Hellraiser - Hellworld
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Movie Reviews of Hellraiser - Hellworld
Movie Review: Hellworld...another disappointing movie
Summary: 2 Stars
After Bloodlines it really makes me wonder why they keep on making bad sequels to Hellraiser. Ok-so what-(yawn)a bunch of spoiled brats go to a party (for sex and booze) and end up getting murdered. How many times have we seen this before? So much for originality. These young actors actually got on my nerves-not good acting in my opinion, and it makes me wonder how each of them got the part. The wacko host of the party also got on my nerves. To me it seemed like he was more reading script off of cue-cards than acting. I was thinking you gotta be kidding. How did he get the job? Probably to save money? The party was a kind of cheap imitation of the "Boiler Room" of a previous hellraiser. And let me emphasize cheap imitation.
Well, I guess it suits a bad script with an even more disappointing ending. (I *really* felt cheated with the ending. They could have put more thought into it.). Throughout the movie, they were even more conservative with the gore (to save money??)--not one time did I ever flench. Not one scene at all.
And something about the cellphones. That was a major thing in the movie...and major stupid too. Those cell phones got on my nerves big time. Very very irritating.
If you are a Hellraiser fan of the original movies, you keep on hoping to see something decent; only to be disappointed again and again. I guess it's okay to rent it--I seen worst horror movies, but I do not think it's worth any more than four dollars. I definitely would not like to see it twice.
Movie Review: Blood, Boobies and Boredom
Summary: 2 Stars
I've enjoyed a couple of the direct to video entries in the "Hellraiser" series, "Deader" & "Hellseeker" were decent little b-movies. Nowhere near the quality of the first two feature films, but enjoyable none the less. "Hellworld" actually has a decent premise, and by throwing Lance Henriksen into the mix it should be a winner. Unfortunately, this latest entry in Pinhead's series is just a painfully dull 1980's slasher style rehash.
The basic storyline for "Hellworld" is that there is a massive online game called "Hellworld" and several friends have become addicted to playing. One friend's obsession actually leads to his own suicide. The remaining friends blame themselves for letting things go so far and this upsets them for about 4 minutes, until they receive an invitation to a secret "Hellworld" party being held in a huge mansion. Lance Henriksen plays the sinister host, and things begin to go downhill very quickly as the friends find themselves playing for their lives.
Gratuitous nudity and sex, throw in some gore, and almost every horror cliche available and you have 80 minutes of film padding. If you are into cheap scares, illogical storylines and lousy treatment of the cenobites, then you will enjoy this film. If you are looking for a genuine "Hellraiser" film, go back to an earlier entry...or simply wait as I hear Clive Barker is helming a remake of the original film, but avoid "Hellworld".
Movie Review: Great premise but sinks fast.
Summary: 2 Stars
I saw this movie last night and have to say that the premise for the movie,an online game with a hellraiser cult worshipper party, is excellent.
This opened up all kinds of plot variation possibilities .
Unfortunately,after the first 20 minutes the movie goes downhill fast and the plot becomes really scattered and erratic.
The cast,other than Lance Hendrikson ,is very forgettible and you really don't care much about them at all.
They're just cardboard cut-outs with no ppersonality.
It's not much of a slasher movie and there's hardly any horror.
It felt like they were just making plot up as they went along.
The real cenobites were non-existent basically until the last few minutes and they might have well left them out of the film entirely for what impact they had.
I know that if i wrote the script and had the chance to have pinhead and crew encounter a whole house of 200 partying hellraiser fans who thought they were bad-ass there would have been some funny,nasty stuff happen but they wasted this opportunity completely.
The explanation of what happened during the movie by lance's character at the end of the film was really lame.
Hopefully the next Hellraiser installment will be better.
Movie Review: I guess ...
Summary: 2 Stars
As a diehard Hellraiser fan, I must admit that I was excited about this film. I rented it last night and found the acting to be laughable, the plot slightly intriguing at best, and the ending ... oh Dear God almighty that awful ending! I liked the fact that Pinhead was used sparingly, making his appearances that much better. His dialogue sucked in this film as opposed to some of his more poetic versus in other installments, but I liked watching him stick to basics and kill characters slasher style. I found myself enjoying this film, and I must also admit that I did like the Lance - Pinhead showdown at the end. But that payoff with Lance and the girl? **Spoiler alert** The burial alive with Nokia cell phones (blatant pathetic product placement all around) inside the coffins? Have screenplay writers become so claimed by the film industry's creative drought that they are reduced to this crap? All in all, this is a film that is worth RENTAL ONLY from diehard Hellraiser fans. Anyone who goes to best buy and drops $23 on this should probably be buried alive themselves.Movie Review: These Films Need To Get ALOT Better..
Summary: 2 Stars
First off, this is another "psychological" horrror film; that means it is confusing like a drug trip. The movie ends like a bad trip too. Lance Henrickson is in this film, which is the reason why even bothered to watch it. Boy, was that a mistake.
The Eighth(!!) in the Hellraiser series, Hellworld tells the tale of a bunch of teenagers who decide to go to a party in the middle of nowhere because of an on-line invitation (this is where the "horror goes on-line" blurb comes from). One by one, they meet a Pinhead-sponsered end. This movie has some good Hellraiser-esque touches but there is no substance to Hellworld.
Why don't the producers of these films simply give us Hellraiser-philes what we really want: A story where Subject A gets the box, he/she opens it, the mayhem ensues and Pinhead and his buddies ARE IN THE ENTIRE FILM FROM START TO FINISH.
To me, the 4th installment of this frachise was the last, true Hellraiser movie.
These boring, messed up, cheapo-deluxe Hellraisers are KILLING ME..