The source material has an interesting premise, but this movie is all about exploiting its gruesomeness. Maybe that plus the iconic Pinhead is enough to make this a quintessential horror cult film, but not enough to make it a "good" one.
This review of Hellraiser (1987) was written by Derek H on 05 Nov 2010.
Hellraiser has generally received positive reviews.
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