#Hellraiser: Hellseeker

[raurquiz]

#happybirthday @1AshleyLaurence #AshleyLaurence #actress #Hellraiser #Hellbound #HellonEarth #Hellseeker #Mikey #LurkingFear #LightningBug #SuddenlySusan #BeverlyHills90210 #Creepshow #Red #TheGreenFairy

[james-stark-the-writer]

since i'm done with the Hellraisers outside of the reboot, here ya go, here's my rankings (with reviews) of all the Hellraiser movies.

[fanofspooky]

Scream Queen - Ashley Laurence

[luxi-lilith]

I just realized how much of a slūt I am for early 2000's horror movies 😩🤌

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: After a car crash, a shady stockbroker suffers from amnesia. He finds himself in a strange world full of sexy women, greed and murder, making him believe he may be in hell. He follows the clues all the way to Pinhead.

[giulliadella]

If I had a coin for each time I watched a movie based on a story by Clive Barker where the main heroine strikes a deal with a sexy demon who uses hooks for killing in order to screw up her cheating husband named Trevor, I'd have two coins. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[narastories]

I mean this in the most lighthearted way possible, but people have incredibly bad takes on Hellseeker online lol

Personally, I enjoy Trevor's suffering and I also enjoy how much blood there is on Kirsty's hand by the end of it. Let that girl be problematic for a second.

[word-of-lahabrea]

This is an old video that I made! But I’ve only just posted it. ☺️

[pikkugootti]

okay so

i had to make a post

im stuck doing schoolwork and suffering, so i thought it would be funny to watch ALL hellraisers. I WASN’T READY FOR THE HELL WHICH I RAISED

i will do in detail movie review later, but to sum up,

hellraiser I, II and III are fine, but with the bloodline it takes one of the most fucking bizarre turn i have seen. OKAY BUT AT LEAST IT TRIES TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL STORY

i wasn’t ready when i started up hellraiser inferno. where the last one had something to do with original THE REST JUST KAJDFLKLAKDFJajdsfhfdsfhhjsfddhjsduhj>KjHJhLISDHFAEJHW(>T)(QRJIERHFJDHDJAhGHFADHUjk

like where as the first three and four are fantasy horror sci fi, THIS FUCKING MOVIE DECIDES THAT WE NEED A COP THRILLER

IT HAS ABSOLUTELY 0 CONNECTION WITH THE ORIGINAL STORY AND ONLY HAS PINHEAD SO PEOPLE CAN GO “OMG THAT’S THE GUY!!!!!!!! ::DDDDDDDDDDDDD” 

hellseeker tries to kinda piggyback from last movie using the same effects, but it tries to add something from the original movies; kirsty

but like......................

SHE DOESN’T DO ANYTHING :sob:

SHE DOESN’T TALK ABOUT THE CENOBITES OR THE LAMENT CONFUGIRATIONS OR LABYRINTH SHE IS JUST THERE TO BE DEAD WIFE PROP - OR NOT EVEN THAT

THIS MOVIE IS LIKE 40% SOFTCORE PORN :sob:

what i find the most bizarre, is that doug bradley, the actor from the first movies still played pinhead in these later movies, even though they CLEARLY HAD NOTHING TO OFFER TO THE FRANCHISE PLUS THESE MOVIES HAVE ONLY CREDITS TO CLIVE BARKER AS “BASeD ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY CLIVE BARKER” AKA HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MOVIES so why would doug bradley willingly participate in their creation???? 

AND THIS IS NOT ALL

THE CURRENT IM WATCHING NOW REVELATIONS HAS SOME OTHER ACTOR TRYING TO COPY WHAT DOUG BRADLEY DID AND WAS :sob: :sob: :Sob: 

WHAT IS THIS PLEAS IM SOBBIN G TR RN????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[flipflopslapfight]

Review: Hellraiser VI (Hellseeker)

Aaaaand, there it is… I didn’t expect my love affair with the Hellraiser series to last through all 11 films, but even still I’m disappointed in how this movie let me down. Continue reading Review: Hellraiser VI (Hellseeker)

[james-stark-the-writer]

nevermind, found a way to watch the remaining Hellraiser movies. so. here we go ig. onto Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker.

[fanofspooky]

It will tear your soul apart

[deuterosapiens]

So, life happened, which unfortunately meant I had delayed Hellseeker, and I'm very annoyed by that.

