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Summary: Some movies are better left in the past.
Review: I was about 13 when Hellraiser played in the theaters. Back then I thought it was a good film but something always nagged at me. I know I loved the creatures and I found the films bizarre sexuality intriguing but I could never quite place my finger on what was wrong. Now, many years (and better films)later I know that this isn't a good film at all. I was won over by the great looking Cenobites. Hellraiser is a boring movie with some great ideas. I could be wrong but I think a lot of horror fans hold on to some very mediocre films and call them great out of sheer lack of intelligence or better film experiences. There's a reason why Barker no longer wants to direct, he knows he isn't very good. A "great" film consists of more than a few interesting moments provided by special effects. As I recall the DVD looked and sounded better than I have ever seen the film but that was through half open eyes,zzz.
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Summary: This Movie Will Be A Horror Classic!!
Review: This movie is one of the best movies ever made, and definitely one of my favorites. This movies takes you down to the boundaries of "Hell". Clive Barker has most certainly made history with "Hellraiser", and I don't think there will ever be one like it again. I love when Pinhead goes "Oh Kirsty, I have such sights to show you". Barker took gore to another level because I was definitely creeped out by Frank walking around with no skin on his very bloody, and very fleshy skeleton. There definitely aren't too many scary and orginal horror movies today but, "Hellraiser" is one of a kind.
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Summary: A Movie So Good, It Will Tear The Skin Off You
Review: This has to be the best movie in history that deals with a place in our heads called 'Hell'. Forget movies that deal with the rising of Satan and Witchcraft. Hellraiser is as good as it gets. It seems a little boring at first. But horror movies with a boring beginning turn out to be one of the best horror movies ever.The actors do a real fine job in this one. Especially Uncle Frank. He has those quotes that everyone remembers, like, "come to daddy", and,"Jesus wept", as his skin gets torn off him. The movie is actually about Uncle Frank trying to get his skin back by eating human bodies. Pinhead is the one who's trying to stop this from going any further. He's not trying to be unfair, but if Frank wanted to have no worries, then he should have left the magic box alone. All in all, Hellraiser makes up to be a great horror film. I really would have given it three and a half stars
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Summary: Hellraiser DVD, a Gothic Masterpiece
Review: Blood spilt from Larry's hand revives the demonic heart of his brother Frank. Once the heart beneath the floorboards starts to beat, the mystery and suspense begins. The Hellraiser DVD is an excellent choice for anybody who enjoys the work of Clive Barker, or is interested in gothic excursions. Barker ranks as a contemporary Edgar Allan Poe. The story is of a dysfunctional family and demons from hell - what more could you possibly want? The acting is superb, yet sometimes the English overdubs (to mask British accents; the producers did not want Hellraiser to be deemed a "British" picture) are annoying and obvious. The best performance of all is that from Clare Higgins as the wicked stepmother Julia. Emphasis on wicked. The DVD is a good purchase as well. There is a commentary track, a 15-20 minute documentary and so forth. The commentary (I am a big fan of commentaries - I think they are the best features on DVDs) is decent. Sometimes Clive Barker takes the stage, mumbling strange things that have little to do with the making of the picture or behind-the-scenes activities. Actress Ashley Lawrence doesn't say much on the commentary, either. She takes the backseat. Yet, Barker comments on how Hellraiser is considered a gothic tale, and that exclaimation convinced me. I re-watched the film looking for the gothic elements, and there they were. Hellraiser is a dark, sometimes excessively gory film, but a classic nonetheless. It introduced one of the first serious talking villians, "Pinhead" (a knickname Mr. Barker despises) and for the first time gave a look at hell without flames and horned devils with snaky tails. Creepy. A definite winner, and excellent DVD.
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Summary: Absolutely mindless gorefest.
Review: I say that this is pretty much an awful excuse for a horror film. You see, I typically watch movies of this genre to be scared, or intrigued by ideas. Hellraiser has ideas, but they're all botched attempts and the film is likely only to scare the squeamish or the young. Trust me, this is the sort of movie that will leave you laughing at its awful effects.
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Summary: "We'll tear your soul apart!"
