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[mim731]

8 minutes ago, WyattSheepMask said:

Having recently bought the Hellraiser: Revival game (which I’m really enjoying), I started going through the series again.
I’ve seen 1-3 a bunch of times, but everything after that other than 5 I’ve only ever seen once. I’ve skipped over 5 (Inferno) because it’s one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. I gave it a second chance after hearing someone praise it on a podcast and figured maybe I’d misjudged it. I hadn’t, it’s shite. 6 (Hellseeker) is up next and I don’t have particularly fond memories of that either. Dean Winters is the lead in it, which gives you an idea of how low the bar is and I think Pinhead only turns up in the last 15 minutes just so that the producers can just go “see! It is a Hellraiser film!”

Alas everything past Bloodlines is either a film that was hastily rewritten to become a Hellraiser movie, or a quick rights grab/extension. Or both. Hellworld is quite fun, and very silly, but yeah a very mixed bag overall after 3. 

I did quite enjoy the 2022 remake, so I may have to revisit that as I've only seen it once.  

[WyattSheepMask]

Oh yeah I’m well aware of the retooling/“‘make a movie quick to keep the rights” routine.

Hellworld is quite the anomaly due to Henry Cavill being in it. He was dam lucky to get the Superman gig after appearing in that.

I do need to rewatch the 2022 one again. I quite enjoyed it even if I did find the main protagonist incredibly unlikeable 

Edited 21 hours ago by WyattSheepMask

[LaGoosh]

I don't care for 3 at all. Turned the Cenobites into cheap Freddy Krueger knock offs.

I've got a lot of time for 2 even if the third act is a complete nonsensical mess. It's full to the brim with creative ideas, inventive and horrific gore and striking visuals. I think the design of Leviathan aka Satan is so unique and cool. I respect films that take big swings even if they miss. 

[SaitoRyo]

Action U.S.A.

Now this - THIS - is what a 1980s B movie action film is supposed to be, baby!

I'd summarise the plot, but that's really besides the point. I'd talk about the acting, but what good would that do? This is a stuntman's movie. It was directed by a stuntman and written around the particular stunts he wanted to put on film. Cars are blown up. People are set on fire. Buildings are fallen off. It is fucking class. 

Plus, it has Mac's Dad as one of the main guys and a brawl in a massive Texas honky tonk.

Five stars.

[mim731]

11 hours ago, LaGoosh said:

I don't care for 3 at all. Turned the Cenobites into cheap Freddy Krueger knock offs.

I've got a lot of time for 2 even if the third act is a complete nonsensical mess. It's full to the brim with creative ideas, inventive and horrific gore and striking visuals. I think the design of Leviathan aka Satan is so unique and cool. I respect films that take big swings even if they miss. 

I get that feeling for 3, it's a bit silly and does have a sort of cartoonish element that feels out of whack with the previous two, although they do explain that at least to some degree. Plus a pre-DS9 Terry Farrell, who I'm always glad to see. 

Agree on 2, it's a mad hodge podge of things but I quite like that in a way. Hell should be chaotic. The design work is phenomenal.