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The unholy horror of Pinhead, his fellow Cenobites, and their bizarre little
boxes reaches from 18th-century Europe to present-day New York to a space
station in the distant future in the fright-f...( read more 
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MCT:July 8, 2008
I don't know why people slag this entry off. I watched this again for the first time in three years, and I have to say it again - *this* is my favorite Hellraiser movie. Now, I may say that a few more times this week as I still have V-VIII to go.
Like the comic book style reverberating multiplot story, love the designs for the Lament configuration. After this movie, the puzzle shouldn't hold much of the series' thematic attention. Lovin the gore and effects; like the Cenobite creation scenes, though I can always do with more of them. It's too bad we can't visit Pinhead on his home turf in this one, but the "Earthly realm" settings we get instead are sufficient for the story. I like the little period piece (though I doubt Merchant is really the FIRST maker of the Lament configuration, though I do believe he is the first to "innovate" it a step further with the light channeling) and I think there's some cool traditional Gothic tributes with great gore. The modern day bit is fun because, again, a whole building is used as a puzzle, and that's always damn cool. I don't like Pinhead's pins and face design throughout the movie - for some reason they are really off, but I do like alot of the other Cenobite designs, especially the Twins. Back on the spaceship, the design of which I think is ingenious (as intended), it's time for a cool scifi deep space horropera, but not as cool as it could have been, and not as impressive gore wise as the previous sequences. All in all the best thing that could've been done to this film would be to make it another 22 mins longer and give me a fourth story, so I could give this flick four stars. -
MCT:June 13, 2008
after 2, most hellraiser sequels (and it really pains me to say this) suck! but this was a good one! it's about "the lament configuration" (the puzzle box), and its origins, and of the bloodline tied to it. the outer space parts of it are, well... don't let that diminish you from watching it. good movie!
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MCT:April 28, 2008not bad has a lot of good sense in it. like where 1 of the cenobites split into 2 and absorb a guy. kinda gory at that part. but good movie
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MCT:March 26, 2008
always like the back stories to horror movies, although I am still a bit confused but overall not a bad movie.
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MCT:February 2, 2008
thiz movie waz just freaking sweet.. more blood & gore... solid storyline... & with a suprize ending :)
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MCT:January 29, 2008Would like to see at some stage. Another one??? I get confused which installment is which...
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MCT:January 10, 2008
In the forth Hellraiser movie we find out the origins of the puzzlebox. But the plot is confusing and you never really get into the life of John Merchant (the bloodline of Phillip L'Merchant creator of the puzzlebox), and why is that storyline even there since the main storyline takes place in 2127 on a space station. But Doug Bradley is great in his role as Pinhead and delivers some of the best lines he ever have. Worth seeing if you have seen the other previous parts.
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MCT:October 22, 2007across time? good.
across space? not good.
poor effects and weak Cenobites this time around. lame offing of Pinhead. -
MCT:September 14, 2007I think I might have even seen this, but if I have, it was so overshadowed by the first one that I cannot remember it...a true indication that sequels often are not worth bothering with
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MCT:September 6, 2007What's really disappointing about this installment in the Hellraiser franchise is that it does have some good ideas, but they're brushed aside or just not realized very well. I'm thinking in particular of the 18th-century French setting--the sort of decadent aristocratic pleasure-seeking atmosphere that produced the likes of de Sade--which would have been terrific for Hellraiser if only it had been, well, done better. There's also the sort of power-play between the demon princess and Pinhead in the 20th century, in which the former prefers to use tactics of old-fashioned sexual temptation while the latter prefers to use his particular brand of sadomasochism which is neither safe, sane, nor consensual, but the director (there's a reason it's an "Alan Smithee" film) doesn't delve very deeply into this intriguing conflict. Hey, I know it's a lot to ask from a direct-to-video sequel; I suppose it only really exists for Pinhead to act typically badass and for those times when you want to see flesh torn off in an entertaining manner.
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MCT:September 3, 2007By the time the Hellraiser franchise was reaching it's forth film the premise was wearing a bit thin. Dr. Paul Merchant (Bruce Ramsey) is a scientist in the future, whom while prisoner regales his captor of the story of how his ancestors (all played by Ramsey) had first built the evil Lament Configuration puzzle-box that sets evil upon the world and how his bloodline had subsequent dealing with said box. The film is a awash with lack of continuity in regards to the other films and lack of coherency in this one. Yes, this could be due to a combination of rewrites, massive cuts in the original version of the film, or what have you. But I'm reviewing the film as is, and not what it was or could have been. And as it is now it's a mess. Sure the franchise will go on indefinitely with direct to DVD sequels, but this one was pretty much a death-nail to it's chances of getting a new one released theatrically ever again.
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MCT:August 2, 2007I really loved it. It's bigger budget than the first two plus less 'Hollywood' than the third. Not perfect but it's intriguing and pretty epic.
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MCT:July 30, 2007
A step up from the third movie, but still not very good. The main character just seemed like too much of a Deus Ex Machina in himself.
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MCT:July 1, 2007
Interesting horror sequel that delves into the origin of the puzzle box that can open a gateway to hell. The story is a little incoherent and the ending is a bit farfetched, but that doesn't take away from some good horrific moments.
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MCT:June 20, 2007
Better than 3 by a long-shot. This is more of an anthology than a real sequal. It tells the back-story to "Hellraiser" and alot of other fun-facts about the series. Plus there are a bunch of kick-ass cenobites returning in this one.
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MCT:June 19, 2007
Never seen any of the Hellraiser movies. At the time the first two came out, I was too scared. Well, I've been properly desensitized since then.
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MCT:June 14, 2007
The first and only horror movie to make me gag. Something about hooks that I just have to turn away from.
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MCT:June 8, 2007This is my least favorite as it doesn't fit well into the series and it tries to explain all so that the series can die. It was just stupid and pointless.
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MCT:June 5, 2007
They kind of should have made this one in the position they made Hellworld. But showing the history oh how the Box came into existance was great. Love the gore.
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MCT:May 3, 2007
As far as the story and plot go, this might be the best film in the series. The cenobites haunting the bloodline through the centuries really sheds light on the grander story and makes it truly feel like a curse. The characters are all gripping and the horror aspect is well constructed.
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MCT:April 23, 2007
Ugh! The fourth film in the "Hellraiser" series is a confusing plot-heavy and badly structured mess. The acting was terrible and as well as the direction. The only thing good about it is Doug Bradley, who is always great as "Pinhead". Other than that skip it!
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MCT:April 14, 2007
How did they get Hellraiser to sit for this photo?
It's like a drivers license photo.
This does not sell to me "Shock and Awe," nor does it sell the idea of gruesome death and the fun of torture.
What is a "nonstop nightmare!"? The DMV?
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