Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
R | 23 December 1988 (USA)
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Julia Cotton, her step daughter Kirsty, and the sinister Dr. Channard are sent into the dominion of the Cenobites themselves.

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Beanbioca

As Good As It Gets

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MoPoshy

Absolutely brilliant

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Baseshment

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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ThedevilChoose

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Tweetienator

I like Hellraiser II a little tiny bit more than the first movie of the series - every connoisseur of the demonic power in hell horror business should know the 1st and 2nd part of the Hellraiser multiverses - of course just my humble opinion. Sadly, the Hellraiser, or should I say, the Pinhead franchise was spoiled by the contribution of a lot of bad to very bad movies. Anyway, Hellraiser and Hellraiser II get a whole-hearted recommendation from my side - good old horror with a good shot of splatter, all untouched by modern CGI garbage, and last but not least we get an evil demonic and iconic maniac called Pinhead.

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skybrick736

Hellbound has absolutely one thing going for it and that is simply continuity. Bringing back two of the main characters from Hellraiser ultimately made the film more intriguing to see how these characters were going to progress or have their fate sealed. Aside from bringing back central characters, notably Kristy (Ashley Laurence), and the cenobites, there is little in terms of appeal to the start of the Hellraiser franchise. The CGI is horrendous throughout, the dialogue is insufferable and there can't be enough said about that horrible cliché ending. Just two films through, the Hellraiser franchise obviously requires a certain taste for the torture side of horror, which can be shallow and dull.

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Shawn Watson

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.

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Eric Stevenson

It's hard to even qualify this as a slasher film seeing as how it's a lot more than just one character who does the killing. In fact, Pinhead barely directly kills anyone at all. It's more like a standard horror movie. Anyway, I was expecting to see more of Pinhead in this movie, but he may have had even less screen time than the original film. As far as slasher movies go, this wasn't bad at all. It has a bit too much exposition in the first half, but at the second half, it really does get better. We get our most creative parts here as we see Hell.I admit to not being the biggest fan of stop motion. I just think it sticks out pretty badly. The designs were still pretty creative with this. I like how it follows up directly with the first movie. You rarely see that in films like this. I do kind of like the characters and they get some fairly good development. It's still pretty confusing and too complicated. I wouldn't recommend this to someone who wasn't a fan of horror movies, but I would to someone who is. ***

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