Hellraiser - Hellworld (2005)

20% of critics liked it
(5 reviews)
45% of users liked it
(16,755 ratings)

Clive Barker's sinister creation Pinhead returns again in this horror outing, the eighth feature in the Hellraiser franchise. A handful of teenagers have become big fans of the latest Hellraiser video game -- so much so that they create a tribute website called "Hellworld.com," which simulates a… More Clive Barker's sinister creation Pinhead returns again in this horror outing, the eighth feature in the Hellraiser franchise. A handful of teenagers have become big fans of the latest Hellraiser video game -- so much so that they create a tribute website called "Hellworld.com," which simulates a digital Lament Configuration in cyberspace. However, Pinhead (Doug Bradley) is not at all happy with this turn of events, and decides to take action agaist the young people, luring them to a "party" where their frightening fantasies become a far more disturbing reality. Hellraiser: Hellworld also stars Lance Henriksen, Katheryn Winnick, Christopher Jacot, and Henry Cavill. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By: Rick Bota
Genres: Horror

In Theaters: Sep 6, 2005 Wide
On DVD: Sep 6, 2005
Studio: Miramax

Critic Reviews

Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton, Dread Central
Somewhere within Hellraiser: Hellworld there's a film with a lot of potential. It just didn't come across that way onscreen.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...moronic...
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
The weakest kind of equivocal garbage.
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
There's a lot less story to Hellworld, although it does deliver in the sordid elements you'd want from a horror film - sex, violence and nudity.
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
At one point Lance Henriksen says to another character, 'Like a bad horror movie, isn't it?' Very true.
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
The main characters wander into every room they don't belong in, and following the Hollywood guidebook for the terminally clichéd, they always wander alone.
Staci Layne Wilson, About.com
Director Rick Bota and screenwriter Carl V. Dupré brought their A game with inventive little twists and shocks all throughout the gory proceedings.

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Cassandra M

I've got to say i wasn't too impressed with this to be honest. I love the original hellraisers and i just keep hoping that they make at least 1 more decent sequel but thats looking unlikely. Having said that i've seen worse films but its seems to have gone down the the… More
I've got to say i wasn't too impressed with this to be honest. I love the original hellraisers and i just keep hoping that they make at least 1 more decent sequel but thats looking unlikely. Having said that i've seen worse films but its seems to have gone down the the traditional slasher film a bit too much. The real shame is that there's some good ideas in it. They just don't seem to have been pulled off. Don't go out of your way to watch this unless you're really into the series. It doesn't add anything, just offers a slightly different slant on the story.
Khris N

Ummmm.... no. Pinhead in the real world... a video game?? A movie filled with debauchery and uninteresting sex... loads of it, with bucket fulls of fake blood and cheesy has-been horror scenes.... why make things into slashers?? it sucks. Anyways... thats how c-grade horror… More
Ummmm.... no. Pinhead in the real world... a video game?? A movie filled with debauchery and uninteresting sex... loads of it, with bucket fulls of fake blood and cheesy has-been horror scenes.... why make things into slashers?? it sucks. Anyways... thats how c-grade horror goes.
_kelly .

8-17-08: So far, this is the only movie of the Hellraiser series that I've permanently deleted from my drive after watching the whole series in order. ______ The main thing that needs to be said about this movie: don't see it. In this one, Lance Henriksen owns and runs the… More
8-17-08: So far, this is the only movie of the Hellraiser series that I've permanently deleted from my drive after watching the whole series in order. ______ The main thing that needs to be said about this movie: don't see it. In this one, Lance Henriksen owns and runs the largest collection of Hellraiser related paraphern, set in a world where "Hellworld" is a massive role-playing game of sorts whose players are suspiciously exclusively hot and not a single person at the party requires eyeglasses or corrective dentistry (there is no such thing as this many hot RPGers, much less all of them being at one place together playing the same game). A group of Hellworld RPGers, bound together by a mutual friend who killed himself for the game, show up at Henriksen's mansion for a massive Hellworld party but soon find themselves getting picked off one by one by Cenobites. These Cenobites can actually walk and move, which is kind of a new thing for them. The Chatterer is back and lookin cool; Pinhead's outfit is losing its appeal tho and this costume emphasizes his nipples, which is weird and doesn't work. This is a straight forward twenty something trapped in a "haunted" house bent on killing them, except it sucks. And I'll SPOIL it right now: Lance Henriksen is their friend's dad and he is killing all of them out of revenge, and most of the Hellraiser stuff is them hallucinating after he's drugged the kids with hallucinogens and buried them with breathing pipes and cell phones, mentally torturing them until they die. At the end, the "real" Cenobites show up to collect him when he's fiddling around with his son's Lament Configuration and accidentally solves it. There's gore galore in this flick, but none of it is inventive or cool to watch. It's just a very "blah" horror attempt, which would be admirable on primetime tv but is just disappointing in fully budgeted feature mode.
Lafe F

Part 8 (Hellworld) was like a Nightmare on Elm Street movie. A group of kids won a contest and were invited to a party at a haunted castle by Lance Henrickson. There's great spooky scenes and imagery. It doesn't require Pinhead to complete the story.
Ivan D

The weakest film of the series, and also marked the first time where a bunch of disposable teenagers are the main characters, which is a very bad thing, a "Hellraiser" film finally succumbing into slasher film stereotypes. Even Pinhead is using butcher knives in this one,… More
The weakest film of the series, and also marked the first time where a bunch of disposable teenagers are the main characters, which is a very bad thing, a "Hellraiser" film finally succumbing into slasher film stereotypes. Even Pinhead is using butcher knives in this one, and the twist is predictable. It's cool though to imagine Pinhead as a software developer.Ha!
paganchild1979 p

Makes you think twice about them online games and their conventions now.