Hellraiser VIII: Hellworld

Great movie

Lance Henriksen really helped this movie. He adds so much to any and all films he does. He's the only reason this was 4 stars and not 3.It stayed more or less within the known facts of the Hellraiser series to the extent that it attempted to use them at all. It updated the series by relating it to a game called Hellworld. Interesting idea. That sort of makes it all right to deviate from the real Hellraiser movie since few games are exact matches to the movie they mimic and vice versa.The plot was okay and much of the acting was good (Lance was GREAT of course.) I liked Winnick the best and Cavill the least of the young cast members. Doug Bradley as always was great as pinhead, though it seems to me he had fewer pins this time than previously. I'd have to go back and look at that in the original, but it just seemed different to m.The script had its moments of good dialogue and action, and in the end, that's all I have come to expect from this type of movie. After all, its number 8! At least it took a different tack this time with the Hellworld game concept.All in all, I'd recommend it to Horror fans and even Hellraiser fans, though Hellraiser purists are not going to like the deviation from the original story. Of course, pretty much all of the recent ones have deviated quite a bit from the original. I'd too would like to see a remake of the original with additional material to explain things better or at least a sequel that really stuck to the story line and filled it out a lot more. I hope those who take my recommendation will enjoy it!

With the advent of the internet and new technologies all forms of entertainment have been going through a series of upheavals. Some are for the better, others are for the worse.So, The movie industry is no exception. For studios, producers and investors it's been riskier and riskier to try and produce blockbusters or release theatrical movies due to several factors, ranging from lack of resources to instability in economy and politics - even widespread piracy is the one to blame .So studios have been producing low-budget movies instead of expensive movies. Computers in part are the ones to blame too. CGI can practically generate any kind of (impressive or risible) image, so the magic or artistry of mechanical effects seems to be getting lost in the process. It's cheaper to hire unknown actors than famous ones. Filming schedules are getting shorter and shorter, as well as budgets and resources.A real horror fan knows that at least 80% of all horror movies made in this world are low-budget or homemade. Very few horror flicks are made with a lot of dough. Since the very beginning the HELLRAISER saga has followed this pattern, little money is spent but there's a lot of style. Once the effects were mechanical , photographic or just physical - now they're mostly CGI, but still well made considering all sorts of restraints these brave movie makers face.Today movie watchers really don't know what they want to see.Do they want matter over substance or substance over matter or both? Lots of those so-called horror fans simply don't pay attention to what they watch - just check any forum sites and you'll see what I mean. When they pay attention to everything all they care about is spotting the mistakes and flaws seldom what makes the movie good. All we hear is this painful whine : "the worst movie ever" or "it sucks big time!". Hellraiser 1 & 2 are among the best and goriest horror movies ever produced, still lots of those horror movie "lovers" tear these original classic films to pieces. Others wanted to see more of PINHEAD. Hellraiser 3& 4 were made to show us more PINHEAD in action. The same people who demanded more PINHEAD screening time are the same who pan these movies.Even Clive Barker was crucified - he conceived the BOILER ROOM MASSACRE seen in HR3, for example, just to please his fans. Because of all factors I mentioned above the studio and the producers decided to take a different path, and still are being criticized by those who now want to see more CENOBITES and PINHEAD in action. Humans are so difficult to please! That's why I love animals and hate people !Why don't you whiny fellows invest whopping sums of money in the next HELLRAISER films or write good quality scripts or even try to direct the next instalments? If you never enjoyed HELLRAISER why bother watching the old and new episodes?I liked this movie as well as the other instalments . A good horror film is the one that holds your attention,that has flaws, that has good effects and interesting characters. And in my opinion this one has got it. About the teen characters : they have a reason to be there - mostly teens watch horror movies ! Only a handful adults watch horror flicks - I'm almost 40 (!). Teens are most times boring,reckless,and unstable people when they want to be and this movie show us that.I am so happy I have all HELLRAISER instalments on DVD / VHS and all the action figures too. I am not going to spoil anything by making remarks about what happens throughout the movie. It's up to you to watch and assess it. I did and I enjoyed it 100% !!! If you don't... I don't really care!

Since this one's been out a while, I'll leave out the review of the actual movie...this is for those who are curious how the blu ray presentation is.So far I've hated Echo Bridge's horror blu rays...it's no secret that they've been doing some poor and sloppy work from the mastering to the graphic design. But being a loyal Hellraiser fan I decided to get this anyway as a potential replacement for my DVD.I first put it in and was on the brink of complaining...soft, kinda grainy picture, yellowish and faded. But then I put in the DVD for comparison, and that's how that opening scene looks. I could tell the blu ray is sharper...not night and day, but you can see a difference. After watching some more, I decided I'm pretty happy with it. It isn't really demo material for your HDTV, but that could very well be due to the quality of the source material.Picture is cropped to 1.78:1 while the DVD is 1.85:1...doesn't make much of a difference to me. Audio sounded nice all the way thru - 5.1 surround, bassy where appropriate.There is only one special feature - the commentary from the DVD. I don't like listening to commentaries over movies, so I'll never use that. They left off the behind the scenes thing...not a big loss, but it's something I probably would've watched again. So... pretty much a fail in the special features department for me.It has the movie in decent quality. If that's all you're looking for, this is a worthy purchase. I wouldn't recommend paying much more than $15 for it unless you love it and have to have it. I'd say this upgrade makes me hate Echo Bridge a little less.

This movie is so bad, that it made Doug Bradley take a step back and say to himself "you know what? I'm done. No more Hellrsiser films." The man that was totally cool with hellraiser: Deader and Hellrsiser 3: Hell on earth; was so disgusted with this particular sequel that it caused him to wash his hands of the franchise for good.It takes a special kind of bad to do this to a man; this movie delivers on that and more.5 stars!

I had high hopes for this movie i am not a big fan of Pinhead what part is this dvd.I didnt much of it it really sucked most of the time can be boring. I liked how the ending of the last scene was totally cool overall its a waste.

Got from a good seller, arrived early and works perfect

全前作(ヘルレイザー/リターン・オブ・ナイトメア)や、前作(ヘルレイザー/ワールド・オブ・ペイン)よりは、ホラーの要素が強く、残虐ぶりも見せ場となって引き寄せられる感じがしてよかったが、魔道士ピンヘッドの活躍がもう少しばかりほしいところ。また、パーティーのホストの男の存在が、「ソウ」というホラー作品の、ジグソウという人物に似ている錯覚さえも感じてしまう。

ヘルレイザーシリーズとしてピンヘッドら魔道士の活躍シーンを期待するならば不満爆発でしょうが、外伝的な作品としてなら意外に納得するかも。８０分を経過して｢これならヘルレイザーでなくても、ピンヘッドが登場しなくても他の別の作品でもいいんじゃないの｣と思いきや、最後には繋がってしまいます。でも｢ゲート・オブ・インフェルノ｣のような要所要所にピンヘッドが登場したり、｢リターン・オブ・ナイトメア｣のようにクリスティの策略があったりせず、ストーリー的には｢なるほど｣って思うのですが、シリーズを通してのファンとしては『いい味出してるじゃん』と思いつつも、ちょっと物足りないです。最後の数分に登場するシーンは例えチョッとでも迫力は十分。まだまだシリーズとして続く予感を残していてファンとしては渋々納得かな。