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"Hellraiser." Just about the worst "horror" film I've ever seen. That said, the

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Posted on November 26, 2020 at 07:59:43
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 80s women's hair and clothing was truly scary.
Pieces of meat hanging on hooks. Hooks pulling flesh. Didn't that toupee sporting Richard Harris star in a really bad Western with those same disgusting scenes?
Really, really bad acting. Laughable dialogue. Endlessly repetitive plot. Hard to believe this ever got released. Or that Clive Barker went on to make more films, including sequels. So utterly bad it can't even be "camp" or a cult film.

The only thing memorable? The pinhead character, visually. That's it.

 

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RE: "Hellraiser." Just about the worst "horror" film I've ever seen. That said, the , posted on November 26, 2020 at 09:03:57
geoffkait
 One assumes you watched the whole thing, though, start to finish. :-)

 

Thanks for the heads up: with only some 150,000 other bad movies to watch... , posted on November 26, 2020 at 10:56:44
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 I was finally getting to the point where Hellraiser was going to be on my top 10,000
to get around to some 30 years after it was released.

Whew! THAT was close!

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RE: Thanks for the heads up: with only some 150,000 other bad movies to watch... , posted on November 26, 2020 at 11:45:03
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 Thanks for the chuckle!
I'd have to live to senility before I'd watch it i think... not my kinda flick.

 

Yes. I suffer the tortures of the damned for my fellow inmates so that, posted on November 26, 2020 at 12:08:37
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 they can live lives of freedom, happiness, and safety.

 

Joe Bob Briggs (of Joe Bob Goes To The Drive In and, Goodfellas, fame) would beg to disagree, posted on November 26, 2020 at 13:43:20
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 I searched the internets far and wide and couldn't find his review of Hellraiser. Joe Bob rates movies according to the BBB content, Breasts, Beasts, and Blood. So, of course, he loved it. I guarantee you, if you could somehow find the review, a belly laugh or two would emerge as you read it. FWIW, his reviews should be taken with a grain, maybe two, of salt. I got a kick out of it, but watched it in the context of his review. No argument on the acting. There's a reason those "stars" aren't household names. Also, if you disliked Hellraiser, you're gonna really not like Hellraiser:Hellbound.
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The original is miles ahead of the sequels, too..., posted on November 27, 2020 at 07:47:00
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 Surely not a great "film," but I wouldn't even put "Hellraiser" in the category of "worst horror movies I've seen."

 

Pinhead is more interesting than, posted on November 27, 2020 at 23:25:28
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 Jason, Freddie, Michael Myers, etc

 

Five more years of pandemic (God forbid) couldn't reduce me to "Hellhound." nt, posted on November 28, 2020 at 06:34:32
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I will completely agree with you..., posted on November 30, 2020 at 12:13:43
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 The concepts & thoughts behind "Hellraiser" are first rate, even if the film doesn't reach the level of the writing.

"Nightmare on Elm Street" with "Freddie" is a notch down on concept, but still pretty decent.

The "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th" offerings are quite a few rungs down.

 

The vampire flick that featured Don Rickles turning into a vampire had its moments. Nt, posted on November 30, 2020 at 13:37:14
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Amazing that each successive film had half the budget . . ., posted on November 30, 2020 at 15:52:44
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 of the one before. The last one I saw made me mad at myself.

 

I lasted thru Hellbound:Hellraiser II . ., posted on November 30, 2020 at 20:17:45
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 I liked that more than the first as it, IIRC, really explored the Cenobites world. No desire to see anymore after that tho. Enuf is enuf
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Innocent Blood (had to look it up), posted on December 1, 2020 at 10:23:09
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 Definitely had its moments
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