DPCyric Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 1 hour ago, best3444 said: I was impressed really. Looks legit scary. Hmm, I never found Hellraiser to be scary even when I was a kid just very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, DPCyric said: Hmm, I never found Hellraiser to be scary even when I was a kid just very interesting. Maybe I'm a big wimp! I never seen any Hellraiser movie and I was a big horror fan growing up. Odd...I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPCyric Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, best3444 said: Maybe I'm a big wimp! I never seen any Hellraiser movie and I was a big horror fan growing up. Odd...I know. Nah, I just really liked characters like Pinhead growing up it was rare I found anything actually scary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, DPCyric said: Nah, I just really liked characters like Pinhead growing up it was rare I found anything actually scary. Freddy scared the shit out of me as a kid 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPCyric Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 1 hour ago, best3444 said: Freddy scared the shit out of me as a kid 😆 It was the only one that notably got me a few scenes here and there from other movies disturbed me but It was scary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I’m hearing really good things about this. Comes out this week I believe… 'Hellraiser' first reactions praise 'gnarly, horny' horror reboot EW.COM The first reactions to the new 'Hellraiser' movie reboot praise it as a 'gnarly' mix of horror and horniness. 'Hellraiser': Doug Bradley is Blown Away by Jamie Clayton's Pinhead in Reboot COLLIDER.COM Two Pinheads are better than one! HELLRAISER: Here's What Critics Are Saying In The First Social Media Reactions To Hulu's Horror Reboot COMICBOOKMOVIE.COM Critics have weighed in with their social media reactions to Hulu's upcoming Hellraiser reboot, and the consensus appears to be that this is a definite return to form for the long-running horror franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 By the writing duo and the director of The Night House, which was surprisingly pretty good, so I have hopes for this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShreddieMercury Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 I had no idea this was happening, and David Bruckner is a talented filmmaker. But I won't get my hopes up because 99% of the remakes and legacy sequels/reboots I've seen have been abysmal. Also gotta lol at the "twitter reactions" for every movie that comes out now. "I honestly can't believe that Ant Man got BIG and also SMALL! Fans and non-fans will have NO CHOICE but to BLAST IN THEIR PANTS and be FOREVER TRANSFORMED by this MASTERPIECE". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 The later sequels are not so good. It is surprising to hear this may be well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 I'm excited to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 10:52 PM, Greatoneshere said: By the writing duo and the director of The Night House, which was surprisingly pretty good, so I have hopes for this. The Night House is one of the best films that released in 2020. The aesthetic, vibe, performance by Rebecca Hall, just all of it is superb! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 why is this movie 2 hours? it better be worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 On 10/4/2022 at 5:51 PM, johnny said: why is this movie 2 hours? it better be worth it ok it was worth it! enjoyed watching this. one of the better hellraiser movies for sure. not that’s the highest bar to cross, but still. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 42 minutes ago, johnny said: ok it was worth it! enjoyed watching this. one of the better hellraiser movies for sure. not that’s the highest bar to cross, but still. Yeah I just finsihed this too and it was pretty good. Didn't feel like two hours at all. Definitely the best Hellraiser since the first one I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 So even though unlike Halloween (2018) and Candyman (2021) which are technically sequels to Halloween (1978) and Candyman (1992) which ignore all their original shitty subsequent sequels, the new Hellraiser is a full reboot by comparison to being a sequel. However, it's a loving reboot and ode to the original two Hellraiser films, so my wife and I first went back and watched Hellraiser (1987) and Hellraiser II: Hellbound (1988) first before watching Hellraiser (2022). Regarding the originals (I consider Hellraiser II basically Hellraiser: Part 2 since Hellraiser ends on a pretty big cliffhanger and Hellraiser II finishes out a lot of the story - Clive Barker wrote the story and executive produced Hellraiser II, and you can tell it's integral, even though not quite as good as the original in some ways), they still hold up great! Hellraiser is actually a pretty "small" film by comparison, it's Hellraiser II that finally shows you Leviathan, Lord of the Labyrinth and the actual awesome matte effects of M.C. Escher backgrounds and architecture. You really can't watch Hellraiser without also watching Hellraiser II pretty much right away. As for the new one, the wife and I really liked it! Some reviewers have been saying the psychosexual stuff and extreme pleasure/pain BDSM stuff is toned down, and while the film doesn't explore those aspects in the way Clive Barker's films do, it's most definitely there. Some of the kills in this are actually brutal, this film is still definitely Hellraiser. The cenobite practical suits, effects, and designs are incredibly well done (reminded me of a Guillermo Del Toro joint) and the cenobites in this are more overtly aggressive and exhibit way more agency than the original films, where Pinhead sort of enjoyed playing games with Kirsty rather than really being outright menacing, whereas here the female Pinhead can be very menacing. Overall, The Night House crew did a really good job updating and rebooting Hellraiser and leaving it open for sequels, so I hope this does well enough that we can get more good Hellraiser movies finally. Acting was good, cinematography was well done, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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