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(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 5:21, archived)
# Shit just got real
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 5:26, archived)
# PUT IT IN H
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 5:45, archived)
# *stitches up a few Cenobites and ships them express*
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 5:56, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 7:49, archived)
# I recall seeing one of the Hellraiser films (2?) when I was in school
are they worth looking up and watching?
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 7:52, archived)
# i'm not a fan of horror films generally
but they're not too bad
(I helped save b3ta! real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 7:57, archived)
# First one very good.
Second one excellent.
Third one a bit shit.
Almost all of the ones after the third one only barely redeemed by Doug Bradley until he finally threw in the towel.
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Mar 2012, 7:58, archived)
# ^ this.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 8:24, archived)
# 1 and 2 it is then

I remember a line where he enters a room full of people saying with a grim smile "Shall we begin?"
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 8:26, archived)
# That's 3 if I remember rightly. The nightclub scene.
It was let down A LOT by not having an orchestral score like the first two, because the film producers stupidly decided that having a heavy metal soundtrack was the way to go. "Oh yeah, we've got a horror film here that sets itself apart from the stalk 'n' slash features everyone else is putting out at the moment, and is all the better for it. Now, how can we make it more like them?"
And I'm a metalhead saying this.
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Mar 2012, 8:34, archived)
# Maybe that was the reason I was introduced to the film in the first place
There were a lot of films with a metal soundtrack at the time. Demon Knight, The Crow, this one.
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 8:45, archived)
# I've only seen the first
and thought it quite bad.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 8:21, archived)
# Duly noted
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 8:45, archived)
# agreed. It was all a bit 'muddled'

/I'd rather be freaked out by the original Halloween.
The main score alone gives me the creeps every time I hear it.
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 9:04, archived)
# If you watch 1, 2, 3 and 6 you can't go too far wrong
4 is an Alan Smithee film, it's essentially Hellraiser in Space and is vaguely amusing because the main character is called Rimmer
5 is ok (despite Doug Bradley appearing for barely a second of screentime) but is let down by some terrible scenery-chewing by the main actor
6 has the girl from 1 and 2 return and is ok
7 has Kari Wuhrer in it, wasn't originally a Hellraiser film but was changed to become one...it's a bit odd, and has the intriguing subtitle "Deader"
8 is just bizarre, Lance Henriksson is in it and "Hellraiser" is just an MMORPG that all the kids play
9 is just about passable, though the lack of Doug Bradley really, really shows
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 9:13, archived)
# There are nine (NINE) of them now?
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 9:19, archived)
# Yes :(
The last one came out just last year, and I keep hearing rumours of a remake in the works
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 9:28, archived)
# I was only being mildly curious

Let's say I'll just watch the first one and see if I like it at all before I continue to the second one.
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 9:35, archived)
# Fair enough
In my small circle of horror movie buffs, I'm the one who likes Hellraiser, I'm kinda used to giving the lowdown on them these days

Let me know how you get on :)
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 9:40, archived)
# Sure, I will
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 10:01, archived)
# The second one starts with the birth of a Cenobite, looks at the nature of lust and duty, and ends in the ordered systems of Hell.
The sequels that followed had a guy with nails in his head fucking shit up.

Hellraiser 2 also has Kenneth Cranham in it. If you know his work, you'll understand why I mention it.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 9:35, archived)
# Haha

Seems that's the basic theme of a series going on for too long: let's fuck some more shit up
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 10:06, archived)
# Lance Henriksen deserved better
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 9:29, archived)
# It's just about worth it to see him and Doug share a bit of screentime
if you fast-forward all the bits with the annoying teens
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 9:32, archived)
# I have seen it, and sadly not even that pairing has stayed in my memory :(
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 9:38, archived)
# 8D
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 8:21, archived)
# Borg Queen!
ohh I like it XD
(I helped save b3ta! Death is the Eternal I have not my ally, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 8:36, archived)