Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth (on Shudder)
Pinhead returns for more ‘torture and sadism’.
This is very pantomime-y, almost as if Pinhead is going full ‘M. Bison’ at times. It’s as stupid as it is fun, with all sorts of nonsense. Unfortunately it drops all of the ‘lore’ they were building with the sequel, which is a shame… makes everything feel more generic.
It has a pretty high bodycount and with a very silly (fun) sequence in which Pinhead rocks up at a nightclub. What were those CD’s made out of?! (If you know, you know). Only other thing of note is that Pinhead continues his rampage in a church and is pretty blasphemous, which is a little unusual.
Probably the most fun + funny of the initial 3 films, but a shame they threw the good stuff from 2 in the bin.
6/10 - but lower if this description sounds tedious to you.
Pinhead returns for more ‘torture and sadism’.
This is very pantomime-y, almost as if Pinhead is going full ‘M. Bison’ at times. It’s as stupid as it is fun, with all sorts of nonsense. Unfortunately it drops all of the ‘lore’ they were building with the sequel, which is a shame… makes everything feel more generic.
It has a pretty high bodycount and with a very silly (fun) sequence in which Pinhead rocks up at a nightclub. What were those CD’s made out of?! (If you know, you know). Only other thing of note is that Pinhead continues his rampage in a church and is pretty blasphemous, which is a little unusual.
Probably the most fun + funny of the initial 3 films, but a shame they threw the good stuff from 2 in the bin.
6/10 - but lower if this description sounds tedious to you.
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