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(Liked It)
Netflix Synopsis: In this eighth installment of Clive Barker's film franchise, a group of Internet enthusiasts get sucked into a video game and soon score an invite to an exclusive and mysterious gathering, where the lines between cyberlife and reality are blurred. But when the soiree starts, the computer whizzes realize their host is none other than the maniacal Pinhead (Doug Bradley). And unfortunately for them, he knows how to throw a killer party.
The Peeps: Rick Bota (director); Carl Dupre (writer); Lance Henrikson, Katheryn Winnick, Doug Bradley
Quick Run Down: Blood, Gore, Nudity & Sex, NO Story, Just Another
Hellraiser Flick
Worth the Watch?: Eh... If You've Got Nothing Better To Do
Hellraiser: Hellworld opens with 5 kids attending the funeral of their friend that apparently killed himself due to some deep involvemnt in 'Hellworld' - an online game the 6 kids were involved in. Cut to two years later, and the friends have decided to get back into the game and attend a 'Hellworld' themed party that is by invite only. When they arrive at the house, they are greeted by the Host (Lance ****ing! Henrikson) and given the opportunity to see some weird and creepy stuff. Everything appears fake, at first, but then real shiznit starts to go down. And it's all orchestrated by the maestro himself - Pinhead!
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Rick Bota, the director of the number 6, 7, and 8 installments of the
Hellraiser franchise cannot tell a story, or maybe it's that he can't tell a story AND come through on the horror goods - blood, gore, kills, etc. Either way, his efforts in the Pinhead horror series seriously lack in story, but they do hold up in terms of the genre elements. In fact, in 6 there were some, in 7 there were more (once the story finally got out of the way!), and, in this film, #8, there's even more. And though I felt like there was no story in this film AT ALL, I did like the movie. It works on a strictly blood, gore, and sex level. There are a few tense sequences, but they are usually over pretty quickly, allowing you to wait patiently for the next sequence to arrive as there is nothing going on in between them. After that sequence is over, rinse and repeat. All of this leads me to say, this isn't a bad installment in the horror franchise, but it does nothing new or original. Should I be expecting more? No, but I can't help it to hope. It's the horror hound curse - watch the same old killer character movie hoping, just HOPING, this film finally grabs at what made the franchise worth making in the first place. It's a vicious world we live in...
So, if you wanna check out just another
Hellraiser movie, this is probably the one to go for. There's no story, but there's plenty of blood, gore, and nudity/sex. If that's what you're looking for, check the flick out - it's on Netflix!
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