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Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

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.

I don't know why it took me so long to invest in and review Hellraiser II. I've been a fan of Chris Young's score for years now but never actually seen the movie itself until now. Perhaps this is for the better, as I have a feeling that I would have misjudged this movie in my youth.Immediately after the events of the first movie Kirsty Cotton is institutionalised by the evil Dr. Channard. She's babbling about the Cenobites and the Lament Configuration and Channard not only believes her but has extensive research into the artefact and wants to see hell for himself. With the mattress that Julia died on in his possession he sacrifices one of his mentally ill patients to bring her back, albeit without her skin, in a brutally unpleasant scene that had me hiding behind the cushion. Soon, Julia is fully human again (and looking like a LOT like Emma Stone thanks to a far sexier haircut) and ready to grant him his morbid wish. Channard gives the Lament Configuration to Tiffany, a mute savant with a knack for solving puzzles. Pinhead and his cronies come forth, as expected, but allow Kirsty and Tiffany to run free in hell so they can stop Channard before he reaches the Leviathan, the unexplained (and probably inexplicable) God of Hell.While I did enjoy this movie a lot, it really does come across as an over-the-top mish-mash of The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and Dungeons and Dragons (all relatively new at the time). The script is a little hokier but still convincingly expands this mysterious universe. What I wasn't expecting, however, was how much I would like Pinhead.The image of this character is iconic and often used to sell, or perhaps oversell, the franchise. I didn't think I would be able to accept him a movie monster and it might be the reason why I kept this series at a distance for so long. But Pinhead is REALLY likable here. He's no hero, no villain, and nowhere in between, just an impartial observer who is as much a victim as the people he tears apart. Doug Bradley nails this character (haha) and his place in horror movie history is rightfully deserved.As I said, Chris Young's beautiful, operatic score is a leviathan in it's own right and some of his best work. I would argue that the first two Hellraiser movies have the best horror scores of all time and an absolute must-have for anyone who enjoys and appreciates good music.A sequel that falls short of the original in some ways but matches and exceeds it in others.

On the whole, Clive Barker's "Hellraiser" has become one of the more head-scratching film franchises in recent memory, thanks to the wild and crazed range in quality of the films themselves. What once started as perhaps the most promising and rewarding new franchises quickly took a nose-dive in quality with the bizarrely dated and amusingly cheesy third and fourth entries. And since then, starting with the admittedly very decent fifth film, all future follow-ups skipped theaters and hit the shelves as direct-to-video releases... being plagued with lowered budgets and lowered expectations with each new chapter. But before it's all too soon downfall into near-oblivion, there was one very fascinating and completely fulfilling follow-up in the series that took audiences by storm and showed just what a properly-realized sequel was capable of. And that of course was "Hellbound: Hellraiser II."Directed by Tony Randall from a screenplay by Peter Atkins and a story treatment by series creator Barker, "Hellbound" is a curiously strong horror sequel that builds on the foundation of the original, further developing previously established characters and concepts in a near-ideal fashion and fleshing out the backstory in startling new ways. Barker's original, while relatively self-contained, did plant some questions in the backs of viewer's minds regarding the rules and history of the devilish world he built, and "Hellbound" expands on these in a wonderfully organic fashion. And though it may never quite match the ferocious originality of that first film, it comes darned close and stands tall as a very good sequel to an iconic original.Set almost immediately after the heart-stopping finale of "Hellraiser", we pick up with protagonist Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence) as she is admitted into a mental institution due to the trauma she experienced. Soon haunted by visions of her father's skinned and agonized remains, she deduces that he is stuck in Hell, and that she must try and find a way to save him. At the same time, Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham), the devious head of the hospital has secretly acquired the mattress upon which Kirsty's step-mother Julia (Clare Higgins) died, and brings her back through a disturbing sacrifice of blood. Obsessed with the puzzle-box and the cenobites, Channard is seduced by Julia, who manipulates him into using one of his patients- the brilliant but mute puzzle-solver Tiffany (Imogen Boorman)- to open the gateway to Hell once again. And thus, the stage is set, as all of our characters enter Hell itself for their own reasons...The film is a bold exercise in atmosphere and pure dread, with wonderfully disturbing visual direction and some strong and well- established characters. Randel's direction is remarkable, and his keen eye for composition and flow helps create and ever- rising sense of tension and fear, which perfectly compliments the tight yet larger-scoped script by Atkins. From the dreaded return of the cenobites (lead of course by the brilliant Doug Bradley as "Pinhead") to the disturbing realization of Hell itself, the film is constantly upping the ante when it comes to pure horror. It's also even occasionally surprises with moments of true emotional and a few of the twists and turns it takes come completely unexpected in the best of ways.The cast is just wonderful. Ashley Laurence grows tremendously as a performer this time around and does a very decent job as a likable protagonist. Clare Higgins is as devious and deadly as ever, and seems to be having an absolute blast chewing the scenery in her villainous role. Kenneth Cranham and Imogen Boorman round out our human cast nicely in their supporting roles, both doing great jobs with the material. And as always, the cenobites are played to perfection. Doug Bradley is an absolute joy as the pure evil that is Pinhead, and it's nice to see him given an expanded role, especially one that even offers glimpses of the man Pinhead was before he journeyed into Hell.While the film does occasionally suffer a misstep here and there due to some problems with the wonky pacing and some questionable scenes that felt like they were thrown in without much thought or deliberation, I find "Hellbound" to be a completely entertaining, engrossing and atmospherically frightening follow-up in the best of ways. It's not a perfect film, and it can be a bit uneven, but it does a great job continuing the story so deliciously crafted by Barker in the original, and it emerges as one of my personal favorite horror sequels as a result.And so, I give "Hellbound: Hellraiser II" a very good 8 out of 10 as a fan of horror.

Remembered bits & pieces of this film from seeing it 3 years ago, though it wasn't iconic enough as there was parts I forgot about.The story continues where the daughter finds herself with the battle against the cenobites once again in this sequel to the original. This time round, the doctor, head of the asylum that the daughter is getting treated at resurrects the daughters mum Julie from the bloody mattress which she was killed & laid to rest on in the previous film. The doctor then begins to get her women to make her strong again! This time the daughter & another inmate called Tiffany help destroy her & the cenobites once again in this sequel. Just like the first, I liked the blood & gore effects, not to mention the visuals used as for a film of it's time in 1989, was decent, considering what they had to work with. Though also like the first, it was dated & just didn't have much meatiness in it for me to start watching again. Though the actress (the gorgeous one) done well in this film as with many of the others including Doug Bradley himself, I just felt this film dragged & had a bit of a samey story-line to the first, which didn't bother me but I felt it could've been shorter & a bit more with it. But it was decent overall.The story-line to be a sort of "mirror image" to the first wasn't so bad & I in fact found it easy to follow the second time as with the first but it does get confusing as to whats happening & why everything is what it is in the film.I overall would give this a 4.5/10 It says 4 but I give it 4.5, a half slashed rating of what I gave the first one which was a 5/10. It was decent & good, but a bit dated & long for my tastes.