So, Day Seven, which is to say, actually Day Eight. And because it's after midnight, technically Day Nine. Whatever. I'll hit both Deader and Hellworld together, to sort of balance it. Actually, Hellworld and whatever the next one is on Day Ten because Zelda takes precedence over all. And I need some damn sleep.

I digress. Hellraiser Hellseeker is actually quite interesting. But please note that "interesting" is not a word that should ever be considered synonymous with "good", because "good" Hellseeker isn't.

Kirsty is back for this one! And this is arguably a terrible thing because unfortunately, yeah, no. She's the Final Girl in the first film, lead of the second, and receives a video cameo in the third. Absent in the fourth, and the fifth doesn't matter for reasons ultimately justified by saying that it's Inferno. This movie, this movie right here, is why you do not bring in legacy characters once a franchise has developed past the point where that character's journey no longer makes sense.

I will try to refrain from being too pissed off about her presence here, because in order to really get to the meat of why I'm pissed off about her presence here, we have to dig into the rest of the movie, which, spoiler alert, was so damn booooooring.

So, guy gets involved in an accident where his wife is missing. He's a key suspect in her presumed death, especially since it turns out she's extraordinarily wealthy. Turns put broke Uncle Frank wasn't so broke after all. Why he left her a fortune is anyone's guess. Why Larry left her nothing is also anyone's guess. Okay, sorry, back to the thing.

Our hero has an unfortunate case of the forgetsies, and spends the film unlocking memories of the events prior to his accident. Bodies start to turn up as more of his past is revealed.

Turns out our hero is a cheating scumbag. Who was plotting his wife's murder with a coworker so they can split her inheritance. Dude becomes as likable as a side character in a Final Destination movie. The final pin in our plot is that our lead has given his wife a gift for their anniversary, The Lemarchand Box (which for a brief moment is a sphere, because Leviathan (Lord of the Labyrinth) forbid we do this one thing right, which means that even that one relic from Cabin in the Woods that summons Fornicus is basically a canonical thing in these sequels).

Kirsty is understandably freaked out to receive the Lemarchand Box; after all, such wonderful things have happened to her each time she's been around it. But for some stupid reason, she opens it anyway, because that's what her husband wants her to do.

Upon opening the Box, the nail-headed Hell Priest appears, informing us that all of her husband's actions were a plot to create this exact situation. Evidently, the Cenobites really wanted her soul (you know, the thing he said he would tear apart). She makes a bargain: her soul for five others.

The reveal is that each of the murder victims were actually killed by Kirsty, and that, oh shucks! Our lead has been dead this whole time! Murdered by the wife he intended to kill! The drama! The twist!

So, my issues here should be damn obvious. But why not? We've gotten this far!

First, Kirsty. I have perhaps a difficult believing that this is the same Kirsty from the earlier films. Same actress, same character name. But it's quite difficult for me to reconcile this version of her with the earlier ones. Part of this comes from the Cenobites' portrayal in this and the previous film.

I could make a "different continuity" argument if not for Kirsty's inclusion. Let's remember how Kirsty's final encounter with them went, specifically Elliot Spencer. She reminded them of their humanity thus freeing them of their evil nature, an evil nature which became a separate entity Kingdom Hearts style before being joined together again, Kingdom Hearts style. There's no particular reason to assume any particular ill-will against her, especially since their whole thing was being outside the realms of good and evil. They wanted to savor and know her flesh. Fuck her soul, just a little thing to shred to tiny pieces as an appetizer.

These post-Barker films, however, really want to emphasize the "hell" part of the title in a rather strict "Judeo-Christian" sense, which would be fine if that weren't like, really difficult to mesh with the whole "angels to some, demons to others" thing.

So unfortunately, yes, this movie absolutely needed to ignore the fact that Kirsty has no particular reason to be the ultimate prize to the Cenobites in order to justify the fact that she's been included in a continuity where only a very specific type of lead even begins to work: that is, a hell-damned scumbag forced to leave out eternity in an ironic state of perpetual memory.

I want to ask this movie, this one right here, one question: would the dragon from the first film make any sense to exist in the world of this movie? Would a beast like the Channard Cenobite make sense in this movie?

