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Summary: Skip this entry into the series
Review: Maybe I like my movies to be more conforming to normal plot patterns, who knows. All I know is the way the plot jumped around in this movie left me dizzy and frustrated. Plus, I know there's been a desire to concentrate on the human characters rather than the Cenobites, but with this movie all the concentration is on Kirsty's husband--so much so that I became sick of seeing his face after 30 minutes of watching this flick. After Hellraiser II, the series just hasn't been the same.
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Summary: "Hellseeker"...10 minutes of fun...75 minutes boring.
Review: Sad to say (although not unexpected) but the latest in the Hellraiser series is just plain boring. The acting is fine, the directing is passable, the cinematography is middling but the story & pacing is pitiful. As with the previous debacle "Hellraiser: Inferno", this film is plagued by too much exposition & not enough Pinhead. It's similar to "Inferno" in that it's pretty much just a bland detective story with little of what made the initial films in the series so exciting. I must admit the ending "twist" is mildly interesting but it take like eons to get to it despite the film's scant 85 minute running time. Beyond the poor storyline I must take offense to the cinematography in that while it looks okay, it lacks the eye popping visuals of the past. Where are the awesome set pieces, color schemes & general look of menace that graced the first few films? I mean really...you have such an interesting palate to choose visuals from for a Hellraiser film & all you get here is a mostly straight-up, plain jane, vanilla shooting style. Hellraiser should be exciting over the top crazy stuff & here it's just blah. People return time & time again for the wild visuals & lots of cenebites. With "Hellseeker" you get a little teaser here & there but then it's back to the lame-o storyline. Nobody wants to see boring exposition. We aren't here for "Citizen Kane II". Get on with it & blow us away. Make with the crazy Pinhead stuff & the fans will respond don'tcha know? Why they insist on changing the formula is beyond me. The fans are quickly dwindling for this once great series. One last gripe...please oh please will someone stop with the "quick cut, teaser violence for 5 seconds...followed by the inevitable "Oh he was just dreaming & is now jarred out of the scene of terror while shaking his head in disbelief"" schtick??? WOW, has that been done to death or what? It's just a cheap way to get out of explaining what just happened. That way they can show anything on screen & never have to rationalize it in a sane manner. What a cheap & hackneyed out for the scriptwriter (not to mention cliched beyond flogging a dead horse idea of originality). Every time there is a violent scene, the guy "wakes up" out of it like we've seen in all 1000 Freddy, Jason & sad to say now Pinhead flicks. If you guys do another film...PLEASE for the love of all things horror fans cherish...get crackin' with the visuals, show more of our beloved cenebites & quit trying to bore us with your detective stories. I say...2 Stars for the few shining moments of Doug Bradley's "Pinhead" & zilch for the rest.
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Summary: Bloody Hell, this is one great movie!
Review: Being a fan of the series, I had rather high hopes for HELLSEEKER. And after watching it once I had a few questions in my mind. But I enjoyed every second of it. To me it does have the same feel as HR, and the induction of Kirsty, even though its minimal, adds a special touch to the film.
Go out and buy it, rent it, steal it (just kidding), but do anything you can to get your hands on a copy!
OR ELSE HELL WILL RAIN DOWN ON YOU! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: I dont know why this movie is getting such bad reviews. (perhaps the lack of gore) It may well be the best since the original. The story (which i wont get into for spoiler reasons) is very interesting and held up until the end. You dont have to be a Hellraiser addict to enjoy it but i for one love Pinheads longer pin look.
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Summary: A horrible addition that does disservice to the original
Review: When the director of a film states in his commentary that "we left [the best scenes in the movie] out because the only people who would appreciate it are the fans", you know you are in for something bad. This film was horrible, and totally dissrespected the original Hellraiser, and Hellraiser II films. How Clive Barker could have approved of this piece of trash is beyond me.Dean Winters needs to go back to acting school. The writers also need to take a few lessons in creating exposition that will keep the watcher's interest. In the audio commentary, the director says that he cut out most of the dialogue that made sense of the film and kept it interesting because he wanted to keep it short. At an hour and 29 minutes, the film could have sorely benefited from the extra scenes. Why they would chose to cut short Kirsty's scene with Pinhead at the end is beyond me - it is the best scene in the film. One would think that they would have learned from Hellraiser:Inferno. This treads very similarly along the same lines. Pinhead has little screen time as well. The thing that most upset me about this film however was the fact they made Kirsty a somewhat borderline evil character. When you have a fan favorite in horror movies, a hero or heroine, the worst thing you can do is turn them into a villian. Without ruining the plot, I will say that they totally betray what they portrayed Kirsty as in the first two films. Instead of the heroine, she takes on aspects of Julia from the first film and becomes completely unlikeable by the time the movie is over. Also they chose to cut out any exposition explaining Kirsty's whereabouts since the last film at the risk of "confusing people who have never seen the first two". Who the heck would buy this unless they were a Hellraiser fan to begin with? Yet at the end, the film takes elements from the first two, that at the director's admission will only make sense to those who have seen the first two. Again, a sore excuse to call a movie a "Hellraiser" and use Pinhead in it. It seems more like a movie that you would find on Showtime late night with B-rate acting and a really awful script. Poor Ashley Laurence.
And finally - what happened to Tiffany! (and I don't mean the 80s singer)
My advice to anyone considering watching or buying is to save your money and rewatch or buy Hellraiser or Hellbound. I only hope that the next Hellraiser installment, which sounds somewhat like a copy of latest Halloween plot where they are stuck in a house with cameras and Pinhead, is somewhat better!
