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Summary: I can't believe I wasted 3 hours of my life
Review: I don't get it. I've read the reviews on this site and I was looking for an incredible horror experience.Are you kidding me? Let's not discuss the third rate acting. This is a horror film. Let's talk about special effects. Close ups of flesh colored plastic being hooked. Plastic melting off a skeleton and being run backwards at high speed. Drooling costumes which leave slimey trails. This is gore? This is shocking? I ate dinner during this film! The plot is cute but a poor vehicle for the rest of the film. The cinobites or whatever die in awful Saturday morning cartoon graphics. Low budget is no excuse for bad special effects. If you want gore, get Dawn of the Dead. If you want low budget brilliance, see Dead Alive or the Evil Dead series. If you want to be scared, go to the theatre and watch the re-release of The Exorcist. If you want to waste your time and money, pick up Hellraiser.
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Summary: A classic piece
Review: I must say that irregardless of future attempts to revive this series, only two of them wholly stand out. Of these, the original Hellraiser comes second. With the release of this limited tin, we get a few goodies, decent sound, excellent picture quality, and a very original screenplay. Yet, it does lose a little towards the end. One must remember, though, that this movie was made in the middle 80's, and truly pioneered some of the shock horror we have become accomodated to today. Hellraiser 2 picks up where the first lets off, and the first 30 minutes are truly awesome. The story is filled with moments that can lead us to a truly scary movie. But after that first 30 minutes is up, the movie goes to hell, both literally and storywise. I would recommend buying this tin if you want the extras both discs offer, but if that does not interest you, buy the first and Bloodline, then rent the rest and laugh.
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Summary: Hellraiser and Hellbound get great treatment
Review: I remember the first time I saw these movies only five years ago and how amazed I was by them. Now the perennial horror movie home video company, Anchor Bay, has released what has to be one of their very best DVD sets ever. Including both the original and its sequel (both in THX sound) in a single tin is the smartest thing to do. Both discs include amazing documentaries and poster cards of the movie and I guarantee that any fan of Clive Barker or Pinhead will be impressed.
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Summary: Hellraiser and Hellbound get great treatment
Review: I remember the first time I saw these movies only five years ago and how amazed I was by them. Now the perennial horror movie home video company, Anchor Bay, has released what has to be one of their very best DVD sets ever. Including both the original and its sequel (both in THX sound) in a single tin is the smartest thing to do. Both discs include amazing documentaries and poster cards of the movie and I guarantee that any fan of Clive Barker or Pinhead will be impressed.
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Summary: Perhaps one of the greatest horror movies of all time.
Review: I've allways been a fan of Clive Barker's Masterpiece "Hellraiser" and its awsome sequel. Both are featured on this great DVD Box Set and after almost 15 years of age, "Hellraiser" has lost not a bit of its gothic art, frightening horror and gory cruelty. But I'm a little bit disappointed by the technally realisation of this DVD. Both Movies are presented in there theatrical ratio of 1.85:1 and in full frame. "Hellbound" ist in the widescreen mode exactly the same as in the full frame presentation, but matted with black bars. "Hellraiser" appears to be the 1.66:1 version also matted with black bars to show the 1.85:1 format. Compared to Anchor Bays "Halloween" Box, this is a leap back in the production of exclusive DVDs. Never the less, "Hellraiser" is always worth buying and if it was just for the bonus material like the commentary of Clive Barker, Peter Atkins, Ashley Lawrence etc. The Movies are still great classics and a creepy way to enjoy an gloomy autum's evening. Let's just hope the next Anchor Bay DVD Box is a bit more like "Halloween".
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Summary: Perhaps one of the greatest horror movies of all time.
Review: I've allways been a fan of Clive Barker's Masterpiece "Hellraiser" and its awsome sequel. Both are featured on this great DVD Box Set and after almost 15 years of age, "Hellraiser" has lost not a bit of its gothic art, frightening horror and gory cruelty. But I'm a little bit disappointed by the technally realisation of this DVD. Both Movies are presented in there theatrical ratio of 1.85:1 and in full frame. "Hellbound" ist in the widescreen mode exactly the same as in the full frame presentation, but matted with black bars. "Hellraiser" appears to be the 1.66:1 version also matted with black bars to show the 1.85:1 format. Compared to Anchor Bays "Halloween" Box, this is a leap back in the production of exclusive DVDs. Never the less, "Hellraiser" is always worth buying and if it was just for the bonus material like the commentary of Clive Barker, Peter Atkins, Ashley Lawrence etc. The Movies are still great classics and a creepy way to enjoy an gloomy autum's evening. Let's just hope the next Anchor Bay DVD Box is a bit more like "Halloween".
