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This film made a mockery out of the entire series one spoiler

posted 19 years ago by Lothar125
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Up until this one, I believe the Hellraiser series had avoided any type of misfortunate undertakings that befell upon the Nightmare on Elm Street Series. What is the possible reason for me saying this?

The reason is this ruins the entire series. It is just like the Elm Street movie where they are making a Freddy movie. It makes the audience feel jipped since Hellraiser is no longer Hellraiser, it is a movie series within the movie. Now how the hell does that correlate with the rest of the series? It doesn't? It WOULD have worked perfectly IF they wouldn't have had the dead kid's dad get owned in REAL LIFE by Pinhead. You see, the rest of the movie could have simply been part of their imagination, and they could have simply said this was not part of the series truly, but instead they made it part of it by having Pinhead be real. Now how does this make any sense with #4? All the others could have followed logically, but this was the black sheep in the series that has a huge contradiction intertwining with the rest of the series.

What a huge disappointment.

[–] kidicarus1983 19 years ago

All horror series that go on this long are horrible. They eventually get off track plotwise, the acting gets worse, so on and so forth. I like some of the later Hellraiser sequels though. They aren't great movies, but I found them to be entertaining. I like 5 and 6 a lot more than 3 and 4.

[–] Hez_Luvs_Capt_Spaulding 19 years ago

I enjoyed this movie even if it didn't do the series any justice.

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[–] alexkrasny 19 years ago

This movie was a total disgrace. I agree with the first poster. Once they make a movie that admits the whole series is nothing but a movie, it totally destroyes the suspention of disbelief for the whole series. I wish I never saw this.

[–] Hez_Luvs_Capt_Spaulding 19 years ago

I'm not saying this film wasn't a disgrace to the series, as I haven't seen it in it's entirety (sp?) but I thought it was good for this kind of "90's lets pump out any horror movie we can" kinda thing

"HOW MUCH BLOOD WILL YOU SHED TO STAY ALIVE?"

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[–] ScarecrowX 19 years ago

Except he ccalls them HELLRAISERS and HELLSEEKERS. He also says he has the largest HELLRAISER Collectionm... yet the game ius called hellworld, Hellraiser being the name of the film. The fact is, the film is confused at what it wanst to be and works neither way. or are we to believe Hell made a computer game, got Pinhead to sample sounds and voices, and put it online? And also, how exactly did the Host arrange it so a game unrelated to him offered inbvites to HIS party. Sadly it contradicts itself a hundred times over but it makes the LEAST sense if you try to fit it in with the other movies.

- Scarecrow

[–] EvilDeadChick 19 years ago

Agreed.

It sucked big time.

I wish I never bought the DVD.
A complete wasted of my money and a disgrace to the series.

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[–] ScarecrowX 18 years ago

They say "mythology" as that's exactly how the series background is referenced by the hardcore fans as you'd see if you were to visit The Hellbound Web, for instance.

As for that idea:

"The Host calls them HELLRAISERS and HELLSEEKERS. He also says he has the largest HELLRAISER Collectionm... yet the game is called hellworld, Hellraiser being the name of the film. The fact is, the film is confused at what it wants to be and works neither way. or are we to believe Hell made a computer game, got Pinhead to sample sounds and voices, and put it online? And also, how exactly did the Host arrange it so a game unrelated to him offered invites to HIS party. Sadly it contradicts itself a hundred times over but it makes the LEAST sense if you try to fit it in with the other movies."

They also imply this game is HUGE and a massive internet fad. As I said it's a confused film, that doesn't make sense with Hellraiser being real or fake... either way the whole thing just fails to add up.

Not to mentino the events leading to the drugging makes NO sense with each chaarcter beign show being drugged at totally different times which would have been impossible if they were altogether.

- Scarecrow

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[–] ScarecrowX 18 years ago

But if the game is unrelated to Hell how is there so much detail? How did they get Pinhead to record sound bite sinw hat is obviously his voice... using exact phrases he says in the films which in the reality of the film would just be things he's said over the period of almost two decades.

He calls them Hellseekers but says he has the largest "Hellraiser Collection", not Hellworld Collection. Not to mention references to some guy pulling off his face to reveal Pinhead which was obviously a movie-based reference. The film was written about Hellraiser fans and based around it as real but then the issue got muddied, leading to the film that really makes no sense.

Plus it is utterly at odds with the established history in man ways. Why exactly does setting himselkf on fire give him to Pinhead? And whats with the ghosts? Ghosts don't exist in Hellraiser, Adam should be in Hell being tortured with pleasure and pain.

The timings of the druggins ARE utterly wrong. It suggests three are drugged in the room and then Chelsea in the basement. But if Chelsea isn't drugged in the room then wouldn't she notice her three friends collapsing? You can't drug three people, then another 5 minutes later and another another ten or so minutesd later. It's makes zero sense as from Chelsea's perspective they'd collapse in front of her.

Man, Hellworld couldn't be any more of a mess.

- Scarecrow

[–] steurerc 18 years ago

At this point, the series has devolved into another anonymous modern horror cliche. Group of hot young high school/college kids that slowly get butchered in one over the top way after another.

A word to the wise? It's not the wise that need the help, it's the stupid people.

[–] EvilDeadChick 18 years ago

Simply put!

the movie just wasn't any good, and didn't make that much sense

[–] ashleecoleman 18 years ago

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[–] Goggles_Bobbles 18 years ago

Please

[–] TheFatDruidofNacyl 14 years ago

I agree, especially with a scene where Pinhead just simply chops off someones head with a butcher knife. Where is the fun in that.

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This film made a mockery out of the entire series *one spoiler*

This film made a mockery out of the entire series one spoiler