Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Lawbolisted Powerful

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki With the cinematographer, the A.D., and the entire art department fired one week into production, the producers unhappy with director Kevin Yagher's 110- minutes-long cut, the producers hired a new director ( Joe Chappelle, who later had the same decisions forced upon him, during filming of the sixth Halloween film ) the producers edited, rewrote, partially refilmed, and completely restructured this, frustratingly turning it into a hacked to ribbons shell of its former self. The ambitious expansion of the LeMarchand history from the 18th century, following their bloodline for centuries, through the 22nd century, where a distant descendant attempts to break the " curse " on the lineage, the construction of the Lament Configuration, almost like an anthology film, in the 110- minutes-long bootleg/ workprint/ reconstruction, and while it was confusing at first, once I figured out the plot, it was quite good. It genuinely seemed an attempt at expanding the plotlines, rather than just simply rehashing what happened before. But the 80-odd minutes-long theatrical cut omits all but the gore, and the bare essentials of the original plot, and tacking on a silly happy ending, ruining the original downbeat, profound ending. The two different cuts of this film are dramatically different, and a must for fans of this series. The 82 minutes-long cut is okay, not as bad as some have labelled it, but not particularly good, either. The 110 minutes-long cut is flawed, slower paced, but expands dramatically on plot threads which are barely given a passing glance in the theatrical cut.

qmtv I've seen Hellraiser 2 many times and it was always a shocking good mess. Last time I saw it was last year and it lost some impact but it was still great, probably the best Hellraiser. I've seen the first many years ago and don't remember much, but I remember it was decent. I saw #3 a few days ago, and it's a pile below par crap. It's watchable, and not the worst, but just a steaming pile. #4 is better than #3 but not by much.The best thing about #4 is the backstory of how the box came into being. But it was not handled well. First, there was 3 time periods, 18 century France, maybe just stay in that period. Current time, a mess. And Future, unnecessary. They should have stayed in the 18th century, but then no pinhead. No pinhead would be fine, because I'm getting tired of this so called actor blabbing all this nonsense dialogue, it just turns into a boring mess. Modern time was boring. The future was only there to show some special fx and some gun fights, unnecessary.Best part of the movie was some of the special fx. The story outline was fine. But the story itself sucked. The dialogue, especially Pinhead was just agony, maybe that was the point. How many time do we need to hear stuff like "The pain and agony must be embraced with pleasure" or some such nonsense". Over and over again. The acting was basically same level as the #3, not so good.Rating is a C, or 3 stars at best. Only recommended for completest. This was part of a, 6 movies for $5, Hellraiser III to VIII. I will only recommend this if you want to see all Hellraiser films. Otherwise watch the first and second and call it a day.

vengeance20 Upon watching this I wasn't particularly bought. Heard & seen a trailer to see it was in outer space, & I myself, was sort of turned off by it as I don't like Sci-Fi Films & prefer realism over fantasy. But after watching this I actually thought it was really good! Was pleasantly surprised to like it as I dislike Sci-Fis at the best of times, but this was an exception. It proves that Horror & Sci-Fi go well together & it's a genre mix that should be used more often by writers & directors alike!The film starts in space 2124, inside a spaceship were a space crewman is trying to unlock the Lament Configuration via a robot, he successfully does this only to be ambushed by space agent police. This is where the film goes back to the 20th century & explores the origins of the lament configuration & how it became an evil tool/gateway to hell.I found the film at first to be so-so while watching, but go attracted & interested as it picked up & oh boy did it! The blood & graphics where great as always. I also liked the Sci-Fi scenery too! It was attractive & got me into it considering I don't like them. But the graphics were great & the kills were unique.The ending was satisfying as well & the film was short & sweet. Which made it more watchable & a lot better than the previous 3 films in the series.I give this film a 7.5/10 it was really good & watchable, this is coming from a man who dislikes Sc-Fis too, give it a watch! It's great!

Python Hyena Hellraiser 4: Bloodline (1996): Dir: Alan Smithee / Cast: Doug Bradley, Valentina Vargas, Bruce Ramsay, Charlotte Chatton, Kim Myers: Sickening wretch bent on graphic violence. The image of a human body suspended by hooks is enough call to vomit. Subtitle suggests generations of evil. Story regards an ancient toymaker who made a cube that can summon and destroy demons. It is obvious to anyone after seeing the movie that this wasn't regarding a Rubics Cube. It might have been more interesting if it was. See if Pinhead can get all the colours matching. Anyway, a rescue team invades a space station and finds the film's narrator. Soon Pinhead and his demons arrive and make short work of them in all sorts of graphic ways that would create more vomit than an evening of heavy drinking. Filled with great visual elements matched with a screenplay overrun with idiocy. It assembles a bunch of nameless peons who die graphically for the sake of entertainment. To top it off this film is directed with the alias Alan Smithee, which means someone other than the audience hated it too. Bad acting headed by Doug Bradley as Pinhead and Valentina Vargas, Bruce Ramsay, Kim Myers, and Charlotte Chatton. While the original film is intriguing and creative with its visual elements, this third sequel is an exercise in gore and guts that belongs in a barf bag with viewer's results. Score: 2 / 10