new for many lower budget films, many of which come up with off-brand search domains as referencing the real ones would be too costly.
- Quotes
The Priest: What is it you pray for? What is it you pray for?
Nora: Salvation.
The Priest: And what it'd feel like? A joyful note? Without change, without end? Heaven? There's no music in that.
[the Priest removes a pin from its head...]
Nora: Please...
[... and penetrates Nora's throat with it]
The Priest: But this... there is so much more the body can be made to feel. And you'll feel it all before we're through.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: Hellraiser (2022) (2022)
- SoundtracksHellraiser Theme
Written by Christopher Young
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- Clive Barker Presents Hellraiser
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- Gross worldwide
- $10,303
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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