5/13/2023 0 Comments The original hellraiser![]() ![]() Suffice to say, the "Hellraiser" series is one of the hardest to rank with any kind of authority. You're bound to find contradictory opinions and reviews, some labeling each one utter trash, a bottom-of-the-barrel bore, while there are inevitably other reviewers who manage to find bright spots in every film. ![]() Nearly a dozen sequels later, Barker himself has long since moved on from the series, but the films have kept coming. So how do they rank? Outside of the first pair, opinions on every subsequent sequel have found little consensus. Suddenly, the next horror franchise was born, and Pinhead joined the pantheon of horror's greatest iconic monsters. With its success, sequels quickly followed, with "Hellbound" released a year later. A landmark horror film, it became an instant hit with fans looking for something more than a psychopathic killer picking off teens in what had become a tired trope of the genre. But in 1987, he took on his most ambitious project yet, translating his own short story "The Hellbound Heart" into a feature film, and this time, he stepped into the director's chair too. ![]()
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