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Post by CT on Jun 15, 2007 4:36:47 GMT -5
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) Directed by Tony Randel"Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence) has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital, still haunted by visions of the unspeakable horror that destroyed her family. As Doctor Channard (Kenneth Cranham), and his assistant, Kyle MacRae (William Hope) interview her, she tells her account of what happened to her family. She pleads with them to destroy the bloody mattress her murderous stepmother, Julia Cotton (Clare Higgins) died on. MacRae is the only one who seems to believe her. However, it is revealed that the obsessive Dr. Channard has been searching for the Lament Configuration, the doorway to the world of the Cenobites, for years." |
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Post by Jen on Jun 15, 2007 15:58:03 GMT -5
Some weak moments, especially toward the end, but overall a decent sequel. Some really great individual scenes, and like the first one, it has some great visuals. A 3 from me.
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Post by Canetoad on Jun 15, 2007 20:16:20 GMT -5
Although it lacked the dark atmospherics and the psychological elemts of the first it was a vry worthy sequel. 4 from me
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Post by GL on Jun 16, 2007 10:17:59 GMT -5
“Hellbound: Hellraiser II” is just as good as the first one.
**SPOILERS**
After having survived the Cenobites from the first film, Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence) finds herself in a psychiatric hospital, as no one believes her story. Dr. Channard, (Kenneth Cranham) the head of the institute, arrives to treat her, but like the others, doesn’t believe her story. As certain elements become more believable, he decides to investigate more fully, eventually finding the mystical Lamont Configuration. In so doing, Julia Cotton, (Claire Higgins) is brought back into the world. When Kirsty discovers this, she finds the Cenobites, lead by Pinhead, (Doug Bradley) are behind the whole affair. Dr. Channard and Julia are also along, trapped in Hell with Pinhead and the others in an intense fight for survival.
The Good News: With this one, it ups the ante on violence over th first one so much more. Granted the first one was, this one ups it with ever more. We bypass the traditional hook pulling apart a body, but we do get a particular scene where Pinhead is shown how he gets his name-sake. It’s pretty gruesome, and it fits in the rest of the film. The film features an on-screen transformation for a Cenobite, the appearance of skinless people, several mutilated dead bodies scattered throughout the film, and several particularly graphic kills that splatter all over the place. There is tons more blood scattered throughout, including a retread of the skinless person idea from part one. Also, the increased time overall with the Cenobites was greatly appreciated. With them being almost relegated to cameos in that one, here they become so relevant to the plot that it’s a great joy to watch them all get plenty of screen time. The convoluted storyline, however, does have a ton of brilliant ideas. The descent into Hell is handled well, the Cenobites are integrated into the story pretty believably, and the whole scheme of events plays out excitingly to watch. It never becomes boring, and the visuals are a big reason for that. It’s a great-looking film, with all the special effects and scenery which makes it a great film to get lost in.
The Bad News: The film does have some moments where the plot doesn’t know where its going. It jumps around between several different themes and motives quite often different one moment to the next. It’s kinda confusing, so it’s required to spend a couple times with it to figure it out.
The Final Verdict: Every bit as good as the original, and then a little more in certain areas. Absolutely, fans of the original will love this one, and while it might not be the most comprehensive movie ever made, horror fans should really take a look at this one. It’s got something for everyone.
Rated UR/R: Extreme Graphic Violence, some Language, Brief Nudity, and a shadowy, blurry sex scene
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Post by HNT on Jun 18, 2007 18:08:38 GMT -5
I give it a 2. This sequel was one of the biggest let downs in my movie watching experience. It took what was a dark and nasty story for and about adults and dumbed it down into another dead teenager movie. It wan't awful, just not a worthy seques to the original masterpiece
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Post by abraxas on Dec 9, 2009 14:21:13 GMT -5
I didn't see anything wrong with the plot, it was pretty basic, and to finally see exactly how Cenobites are created was very cool. I think most people's less then glowing opinions are due to being disappointed by how easily Pinhead was killed. The unrated version is far more graphic, the scene of the guy cutting his dick off with a straight razer is one of the most brutal scenes ever put on film.
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Post by FireStar on Dec 10, 2009 22:44:57 GMT -5
I actually liked this one more than the original for years when I was younger, mostly because it was on tv alot more than the original. I just like how in this one alot more time is spent in the cenobites world and not ours.
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