Review: A small ornate puzzle box seems to have attracted many people. Perhaps because of its mysifying design? Completly harmless right? Wrong. When solved, this box opens the gates of Hell, and Pinhead the Hellraiser and three other evil demons called Cenobites, each with its own symbol of eternal pain, are summoned and drag the victim back to Hell. The four sadistic Cenobites then torture the unlucky person, giving the victim unbeliveable pain and suffering. This movie was very good, but it had too much blood in it, after watching all the blood, it was a wonder why I watched it in the first place. The answer: interesting plot line. After reading good reviews for this movie, I immediatly went out and bought it. Though they could have taken it easy on the blood, the characters and plot line were spectacular! Pinhead, the leader of the Cenobites was especially good. All in all, a great movie! This film is rated R for sexuality, adult language, and violence/gore.
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Summary: Pleasure is square triangular suffering!
Review: Clive Barker is unique in the field of horror and fantastique. All is based on the square and cubic figures. The magic box is cubic and its opening opens doors to hell. The basic human situation is also square. The father, his second wife, his brother and his daughter. We can see at once that this square figure is not that square. It is centered on the father and hence we have a trihedral figure, the father at the top and the three others building the triangular base. This geometry is reflected in the three cenobites, plus a fourth one that appears afterwards, in Pinhead whose pins are planted on a square pattern, in the house that has three floors, Franck « living » on the third one, hence in an inverted order. It is the absolute hatred and rivalry between the two brothers that determines the whole story. One is a social success. The other one is a marginal reject and he wants to take his revenge. So from the third floor, from the top of the house, he will come down and steal his brother’s wife and skin and try to steal his daughter. Hence there is a strong trinity in this vision, but a trinity that is perverted from the outside. The cube itself decomposes in a whole and complex set of triangular or semi-triangular forms, and it is this decomposition that leads to the opening of the doors of hell. When these triangular shapes are brought back into the cubic form things go back to normal. The film is based on a simple idea : pleasure is going beyond the limits of normalcy. Hence pleasure goes beyond pleasure itself, as it is understood by ordinary people, and thus the acme of pleasure is suffering. The cenobites themselves are humans who have inflicted suffering on other fellow humans and have thus deserved being promoted into angelic devils, monsters who bring pleasure through suffering. The best part of this film is that there is an escape, but it is so narrow, so fragile, that it practically does not exist. It is pure luck, chance, randomness. There appears no plan, no order, no logic in this escape. Any deal is crooked and one has to keep his fingers crossed and nothing else. Fate is fatal and lethal, fetal and regressive....
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Summary: Good
Review: This is a one of a kind of horror movie, it has a lot of blood and guts in it. Plus the plot(which is rare in the horror field) is pretty decent, and I suggest that people who have young childern or can't take much blood should watch this film.
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Summary: A DIFFERENT STYLE OF HORROR!
Review: I HAVE SEEN HORROR MOVIES BEFORE, IE: FRIDAY THE 13TH, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, ETC. BUT NONE OF THEM COME EVEN CLOSE TO THE STYLE OF HELLRAISER. THE MOVIE'S PLOT IS SCARY TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS DISTURBING, BOTH IN THE BLOOD AND GORE, BUT EVEN MORE IN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SENSE. IT JUST FREAKS YOU OUT! BRADLEY'S ROAL AS PINHEAD IS ONE OF THE CREEPIEST THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN. ADD TO THAT A DISTURBING PLOT, CREEPY MUSIC, AND THE INGENIUS IMAGINATION OF CLIVE BARKER, AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING TRUELY AUTHENTIC. NOTE: NOT FOR THE WEAK OF HEART! RATED R FOR: EXTREME VIOLENCE, LANGUAGE, AND A SEX SCENE.
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Summary: PAIN AND PLEASURE INDIVISIBLE
Review: Clive Barker's deranged and brilliant imagination brings to life a story of the darkest recesses of Hell. The gates are opened with a puzzle box key, letting loose the denizens of the Outer Regions of the Universe, the Cenobites. Creatures whose sole existence is to bring pain to those who summon them. Gore-laden special effects and the first film appearance of the now Horror film staple, PinHead, make this a must for Horror fans. The story of dark seduction, murder and betrayal and the terrible price to be paid is classic Barker! The torturous designs of the Cenobites and their malicious glee in bringing pain are some of the most disturbing images ever brought to a world wide theater going audience. Essential viewing for every Horror fan. Written and Directed by Clive Barker. "No tears please, it's such a waste of good suffering".
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