Hellraiser

Hellraiser

A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thrillers
  • Stars: Jamie Clayton, Odessa A'zion, Drew Starkey, Brandon Flynn, Goran Visnjic, Adam Faison, Aoife Hinds, Hiam Abbass, Selina Lo, Jason Liles, Yinka Olorunnife, Zachary Hing, Kit Clarke, Predrag Bjelac, Gorica Regodić, Vukašin Jovanović, Ivona Kustudić, Greg De Cuir, Miodrag Milovanov, Nikola Kent, Katarina Gojković
  • Director: David Bruckner
 Comments
  • saint_brett - 7 June 2024
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    They re-imagined 'Hellraiser?' It's not from the same people who brought us 2019's 'Black Christmas,' is it?

    Belgrade, Serbia?

    Listen to this opening music; isn't that the same noise from Disney's current 'Acolyte' garbage?

    Pacino sets up a meeting with a cougar in an opening scene that doesn't explain itself. She's then at a high society shindig, hitting on a teen who soon becomes the main banquet feast.

    In the fashion of 'The Score,' two junkies manage to steal the vaulted item in less than a minute; it's not a scepter this time but a Rubik's Cube.

    Keeping up with the traditions of the modern era, some LGBTQ+ nonsense will turn off the original fans. They just had to include it. I don't care what a character's sexual preference is in movies.

    I take it Pinhead will be a woman in this?

    The movie's so dark, I'm assuming the lead in this, Riley, is either Costas or Louis Mandylor wearing a wig.

    A cenobite shows up, and it just looks like one of those fifth-brother inquisitors.

    The puzzle box has now been upgraded to some Swiss Army knife contraption that keeps snaring twits with sharp nicks like a Wiltshire stay-sharp. That's probably outdated. Okay, then, a, um, Gillette safety razor, then.

    Characters with no appeal. Story going nowhere. The movie's as glum as the Euro location it was filmed in. How unappealing.

    It's creepier watching hotdogs burst out of their skins and turn inside out than anything so far in this movie.

    This is not a re-imagining of the original 'Hellraiser.' It's got nothing on that movie. And where's Pinhead?

    I had to enable subtitles as I couldn't understand the mistress demon. One of the other ones looked like Marilyn Manson from his CD booklet, The Golden Age of Grotesque.

    Is anything going to happen? No one's been murdered.

    The movie turns into 'The Hunt for Red October,' which is wreaking havoc with my eyes due to the infrared vision.

    It then transforms into 1998's 'Dark City,' where you can't make out anything on the TV screen. I'm noticing this with a lot of movies today.

    At the one-hour, three-minute mark, the F word has worn out its welcome. I'm tired of hearing its overuse today.

    As for the screen, all I'm looking at is complete darkness.

    Pinhead's sister assumes his role as lead, and she looked like Sinead O'Connor at one stage.

    It's beyond pathetic to watch movies in the modern era devalue the classics from yesterday.

    Look how dark the one-hour, nine-minute mark is. You cannot make out one thing going on.

    Is that the albino alien from that 'Covenant' sequel?

    The excessive swearing is uncalled for and meaningless.

    Oh, brother, some French guy shows up, and he operates like a windup toy. What, is he supposed to be the Tin Man from 'Wizard of Oz?' That looks ridiculous.

    The Eligos from 'Ash vs. Evil Dead' was a way better-looking Cenobite than anything in this movie.

    Jeez, around the one hour, 33 minute mark, the mother ship from 'Independence Day' returns.

    The ending of this has got nothing on 'Martyrs.'

    I've been sitting here for the past 20 minutes, questioning if I'm really a horror fan anymore. Have I outgrown the genre?

    Another modern-day movie that will never be re-watched on my end.

    Watched and quickly forgotten.

    This 2022 'Hellraiser' never left any impression or thought-invoking memory whatsoever.

    Do yourself a favor and tell your fellow 'Hellraiser' fan from the day to avoid this nightmare.
  • clgranger-78665 - 19 January 2024
    Comic-book guy says it best
    Worst Hellraiser Ever.

    Absolute rubbish.

    Probably 20 minutes of good visuals and some interesting story. The rest is just awful.

    Not a bad cast - some pretty good sites and sets. Not bad CGI.

    HOWEVER - The original Hellraiser was supposed to be about a couple getting a good lay - then losing the guy - then bringing him back to get a good shag again. The Hellraiser theme is supposed to be about mixing pleasure and pain. That seems to have been lost along the way....

    I skipped through the last 40 minutes of this one and even that felt like a waste of my time.

    The first two are great - this, just total crap.

    A two-hour long walk would be a better use of time.