I actually don't think so. We seem hellbent on ignoring the ever so important simple fact that the early films are fantasy as much as they are horror. We've taken a turn from the whimsical (okay, I don't mean whimsical in the sense of light-hearted whimsy, but you get my point) into the drab.

I'm not going to see my beloved Octahedron again, am I?

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

Given the sudden rush of Hellraiser polls, might I suggest a worst Hellraiser movie poll? Not much point doing a best one but a worst might be entertaining.

[narastories]

Apropos the previous Hellraiser reblog. It's super easy to find. But I want this here in my little scrapbook of a blog bc I'm so not normal about this.

[bitter-sweetener]

Bitter's Hellraiser Movie Review

Okay so, over this past weekend I watched every* single Hellraiser movie. There are 11 in total, 10 from the original franchise and 1 modern "reboot". I watched the very first one and Pinhead immediately became my newest hyper-fixation. I'm a freak weirdo into freak weirdo shit because my brain is a little funky. I will be posting my complete thoughts (+ analysis) under the cut. Short end of it: I loved it. It's a classic. Watch the first one at the very least. I think the reboot was really worth watching. You must have some whimsy to enjoy the rest. 6 + 7 are watchable but honestly the average viewer would not like any of the other movies. Do not watch Revelations. I love some really TRASH media, so you know that is truly a shit movie. Spoilers!

Okay. Now that the normies are gone, here we go.

I have said it once and I shall say it again, Pinhead is a psychological horror villain in a slasher movie world. I am aware of the books Hellraiser is based on, and also the comic books. Best believe I WILL be reading those as soon as I can get my grubby little fingers on them. Anyway here's my review:

Hellraiser: I love 80's horror aesthetics. I love anything with practical effects. But most importantly, I love the whole idea of Pinhead and the cenobites. I thought it was a very fun horror movie. The no skin makeup really weirded me out, not in a bad way but in a probably unintended way. I really fell in love with Pinhead. "The box! You opened it, we came." I love that Pinhead was ready too make a deal with Kirsty. Seemed flirty to me idk. (There is something about media about a sadomasochist wanting you that makes my brain go bur.) I feel like up until the point where the Cenobites appeared, this was going to be a slasher movie. Once you see that they can be reasoned with in some way? They hit that very yummy to me psychological horror field. I think that was the point where I needed to see more of him. My only complaint about the movie is that Pinhead wasn't in more of it. If you like Hannibal (tv), you'd like Kirsty/Pinhead and vice versa. 5/5 stars. Also Frank saying come to Daddy made me laugh so incredibly hard. Will re-watch this.

Hellraiser ii: Hellbound. This was a really good sequel. It picks up RIGHT where the previous one leaves off which I thought was nice. I'm so glad that they stuck a bit to the very obvious psychological horror route with this movie, letting Tiffany go free due to her catatonic state. "It is not hands that call us. It is desire." The cenobites aren't completely evil in that regard, and I think that is what truly makes for an interesting antagonist whereas Frank and Julia are kinda just shitty people. I REALLY WISH that they continued more on that route with the rest of the movies. I feel like they completely disregard that aspect of the Cenobites later which just makes the deaths boring after a while. But again I'm calling it a 5/5 stars from me. Will re-watch this. There's a moment with this weirdly wet baby doll on screen with sewn together lips? Seeing that sent me to a new dimension. Pinhead wants Kirsty soooooo bad. "We have eternity to know your flesh." Down BAD.

Hellraiser iii: Hell On Earth. I ship Terri and Joey. The scene in Joey's apartment??? Lesbian alert. Loved that. The weird baby returned but this time not wet, but dangling in a circle of barbed wire with a blindfold on. Fucking amazing. Who's idea was that. Who NEEDED that to be featured so desperately. Also I fucking love that Hell was like encased in this weird af art piece thing. I love that we got some Elliot in this movie! I think merging the two fully solidified that Pinhead isn't all beast. I thought it was fun watch. 5/5 also. I love this original trilogy as a trilogy. "I AM THE WAY." I loved the church scene.

