Review of Hellraiser: Revelations (2011) by Juli N — 27 Mar 2014

A lame churn out. Bad things go down in Mexico for two male adolescents, and their families are left to pick up the pieces and figure out what happened. This is the one that Clive Barker put his foot down and completely divorced himself from the series; he stated that nothing about this came from his mind, or even his butthole (his words, not mine).

The reason why this was made was to retain the rights to the series; the Weinsteins produced this in a couple of weeks because they were in a pinch. I never thought I'd say this, but this made me wish that they got Rick Bota back; even though his movies left tons to be desired, there was at least an effort being made.

The biggest thing on why fails as hard as it does is that the payoff is as limp as the acting. This has everything to do with the new Pinhead, who just flat out sucks, there's no clearer way to put it.

You can argue that we were spoiled by Doug Bradley, but that doesn't change the fact that this man has no screen presence. This just rips off Hellraiser I, feels long for a 75-minute runtime, and while it isn't the worst movie I've ever seen, it is easily far and away the worst installment of the franchise.