With The Visit behind me, I still had some work to do and
needed something dark in the background. After some debate, I decided to
venture back into a franchise that I absolutely love, Hellraiser, with the
ninth installment Hellraiser: Revelations.
Plot/ two friends discover a puzzle box in Mexico, which
opens a gateway to Hell. Before long, Pinhead has returned to make the lives of
everyone in his way miserable.
While I have not reviewed all of the Hellraiser movies, I
have seen them all, and this ninth installment has to be the worst. I can now
see why Doug Bradley passed (not that his presence would have saved it). There
were some interesting effects in this one (even if they were predictable and
similar to earlier entries in the franchise) and who would not love to see the
box, chains, a pleasures of the flesh instilled by the cenobites. Unfortunately,
there was absolutely nothing new in this one, and it felt like a modified
rip-off of all of the others. The performances are uneven, the dialog bad, the
characters did nothing to appeal to anyone, and the atmosphere was
non-existent. Even the classic Pinhead character failed to develop and was
shell of himself, with Stephan Smith Collins trying too hard to channel the definitive
traits of Bradley. In the end, this is definitely one movie I could have done
without and even as a huge fan of the franchise; I will never watch this one
again. Stay away!
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