Rating: 
Summary: Terrible!!!
Review: First off let me say that two stars is really being two kind. This is another one on the list of terrible sequels. It's probably just me, but it seems like the more of these movies they make, the worse it gets, and the less we see of Pinhead and the Cenobites. This wasn't scary at all. Frankly, I was bored to tears, and this is a total disgrace to Hellraiser fans. Inferno was already bad enough and they had the nerve to make another (horrible) sequel to add to the franchise. Let's admit it, Inferno was a cop thriller...not a Hellraiser (that was the first clue). They waited 4 whole sequels later to bring back Kirsty Cotton for Hellseeker, and that's the second clue that they are truely running out of ideas. I think the first Hellraiser was a classic, and now it's time to end the madness.
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Summary: Another puzzle
Review: By now the "Hellraiser" series has become more along the lines of "Twilight Zone" episodes with Pinhead in the Rod Sterling role of detatched observer and judge. In this outing, a man plans the murder of his wife, and carries it out. (By the way, the wife is Kristie Cotton <Ashley Laurence> from "Hellraiser 1 and 2", but that matters very little). His brilliant plan is to have his wife die in a car wreck. He gets away with it because he was in the car too (wow, that sounds more than a little risky). After the crash, he begins having wierd hallucinations, all concerning a little puzzle box he got his wife prior to the accident. His relationships become strained and more bizarre as things progress. I can not say what the final solution is. It is something that maybe you'll get pretty easily. I can only say this; the acting was bad. It's the over all story that saves this movie. Some of the story elements dosn't make a lot of sense, sort of like putting the wrong piece in the wrong place in the puzzle. But it is still better than you'd think.
Rating: 
Summary: A Great Horror Film
Review: This installment brings us back to the original Hellraiser, and is just as good. The first Hellraiser showed us how far one is willing to go to get what they desire. This film shows us the consequences of those actions. This film very successfully captures Clive Barker's vision of hellraiser. It is not about a slasher killer, but about dark desires and torment. Pinhead was never meant to be a Jason or Freddy or etc...He is a demon whom wishes to inflict suffering.
It is refreshing to see a horror film based not upon special effects and bloodshed, but rather storytelling. You have to use your own imagination a bit. It is a much more mature film than many other horror offerings. I don't mean XXX mature, but more appealing than childish killing sprees as in Hellraiser 3 and Bloodlines. This movie is reminds me a bit of Books of Blood, even though Barker had nothing to do with this Hellraiser.
Now this movie didn't have a mega budget, but the effects are still well done. This isn't a Masterpiece of Cinema, we have to remember it is Hellraiser and judge it upon that. This is the best horror film to come around in a while in my opinion. The horror aspect is more directed toward mental and emotioinal torture as opposed to physical pain. While pinhead has a minimal and elusive role in the film I found it satisfactory. Sometimes holding back is just as good as giving it all.
I would put this film in the same league as Fallen, In the Mouth of Madness, and other such films. Overall I was really surprised with this film. I watched it with low expectations after reading so many negative reviews but it really pleased me. I would recommend this if you enjoy a thinking horror film as opposed to just watching blood run, though that can be fun at times also. If you are unsure, rent it first.
Rating: 
Summary: YOU FAIL!
Review: If Inferno hadn't have come out before it, this movie might have been bearable. What it ended up being was an almost identical copy to the previous installment in both story, style, and direction.If youve seen Inferno, be prepared for a suck-fest. If you haven't, you might like it, as long as you aren't a Hellraiser purist..it is nothing like the first 2
Rating: 
Summary: Could have been better
Review: We have Kirsty back, but she is hardly used. What a waste! Pinhead and the other cenobites are barely in the film (another crime) and the story is a series of flashbacks and foreshadowing. How did Chatterer come back to life after being in Hellbound? There are a few pluses though, Stitch and Surgeon cenobites are interesting (though under-used) and Kirsty goes bad & cuts yet another deal with Pinhead. Still better than Inferno.
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Summary: Guilt Devours A Man's Soul
Review: I would have to agree with one of the other reviewers that this is not quite as good as Inferno but it comes pretty close. There are some genuinely terrifying moments considering the direct to video budget constraints. I did enjoy it though. Scary. Do not watch alone and in the dark.
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Summary: different but masterful
Review: different direction now hellraiser acts like vannila sky a man maried to ashlet laurence frome the first three they hacve a car crash he wakes up to his brain being ripped open but then wakes up again hes confused he starts seing hookers and other people being killed by demos pibheads but him in an odd world and made him make a deal pinhead was disgised as a human lewading to a killer ending worth a look RATED R FOR SOME GORE LANGUAGE SEX NUDITY PLUS SOME STRANGE/DISTURBING IMAGES
Rating:
Summary: THE WORST MOVIE IN THE SERIES.
Review: I cant believe how bad this movie is and what a disgrace this is to the series.The story was dull and pointless,while the acting was very bad.Pinhead appears for only 5 minutes and they do nothing with the actress who played kirsty.They only made this movie to milk more profits from this great series.I can only hope that the next sequals are not as bad.NOT RECOMMENDED!!!
Rating:
Summary: What were they thinking?!?!
Review: This is by far the worst of the Hellraiser movies. I would go as far as saying this was in the top five of the worst movies I have ever seen. I rented all six of the series this past weekend becasue I hear so much good things about this series. I was pretty much happy until I put Hellseeker VI into the DVD player. The movie made no sense, Pinhead is hardly in it at all. The Cenobites seem to be afterthoughts of the writer. There was no horror in this movie. If I had wanted to see "Memento" I would have rented that instead. If there are any plans for Hellraiser VII please somebody get on your knees and beg Clive to come back.
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Summary: Keep it coming....
Review: Much like the last film Hellraiser: Inferno, this sixth entry again takes that Jacob's Ladder/Angel Heart approach with the story. After Trevor's wife Kirsty (yes, from the first two Hellraiser films) dies in a car wreck, he finds himself with a lot of strange situations with creepy imagery, and of course Pinhead himself. The Hellraiser films have evolved into an excellent direct-to-video series, and if they keep making them like this, they can make as many as they want because many people, like me, are happy to sit down every once-in-a-while to enter into the Hellraiser realm.
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