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Summary: ...and I thought Bloodlines was bad.
Review: Hellseeker had a lot of potential to be good. With Ashley Laurence returning as Kirsty, and Dean Winters, you have a returning characer and a good actor who could have stired up a little noise in a franchise that is getting more stale by the sequel, but unfortunately it didn't do it. There are just too many problems with this movie. Most important is the terrible script. While the overall concept is alright, there are too many scenes that don't make any sense nor do they help the narrative; they are there simply to be spooky. Unfortunately, they don't "spook", instead, they just confuse. The script could have left out several scenes and it would have no effect on the overall movie. Another problem with the script, is that Ashley Laurence has returned...but to do what!? Her character of Kirsty is hardly in it! This is where the movie could have benefitted from, but instead, she's hardly in the movie. This kills because the characters of Kirsty and Pinhead have a past together, and to have them both in a Hellraiser again would have made for some great scenes and dialouge, but they're only on screen together for no more than a minute!! The third problem with the script is that it's written to be way too "artsy-fartsy". There really is no terrifing moments, so the film relies too much on editing and "spooks" that try to add atmosphere to the overall movie. What you get is a mix of Hellraiser:Inferno and Jacob's Ladder. This is really sad, because one of horror's most original movies has become another victim to "Sequel-itise". In fact, it's very close to being called "Hellraiser: Inferno part 2". At this point you might be thinking that I'm going waaay into how bad the script is, but when you see it, you'll understand. There are little things that don't help this movie, like the fact that Chatterer has returned(though, in a brief, and I mean BRIEF cameo), but the other two original cenobytes didn't. How could Chatterer return and not the other two? I actually did have the chance to meet Pinhead himself: Doug Bradley, in Arizona a few Halloween's ago. He told me that the one thing he was most proud of the Hellraiser series, was that no matter how bad the sequels may be, they at least did something different everytime. Well, that was true, until now. Hellseeker is very close to being the same movie Inferno was, but only a few things difference. Overall, this movie is a big let-down. If you hated Inferno (which is the response from most people I talk to), then Hellseeker isn't gonna make you smile either.
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Summary: A bit slow and confusing
Review: Reminds me of 'Inferno', slow and not enough Pinhead and his pals. I think that when Clive Barker returns to directing another installment in this series, then we may have something. Rent it first.
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Summary: HECKseeker
Review: Gee, this was quite SOMETHING...definately SOMETHING. Well you can't polish a....but they sure tried.
Like a more polished episode of the dreadful FREDDY'S NIGHTMARES.
But instead more convoluted (if possible)and a lot worse. This is hands down the worst HELLRAISER sequal. Even BLOODLINE can beat this meandering mess.
DO NOT PAY thirty dollars for this, it is not even worth renting. I have all the HELLRAISER movies. And I like the last one INFERNO. But this is just substandard all the way. A slap in the face to HELLRAISER fans.
Bland. Tired. Boring. It's all the tired JACOB'S LADDER cliches strung together in one dreadful 90 minutes. Let's put it this way, if you are high on crystal or feeling very paranoid, this MIGHT scare you. MIGHT. If you are sober, you would be more scared by reruns of Romper Room.
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Summary: AWESOME.......Better than Inferno ever was.
Review: LaMent Configuration
Leviathan, Lord of the Labyrinth
Phillipe LaMerchand Well, Hellseeker was one Hell of a terrific film. I was both pleased and disappointed with the film. It is obviois why i`d be pleased with it, but here is why I was disappointed. Well I heard that Imogen Boorman was going to be in the film and once again play the role of Tiffany and that Kirsty was going to have a bigger role in the film. Also from what i read on another site made me suspect that my favourite Cenobite Channard would be in the film. I also thought the film would kinda be a bit like Halloween Resurrection, with a lot of people in one place and the Cenobites (along with Pinhead`s Hellhound from Bloodline) would go on a wild killing sphree. of course the film was still great, it may never be as good as the first 3, but it was still good. Well I hope when Hellraiser 7 comes out that the series returns to the ways of the original. PS: Hellraiser III Hell On Earth wasn`t all that bad, I thought it was great, and it had some outstanding music. Also I thought that Bloodline was just as Good. The part where the girl on the space station runs from Pinhead`s dog really reminds me of the film Resident Evil. Why am I telling you this you ask? I`m just sayin to other Hellraiser fans that in my opinion 3 & 4 were actually good films, but the writinmg team could have the story behind the Puzzle Box`s creation a little bit better. Well I`m getting tired of writing, so good bye.
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Summary: Pinhead has an identity crisis
Review: This film is awful. There is really nothing much else that can be said. Clive Barker must be furious with what has become of his beloved creation - Pinhead.
The focus of the Hellraiser series began about obsession of mortality and the hunger for understanding what is unknown. That answer of course came with a punishment of pain that pinhead would find most exquisite. Unfortunately, Hellseeker has become a hell in itself - for the viewer this time. The Hellraiser series has turned into a jumbled story with an identity crisis. First, pinhead is content with being the keeper of hell, but then he wants to take over the world, and then he becomes the Sherlock Holmes of the great answer at the end of the last two movies. Unfortunately, the answer in Hellseeker is obvious from the first quarter of the film. One would think that because the character of Christy had returned that the Hellraiser series has begun to redeem itself from Hellraiser III, IV, and V. This is not the case. Hellseeker is the worst of them all. The acting is poor, and the story is not consistent. It is clear why the series has now gone direct to video.
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