Hellraiser: Hellworld (V)
| release date | September 6 2005 |
| studio | Dimension Films |
| director | Rick Bota |
| writer | Joel Soisson |
| starring | Doug Bradley, Katheryn Winnick, Henry Cavill, Lance Henriksen, Christopher Jacot |
| rating | R |
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This movie sucked/ A horrible excuse for a hellraiser film…
What can be said?
If you plan to enjoy this leave ALL of your Hellraiser preconceptions at the door. It breaks every rule possible, yet somehow I was rather entertained throughout.
Maybe because I hated Hellseeker so much (and also didn’t care much for Deader) this film was not such a chore. It doesn’t even belong in the same sub genre as the rest. Unlike the last… I dunno, 4 films, this one is presented more as a teen slasher than the typical psychological horror setup. I believe that to (somehow) be it’s greatest strength, because I was beginning to loathe that ongoing trend in the series. The whole detective style storytelling has been making me cringe ever since Hellseeker, though Inferno handled it well I thought. But this film is something brand new for the franchise. Which is it’s curse and it’s blessing.
I can safely say I was not bored for a moment of this film, though it is in itself a complete mess that does not belong in the series. It has all the trappings of your typical teen slasher, and is actually making a mockery of the mythos. So how on Earth did I enjoy any part of this?
Well there’s a lot of good with the bad. For instance, the violence is quite good, lots of seriously painful looking shit. Good practical effects too, not too heavy on CGI which is always nice. And I don’t care what you say, Lance Henriksen always beefs up any B movie, he doesn’t always save them, just helps a bit. And he’s always a great villian.
The characters are obviously teen movie cookie cutter bullshit sterotypes, but that’s the cheese goofy horror was built on, so I’ve grown an immunity, you could say. And this IS goofy horror.
But it’s not really a good movie, and I’m questioning if I’ll ever bother to watch it through again. Though I might, because at least it beats the fuck out of 6 and 7.
There, I finished them all. Now bring on the remake, cause I can’t handle any more of this.
This was the worst in the series I thought. I think they need to stop making sequels if there going to be like this. Cant wait for the original remake.
Pure trash same typical Hellraiser sequel not recommended boring at most parts in my opinion thw worst in the series. But I’m not gonna rip into it as much because I never thought I said this before I’m looking forward to a remake. Hellraiser definitely needs one.
What is it with my favorite Horror franchises just majorly falling apart around their eighth (and usually final) entry? Michael Myers becomes a game show contestant in Resurrection, Freddy Krueger gets “real” in New Nightmare, Jason Voorhees buys a ticket-to-ride to the big apple and turns into a child in the process in Jason Takes Manhattan, and even Pinhead himself becomes a slasher-for-hire in Hellworld.
I guess when Horror characters get long in the tooth, the powers that be just try too hard to come up with something new for them to do, but alienates the fans that put them there in the process. Such with Hellworld, Hellraiser’s eighth (and last, until dreaded “remake” time) installment. Director Rick Bota back around 2003 was given the opportunity to make two new Hellraiser films back-to-back to add to the franchise and give Dimension Films something to add to their bad sequel catalog. Strangely though, both scripts he ended up with were never intended to be Hellraiser films in the first place, but stand-alone projects that only were altered to feature Pinhead and company in small, cameo-like roles. His first of the two, Part 7:Deader seemed more Hellraiser-ish to other direct-to-video chapters like Part 5:Inferno & Part 6:Hellseeker. More based on one character’s slow trip through madness, ending up in Pinhead’s clutches towards the end. Not the case with Hellworld, for the first time all the rules are out the window, Pinhead’s going for it in ways he’s never done before…or really should have either.
In it, there is a popular on-line videogame called “Hellworld” based upon the Lament Configuration (y’know..the box?) and it’s guardians The Cenobites, with Pinhead being it’s “Mario” of the bunch. In this movie everybody knows the Hellraiser legacy, however I’m pretty sure that unlike say New Nightmare or Blair Witch 2, they don’t know of any of the actual movies based on them…whew! When one of a group of friends kills himself over too much playing of the game, the five surviving friends go their separate ways until two years later when they reunite due to a special invitation to a Hellworld themed house party. Once there their host, always welcomed and enjoyed Lance Henriksen, takes to the group and shows them around his private collection of Hellworld rarities and oddities. And then strange things start to happen to each of them, making them question what is real and what is not, as if they were playing the game right then and there…and with Pinhead stalking them the whole way.
That’s right, “stalking” them. Pinhead’s never been one to play Jason or Michael but he does so here. And even though his new techniques are somewhat explained by the film’s end, you sort of wince when you see this once great character lose his originality. Gone are the chains/hooks of death replaced with knives and wooden stakes, and early on you question how did Doug Bradley let himself get stuck in a script like this. At least the visuals look nice, with a decent (yet cheap) amount of gore, nudity, and flash, but all the way feeling empty and foreign to the Hellraisers we’ve seen before. So by the credits roll, you feel the same way as you did when you probably saw Friday The 13th V:A New Beginning..hopefully that won’t spoil it for you too much.
So to a Hellraiser fan, it’s a must once see film, but you won’t stop watching at least four other chapters for it. Sure, you do get to see Pinhead more in this film compared to three chapters before it, but sometimes “less is more” is a phrase that isn’t used often enough.
(RedSabbath Rating:6.5/10)
I actually enjoyed this movie. I thought the storyline was somewhat cool… it’s just an entertaining movie all around. Not gold, but not awful.
Horror movies with computers suck.
A shitty softporn with some lame cenobite shit, awful actors and a terrible soundtrack. I fully agree with MichaelMyers1031: Hellraiser needs a remake.
not that great but i kinda liked it
Very different from what I expected. Not bad, just surprizing. The direction it took was more psychological than anything else, and it was satisfying.
Tghis was ok kinda wierd but ok
Never really intended as a Hellraiser film as it was being written, it certainly shows. The plot of this film is quite different than all the previous Hellraiser movies, considering Pinhead was just randomly, and arbitrarily thrown in there. Would have been fine with that, up until the dumb ending. More details here:
http://thewolfmancometh.com/2011/05/04/hellraiser-hellworld-2005/
Hellraiser: Hellworld is not a great movie, but it’s entertaining & better than the last hellraiser movie (IMO). It’s kind of stupid, and it features a bunch of teens partying. I think this has pinhead in it longer than Hellraiser 5-7.