Hellraiser 6: Hellseeker. I watched the movies out of order. This one is the most worth watching of the follow up movies just for continuity. But I thought it was very boring. The set up for this movie is more about taking you through someone else's specific hell and not just the act of being brought to it. I love that we get Kirsty back. Pinhead WILL get his girl. "You opened the door long ago and it will not be closed until I get what I came for. It was a nice closeout to her story, a nice little epilogue. I MAY re watch it, just for Pinhead, but probably not. 3/5. "Welcome to the worst nightmare of all. Reality." He was SO real for that omg. I love this franchise because a lot of it lets the female protagonists get revenge and I loooveeeee when women are vengeful.

Hellraiser 4: Bloodline. They are in space? And there's some lore of the box that is in the past and not in space? But this is honestly a shit film. I thought it was boring. The scene with the twins was GOOD. Perhaps the single good thing about that movie. But mostly I don't remember anything about it at all. 2/5. "I am so exquisitely empty." Yeah babe, so was this movie.

Hellraiser 5: Inferno. Similar to 6 in how its once specific guy's specific kind of hell. The male protagonists (?) suck in this franchise. It gave me a bit of a Hannibal (tv) vibe when the guy sits down with the therapist. I'm calling him "this guy" because I cannot be bothered to look up his name because it was so boring. Honestly I also BARELY remember this movie. 2/5 "Welcome to hell." I do really think Hannibal would like Pinhead. They would just love each other's work I think. I started daydreaming about a Hannibal and Hellraiser crossover. Because as mentioned, I AM a freak weirdo.

Hellraiser 7: Deader. STUPID NAME for a movie. That being said I enjoyed this one! Like a fair amount. Another great female protagonist. I really liked seeing her gathering evidence to investigate. I hated the cult leader type guy. I just thought he was fucking stupid. If it wasn't a Hellraiser movie I may have liked it more. Because the Cenobites are kind of just there? This would work as a better stand alone type of horror cult movie. I think Hellraiser was just trying out all kinds of troupes and whatever. "You should be very careful what you wish for. It just might come true." 3/5 I remembered the plot this time.

Hellraiser 8: Hellworld. This is just a slasher film that they glued Pinhead into the end of. It was giving SAW vibes at one point. With the chair with the blades that sever the arteries in your neck. I don't particularly like Saw. Just doesn't tickle me. I will admit to fast forwarding through bits of this because I just did not care all that much. I watched it only so I could store the scenes with Pinhead into my brain, and even that part was like eating holographic meatloaf. 1/5.

Hellraiser 9*: Revelations. There is that * again! Did you forget about it? Yeah I got 5 minutes in, said yo why is this SO BAD, read that this film was rushed and made mostly to keep the licensing, and then PROMPTLY shut that shit off. 0/5. Negative one million. If I opened the box, the hell I would be dragged into would include being forced to watch this movie.

Hellraiser 10: Judgement. Better than the 9th movie that's for sure. Once again, I cared very little for the man who's story the film this movie was ultimately about. These men genuinely have no personality outside of kinda just being a jackass. I did like the auditor. I thought he was pretty cool! I liked the visuals in this movie, very very gross and gory. I liked the idea of heaven sanctioned evil. I liked that Pinhead was like, lady I do not care who you are, fuck you and fuck that guy you were trying to save. I think it's stupid that he was sent to "reality" as punishment. I think it's stupid that he was punished for that. Free my boy from the confines of reality and allow him to experience the sweet pain of the flesh once more! 2/5 "After all, evil seeks evil." I also want to say that Pinhead being unwilling to strike a deal with this guy is further proof that Kirsty is special and that he should get his girl.

Hellraiser 2022: OKAY PINHEAD IS HOT. FEM PINHEAD IS SUPER SEXY. THEIR VOICE????!?!?!?!?! FUCKING WOAHHHHHHH. Also there is gay people!!! I love gay people. Honestly I thought this was a really compelling story. I think Hulu did the franchise justice. It was just very visually appealing. There were a lot of layers in a way, similar to how the first few movies had these layers of evil to them. I really liked that. I will watch this again. I just think it was a good movie. Voight's transformation was quite captivating at the end. I like that we had the Cenobites working with some kind of code again, like god intended. One of my favorite scenes is the one where Nora gets got. "...heaven. There's no music in that." It's just REALLY HOT sadomasochism vibes and I'm here for it. Maybe I'm just fucked up and gay though. 5/5 stars. It was worth getting through the bad movies for this beautiful creation.

If you read this whole thing I love you and I'll see you in hell <3