Hellraiser

They really are reaching at this point. The first 3 Hellraisers are amazing, and the next 100 cover about anything you could possibly hope to see in the universe. What on Earth makes execs think there is a need, or that there is even any room, for a reboot?

LiquidDeath said:

They really are reaching at this point. The first 3 Hellraisers are amazing, and the next 100 cover about anything you could possibly hope to see in the universe. What on Earth makes execs think there is a need, or that there is even any room, for a reboot?

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well we have bottom surgery cenobites in the government and we fly hell flags at our embassies

The first movie was a master piece. The 2nd one was a great follow-up to the story as it explored the other universe more. I have always enjoyed Hellraiser. There appears to be nothing more than a release date of 2022 for the new movie. I will watch it when it comes out.

Sanrith Descartes said:

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This is the Hellraiser Clive Barker has been trying to get made since 2006. Director is pretty good, i liked The Ritual a lot so he has the chops to make it scary enough. Glad to see they arent skimping on what draws people to these movies though, I'll probably watch it.

There are a series of comics from I think Image that are excellent. Kirsty Cotton leads a group of people that all had their lives torn apart by the box on a quest to destroy every Lament Configuration there is. It turns out there's some serious consequences to doing that. As a sequel to the story began with the first two films they're great great great. On the other hand Clive Barker's long awaited The Scarlet Gospels was awful. Harry D'Amour vs Pinhead, spend some time in the first city of Hell, final confrontation, etc. and it was really a chore to get through.

The Ritual was super good though so having that director on this gives me hope.

AladainAF said:

Hellraiser 1, 2 and 3 were all fantastic movies. 4 was.. a little far fatched, but passable. Every one after that has been total and complete dogshit.

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I want to say Hellraiser : Hellseeker is watchable. Actually, I don't hate Pinhead in Space. It's like 80% shit but there's a good 20%

There was the one with the corrupt cop who played the part real well, I think that might have been hellseeker? Then there was one with the dude from Oz and the Allstate commercials, was also watchable. If the acting is ok and budget is decent, they are cool. A few of them are just trash though.

I think at least one of those wasn't a Hellraiser film at all but got that bolted on in post production. It's probably why it wasn't horrible.

No reason for a new reboot. Its been forever but I think Hellraiser 3 was the scariest? I don't think I've seen it in atleast 24 years so it might not be like I remember.

Edit- I think it might be 2 Hellbound? One of the sequels felt more messed up is the head

Hellraiser 3 is pretty scary overall but I don't like that Pinhead is reduced to a supernatural slasher villain. I prefer the first two films where our antagonists are jaded and depraved people that actively seek out the surgeons from beyond and good people are caught in the middle.

So this is a reboot with a gender swapped pin head? No thanks

Breakdown said:

So this is a reboot with a gender swapped pin head? No thanks

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In the Hellbound Heart that particular hell priest is a lady!

The real issue everyone is going to have to deal with forever is Douglas Bradley FUCKING CRUSHED IT as Pinhead. There's nowhere to go but down.

Arbitrary said:

In the Hellbound Heart that particular hell priest is a lady!

The real issue everyone is going to have to deal with forever is Douglas Bradley FUCKING CRUSHED IT as Pinhead. There's nowhere to go but down.

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Fair enough, I suppose its cool they are going more to the source, but if thats the case you cant push the random female cenobite to the front like Pinhead was.

Like this is a case of failure because you want to go another way but glob onto the past greatness. You could tell the original source perfectly without Pinhead and make a good flick but you cant go both ways, you know?

You cant make the main poster about one of the three most iconic horror figures of the 80s without people assuming you are going all in on that character