Even Hellraiser 3 is one of those random guilty pleasure movies for me. That movie is full on early 90s down to the sleazy characters, design of the cenobites. I enjoy it in the same way I enjoy Jason X lol.
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I know what you mean, it's so over the top. The soundtrack to Hellraiser 3 holds a special place in my heart, too. Saw Jason X in a theater on opening day lol
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All of the ones after 2 suck because they just got lazy and made Pinhead a full on generic boogeyman. Although I do have a soft spot for Bloodlines.
The reboot on Netflix was ruined by how they changed the Box.
The reboot on Netflix was ruined by how they changed the Box.
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The first two are great. Genuine slasher classics. And they go hand in hand (meaning 2 follows directly after 1 and continues that exact story with the same cast). The rest range from extremely meh to horrendously godawful dogshit. The closest analogy I can think of is the Terminator franchise. Hellraiser 1 & 2 = The Terminator & T2. All of the post-#2 Hellraiser sequels = all of the post-#2 Terminator sequels. (I'm not saying Hellraiser is as good as The Terminator or Hellraiser 2 is as good as T2). But yes, the first two creepy as hell and absolutely worth a watch.
Henry Cavill is in Hellraiser Hellworld (#8) (before he was famous)
I ended up watching Hellraisers last night (here - god bless the internet archive) and it kept my interest for its duration. Julia is a dirty dirty girl. Frank's "come to daddy" is hilarious. There were more laughs than scares, but I can see why this movie is considered a horror genre classic. The hallway scene when Kirsty is being chased reminded me of the House Beneviento section from Resident Evil 8. I'll definitely check out part 2 when I get a chance.
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I think the thing that has everyone most excited is the "single player survival horror" aspect. A story based game where you get to play through an actual original story set somewhere within the original timeline. It's not just some lame bullshit multiplayer that's tantamount to hide & seek with IP skins.
And also, Clive Barker himself is involved as a consultant. Which is excellent because the game makers will bring their ideas to him and get his feedback, which ensures the game will be as close to the original lore as possible and fit within the rules that have been established without veering off into its own random thing.
And the OG himself, Doug Bradley, is doing the voice which is FANTASTIC. As bad as the later sequels were with Bradley, it's been so much worse without him. Even the reboot, which was actually fairly decent as it's own thing, felt like something was missing without him. So the fact that he's back makes it feel like we're really in business. Seriously, this is like getting Robert Englund back to do the voice of Freddy. It's AMAZING!
It's first person, so if you've played Alien Isolation, it'll probably be something like that. Limited weapons, both melee and ranged, and limited health, while you sneak your way through the labyrinth. Aside from a couple of brief shots, we haven't seen much gameplay. But what we have seen definitely looks promising.
I can tell you right now, if this was another cheap multiplayer.....absolute zero interest. If Clive Barker wasn't involved, I'd be extremely skeptical. If they had someone else doing the voice of Pinhead, my interest would be decimated. So so far it's like everything that could go wrong is going right. Which is shocking. Pleasantly shocking. Does that guarantee the game will be good? No. It could turn out to be a glitchy buggy mess with a 6 hour campaign. But thus far I see nothing to worry about.
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Only watched the original Hellraiser.
Like the Final Destination series, I don't get why it has a dedicated fanbase.
Like the Final Destination series, I don't get why it has a dedicated fanbase.
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I watched it again the other night, the first time in probably 12 years, and I loved it. It's not perfect, but damn is it intense and creepy. Far more than Halloween or F13th or ANOES. And it held my interest throughout. The human drama was excellent. The cenobites being merely in the background and not front and center the entire time was a nice touch. It added a really nice sense of foreboding. The real villains being Frank and Julia and not the cenobites was a nice touch too.
I think a big part of the film's issues are from all the cuts forced by the MPAA. The original version was X-rated. Those bastards at the MPAA forced them to cut lots of great stuff (shots cut away too soon, entire frames are missing from certain gore shots, lots of the sex stuff was removed). By today's standards there's no doubt the X-cut would be an R. It's a damn shame they didn't save all that footage and release it as a Special Edition.
Also, the budget was only $900,000. For $900,000 they made a movie that looked like it had a budget 10x that. Imagine if Barker had been able to make his movie with double the budget. It would've been wild. (Double the budget and isn't forced to cut anything).
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Hellraiser 2 is even better.
The one thing I don't like about the first movie is they changed things from the novella (where Pinhead still gives Frank a chance to back out even after he opened the box). I think that's an important detail to show that Pinhead/Cenobites aren't generic bad guy boogeymen like they became in the later films.
The "reboot" made the mistake of changing how the box works.
The one thing I don't like about the first movie is they changed things from the novella (where Pinhead still gives Frank a chance to back out even after he opened the box). I think that's an important detail to show that Pinhead/Cenobites aren't generic bad guy boogeymen like they became in the later films.
The "reboot" made the mistake of changing how the box works.
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Looking forward to this 1 and pretty delighted it's a single player survivor game. Fed up of multilayer crap or styles such as until dawn
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Finally got around to watching Hellbound Hellraiser 2 again. As with Hellraiser 1, it was probably the first time in ~12 years. I thought it was alright. I definitely liked Hellraiser 1 more. Hellbound was interesting, but it felt sort of half baked. It was an interesting idea with so-so execution.
The labyrinth parts were cool, I just wish they were fleshed out more. Perhaps that's where this game will excel? Maybe we'll get a full realized and fleshed out labyrinth?
The labyrinth parts were cool, I just wish they were fleshed out more. Perhaps that's where this game will excel? Maybe we'll get a full realized and fleshed out labyrinth?
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I love Jason X. It was pure comedy with some goat kills in a cool scenario.
This has to be his best one next to the wheel chair guy.
The goat, with the worst "sexy panties" ever.
Hellraiser 3 was preposterous. I was creeped out by first two, as I read the novellas @My Spot is referencing too. I remember being terrified reading it at night, as I was just a kid. It was so unnerving to see it in live action.
Then Hellraiser 3 comes along and it's a hoot.
It was the same with Friday the 13th. It made me so affraid of the woods/camping in those early films, before it became almost comedy where you looked foreard to all the ways he'd take out camp counsellors.
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The Jason X clip doesn't have a screen cap for me, says it is age restricted and I have to watch on YouTube, but I already knew what it was going to be. That's one of the most brutal kills in any horror series.
I was always disappointed with the way they handled the fourth Hellraiser film, bc that film might have ended up being a classic, if not for the studio interference. So there wasn't enough Pinhead, so they fire the director and let someone else shoot more scenes with Pinhead, do a terrible editing job, and make what might have been a memorable film into a mess. Then, a few years pass, and they start making Hellraiser movies that weren't really ever going to be very good, that basically include Pinhead in a cameo. Go figure.
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i had bloodlines on vhs, sold it before i watched it. may regret that tbh. should have at least given it a chance.
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Agreed. They could have had a good run like Friday the 13th did. It makes the first few even more cult gems, but it's such a wasted opportunity.
I'm glad it's getting a game with a studio that seems to get it. I'm cautiously optimistic!
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You're not missing much. Only the first two are any good.
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I couldn't even enjoy it as a "fun" movie. It just made me angry. Though, Uber Jason was one thing I actually didn't mind.