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Summary: Hellraiser 1 & 2 tin boxset
Review: I've had this limited tin-set of the first 2 Hellraiser movies for about 6 months now. I've watched both DVD's several times and am very impressed with the quality. The widescreen transfer is excellent, the sound is phenomenal in THX. The extras are well done also, i liked the bonus full-length audio commentary tracks for both movies. The only thing that could have been added were the extra "Bonus Interviews" that were on the Collector's Edition VHS editions that came out a few years ago. I'm keeping those VHS copies just for that, and although it would have been nice to have them on DVD as well this is still a very solid, professional boxset. Any Hellraiser fan would be pleased and it is well worth the money to get this great boxset.
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Summary: It's different kinds of horror movies
Review: In 1987 and '88, "Hellraiser" 1 and 2 were released, and these are certainly the best of the series. You can watch the two back to back and it seemlessly flows as one story. The over all story line is one family's fight against the Centobites, S and M demons from hell (it's not as corny as it sounds, trust me), and their nominal leader being Pinhead. There are a lot of issues floating around these movies; betrayal, lies, secrets, murder, audultry, the cheif among them the pleasure of pain (YIKES!). These movies have a lot of torture scenes, hooked chains clawing away flesh (those still make my skin crawl just thinking about them), the blood flows like a river, skinned corpes are walking around, and sex is taken to a whole new low. Clive Barker has some kind of warped mind, God bless him. Hell itelf is a vast maze where you must re-live your past misdeeds over and over, an interesting concept. The emotional center of the movie is Ashley, and her nemisis step-mother, Julia. The two are so different, yet they end up doing the exact same thing, the both end up betraying someone to achieve their own means. These films are very, very gory (I recomend finding the unrated versions), and so those with weak stomachs may want to find something else. But there is also a very interesting moral; curiosity kills the cat, if the cat is lucky.
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Summary: It's different kinds of horror movies
Review: In 1987 and '88, "Hellraiser" 1 and 2 were released, and these are certainly the best of the series. You can watch the two back to back and it seemlessly flows as one story. The over all story line is one family's fight against the Centobites, S and M demons from hell (it's not as corny as it sounds, trust me), and their nominal leader being Pinhead. There are a lot of issues floating around these movies; betrayal, lies, secrets, murder, audultry, the cheif among them the pleasure of pain (YIKES!). These movies have a lot of torture scenes, hooked chains clawing away flesh (those still make my skin crawl just thinking about them), the blood flows like a river, skinned corpes are walking around, and sex is taken to a whole new low. Clive Barker has some kind of warped mind, God bless him. Hell itelf is a vast maze where you must re-live your past misdeeds over and over, an interesting concept. The emotional center of the movie is Ashley, and her nemisis step-mother, Julia. The two are so different, yet they end up doing the exact same thing, the both end up betraying someone to achieve their own means. These films are very, very gory (I recomend finding the unrated versions), and so those with weak stomachs may want to find something else. But there is also a very interesting moral; curiosity kills the cat, if the cat is lucky.
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Summary: It's different kinds of horror movies
Review: In 1987 and '88, "Hellraiser" 1 and 2 were released, and these are certainly the best of the series. You can watch the two back to back and it seemlessly flows as one story. The over all story line is one family's fight against the Centobites, S and M demons from hell (it's not as corny as it sounds, trust me), and their nominal leader being Pinhead. There are a lot of issues floating around these movies; betrayal, lies, secrets, murder, audultry, the cheif among them the pleasure of pain (YIKES!). These movies have a lot of torture scenes, hooked chains clawing away flesh (those still make my skin crawl just thinking about them), the blood flows like a river, skinned corpes are walking around, and sex is taken to a whole new low. Clive Barker has some kind of warped mind, God bless him. Hell itelf is a vast maze where you must re-live your past misdeeds over and over, an interesting concept. The emotional center of the movie is Ashley, and her nemisis step-mother, Julia. The two are so different, yet they end up doing the exact same thing, the both end up betraying someone to achieve their own means. These films are very, very gory (I recomend finding the unrated versions), and so those with weak stomachs may want to find something else. But there is also a very interesting moral; curiosity kills the cat, if the cat is lucky.
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