Review of Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992) by Lafe F — 07 Jul 2007

A cool Hellraiser movie centering around the rotating pillar of hooks and chains, with attached body parts which have been torn off victims. This pillar solidifies into a seeming work of art, which a night club owner purchases. Soon Hell will emerge, as the pillar demands blood.

A TV reporter investigates strange goings-on at the night club and the weird patient admitted to the hospital with hooks and chains imbedded in his flesh. The reporter takes in a gothic street girl.

There's an eerie flashback to Pinhead's wicked wartime beginnings.

After an awesome scene where a girl's skin is ripped off, the evil is unleashed, in a huge nightclub slaughter scene - it's amazingly done. Then the cenobyte demons take the slaughter to the streets, where the reporter has a showdown with Pinhead.

This is all the Hell on Earth we're gonna get. The ending promises a giant Hellraiser cube made into an office tower, which sorta comes true in part 4 of the series. I felt they were getting further away from the original pleasure-pain temptation premise the original established; and going into muddled dark fantasy ramblings where Elm Street movies tend to go.