IMDb plot summary: An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover; the demonic cenobites are pursuing him after he escaped their sadomasochistic underworld.
Directed by Clive Barker. Starring Andrew Robinson, Claire Higgins, Ashley Laurence, and Sean Chapman.
This is a very cool idea. The evil creatures at the heart of this story have a great concept surrounding them, and I can see how that caught on as a franchise, but this film hardly explores any of that in favor of just gross imagery that doesn't lead anywhere. It's a very disappointing execution of a much more interesting idea.
1 star.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Hellraiser < The Switch
Hellraiser < The 39 Steps
Hellraiser > Capote
Hellraiser > The Ghost and the Darkness
Hellraiser < Holiday Affair
Hellraiser < Dracula
Hellraiser > Airborne
Hellraiser > Medium Cool
Hellraiser > Rambo
Hellraiser > In Cold Blood
Hellraiser < The Godfather
Final spot: #2298 out of 2879.
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