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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Simply A Masterpiece

Just what I expected

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

One of the best things about this film is its continuation from the first. Dr Channard (Cranham) takes an interest in Kirsty (Laurence) after she's institutionalised after her family's slaughter. However, Dr Channard has darker ulterior motives as he also has an interest in the L'Merchant Configuration. Taking possession of the mattress where Julia (Higgins) was murdered, he begins to bring her back from her torture in hell. He also has a genius puzzle solver in his asylum... a mute girl called Tiffany...This is a horror film that verges on a dark fantasy, which is especially evident in the scene where Tiffany is opening the box. What with the musical score and the atmospheric colours pulsing, it gave the film a much different feel to other horror flicks of the time. There's more than a feel of Argento here. I think it's this reason we didn't really enjoy or appreciate it at the time. However, watching it again has been very enjoyable. There's a lot to like about this film. It's packed full of atmosphere, though it's not always horror or fear. There are lots of iconic shots, such as a newly reborn and skinless Julia in her white suit, smeared with blood... Dr Channard undergoing his transformation... and the labyrinth itself. Even the acting is stronger this time around, as Laurence, Higgins, and Chapman who resume their roles from the original film, appear more comfortable in their roles. Then there's Cranham, who is a wonderful actor, he can do nothing but add strength to the cast. Of course, there's Bradley who is Pinhead - there can be only one. He was the strongest actor in the original, and thanks to his delivery of the best lines in the script and his skill to be ominous and scary... just by being there, he still stands out in the sequel.There are some things that just don't work. One of which is the guardian of the labyrinth, the Leviathan. Which is just a revolving piece of metal that casts out a dark light over its dominion? We then learn that the end transformation of the L'Merchant cube is a miniature Leviathan... This may have worked better had the mini-L been able to create dark thoughts in peoples minds... or to create hellish scenes. But this and the subsequent ending is a little weak. It was nice though that they decided to reduce the number of light effects in this film, which made it a little stronger. I didn't even mind the energy bolts shooting through the labyrinth at the end. However, the stop-motion animation does look a little dated today, but what else were they supposed to do(?) The new Cenobite has some special skills and there was no CGI at that time which would do it justice.This is a big film with big ideas. Unfortunately, at that time they were really restricted by budget, means, and running time. This film should have been at least another half an hour longer... maybe an hour... to do the story justice and to help build up a couple of characters a little more, like Tiffany and Kyle (Hope), and to stretch out the ending as it feels rushed to fit the 90minute runtime, which most horror flicks of the '80's & '90's rigidly stuck too.That said, this is a superior horror flick to the majority of the fodder being created today. This kicks arse in imagination, story concept, scale, direction, and acting. So if you are wanting a classic horror to watch then the Hellraiser movies are worth a viewing or three.I would recommend this to all lovers of the dark and nasty.

Nightmare of the king of horror continues. Hellbound is direct sequel to Hellraiser and, in my opinion, it's a bit better than the original. Opinions are divided about which one is better, but it is certain that the sequel is more complex, bloodier and, thanks to the success of the original, it had a much bigger budget. While in the first movie Cenobites introduced a hint of horror to our world, this time we join them on their field. Morbidly imaginative display of Hell that will forever be carved into your memory. One of the best horrors of all time, which, in my opinion, belongs to the domain of general culture.8/10

The Disfigured Mutant Leather Demons (tm) are back! This time, they have to defeat the eeeeevil Dr. Channard. Luckily, their best friend Kirsty and her teenage sidekick Tiffany are there to help them save the world from destruction!If the first movie was a violent Bugs Bunny cartoon, this one is a sick Saturday morning cartoon. Julia returns in the same way as uncle Frank. She befriends a messed up guy called Dr. Channard, a guy who saw the first Hellraiser movie and now wants the box for himself. Near the end of the movie, Channard gets a giant penis plugged into his skull for some reason and turns into the evil cenobite Dr. Vibroskull Strangehands. Kirsty teams up with the cenobites to fight him, but every single cenobite is brutally slaughtered. Ouch...I bet a lot of kids cried when their heroes died. And McDonald's too. No more cenobite toys in future happy meals!Luckily, Kirsty remembers uncle Frank's old skin-as-a-costume trick, and dresses up as Julia. She and Tiffany manages to fool Dr. Channard, and his stupid head is ripped from his body by the giant penis. Yaaay! There's even a He-Man style moral lesson at the very end of the movie: don't get too close to dirty mattresses!I joke, but it's really nothing funny about Hellraiser 2. It's a disgusting piece of crap. I can't understand why someone would want to make a movie like this. There's nothing positive about it at all. There's no message, it's not scary...it's just garbage. Everyone involved in the making of it should be ashamed of themselves. I'm ashamed of myself for having watched it many years ago. Someone should throw the movie into hell where it belongs.

Pinhead is back to raise some he'll in the continuing story as Kristy is placed inside a sanitarium.Her Dr. Channard tries to convince her it was all an illusion, but secretly prays to its God and wants to unlock the secrets kept within.The wicked step mother returns in the same way Frankie did looking to avoid the cenobites and have vengeance on the girl who sent her to hell.Expanding upon the mythology it reveals that cenobites true origins and were they came from.What I think the film did better then its procedure was bringing back the true purpose the creatures stood for and making them a guardian for the innocent. It builds up tension and saves the gore and blood for the last hour.Tony Randem does an excellent job with imagery and special effects. The music hitting its climatic height at the right cues. If you enjoyed the terror of the first, don't miss out on the explosive sequel.10/10