It's such a pity (most) modern horror creators never allow their imaginations to run wild the way Barker did. Thirty-five years later and this still stands out. Another great review boys :)
I totally agree. Every time somebody calls Malignant ridiculous, I'm like 'yes it is, and that's exactly what you want!" I still think Wan did Malignant in response to Ari Aster (Hereditary & Midsommar both did well, both opened with female leads suffering devastating personal losses/uncomfortable crying scenes, look how Malignant starts), but who cares if it inspires people to climb out of their horror safety zones right?
Hellraiser is a good classic 80s horror movie. The rest of the franchise is alright. I like the soundtrack. But the first Hellraiser is definitely the best one in the franchise.
Definitely wanted more Cenobites. Those things look crazy. I've seen this movie once and one of the things I remember most is how much the dude's fingernails at the beginning scare me. 😂
I’m SO fucking excited now that Clive Barker is in control of his own stuff again. Hellraiser is a fantastic adaptation of The Hellbound Heart and Clive really knows how to paint a picture. A+ gore and very sexy 🖤
I work in Quality Control for Pepsi, and the batching room gets hellishly hot when doing hot washes of syrup tanks, upwards of 200 degree water charging through 2 tanks at a time and with the room being rather small, it’s pretty unbearable in the summer. There’s a window that separates the lab and the batch room that steams up badly when doing this, so for fun, we write or draw on the steam covered window. I once wrote “Help me I’m in Hell” from this film. Needless to say management made me break out the windex to clean it off. They weren’t impressed and clearly not horror fans 🤷🏼🔥
Great review. Hellraiser is my favorite of the horror franchises. The second movie is my favorite one. I'm going to keep on recommending that one until it happens.
Haha Right on. Thank you for recommending this! I've seen the second one but can't remember a damn thing so here's to hoping that gets picked too. Thanks again!
I watch all of the Hellraiser films every year on Good Friday, my top favorites are Hell On Earth (the first one I've seen, and the CD cenebite is my favorite cenebite of all, he and Barbie are my scariest ones, also the Joey and Terri sisterly bond that ends in tragic all because Terri thought Joey was abandoning her only for her to go back to JP and then sell her soul to Pinhead, I love sucking endings) and Inferno (even though this one hardly had anything to do with Pinhead and his Gash, but the Joseph Thorne story is what I like about it, this was the first film where we actually fallow a character into Hell after they die in reality, but we don't realize it as it appears to be a dream, only to reveal that he has died and just starts over again just like the life a videogame character, in my opinion, that truly is Hell, especially the part where his wife and daughter shatter to pieces in front of him)
I obviously didn't mind the subject matter of Hellraiser, but Frank in skinless skelly form INSTANTLY made me tense up the second he fully formed. 😬 like I was honestly freaking out every time he was on screen the first time I watched this like 3 Halloweens ago. BDSM? I'm fine, that's my sanctuary. ⛓🖤⛓ the "come to daddy" scene? Made me want to RUN AWAY. 😬
With the engineer when it's chasing kirsty down the narrow hall if you look closely at the bottom of the screen you can see the crew members pushing it forward 😂 do love this film and a few of the sequels.
Thanks! I've long this movie since the original release. Hard to believe something with a perverse world view actually played cinemas back in the day. Even stranger that Hellraiser: Hellbound was New World's Christmas release! Fun walking about The Showcase Cinema checking out the life size stand-up with Christmas carols blasting over the p.a.🎃
Thanks for the review, this is one of the best in the Horror Franchises and you never get bored watching again & again, it's so entertaining. Hope you do a review of Dario Argento's Demons (1985) another top film in Horror Franchises.
Demons is great and one of my faves. If we do Demons and we'll do both back to back because that's the only way to watch those. I actually met the director Lamberto Bava and Geretta Geretta a couple years ago. I was freaking out. 😂
@@BloodbathAndBeyond yeah! I love Nightbreed so much. Along with the greatest Stanley Kubrick film called A Clockwork Orange starring Malcolm McDowell as Alex.
@@BloodbathAndBeyond I saw A Clockwork Orange on Tubi, it's fricking good for me, and you need to watch it on Tubi, for now, and I watched Symphogear, it's one of my favorite anime of the 2010s.
I'm probably in the minority, but I think the fifth film was good because it felt like it came from the graphic novel series which was more freeform and showcased many different writers and artists creating their own corners of hell, which eventually came together towards the end and led to the epic (first) Pinhead series of comic books.
@@Faustustopheles Heh, I had that Christmas special too. Classic! I liked the original concept from The Hellbound Heart where it was a solid-looking black cube that only the truly obsessed could figure out how to open by disassembling it, because that's the only kind of souls hell wanted. The movie version was a little too easy to open! I imagine a modern production of that would be cool since we could use CGI to show the hell priest reassembling the cube with all the twisted black and silver pieces whirling around in the air as Clive originally wrote. Maybe in the upcoming series?
@@Mad-Bassist I think a new version rethinking it would have tremendous potential. But the problem is that it's always going to be more amazing in our minds and when a studio gets a hold of it, the movie would not live up to our desires. But boy I'd be up for new high quality Hellraiser based more strongly on the book and comics. I have to see if I can find the fifth one. I can't remember which one that was.
One little thing bugged me: "Butterball" didn't get properly sent back to hell. He's there in the next movie, but that was a continuity problem to me. Otherwise, perfect movie! It would be nice to get a director's cut, but there probably isn't enough extra material that fits, I don't know. At least we get to see a more complete "rip" of Frank in the next movie's flashback. Anyway, love your review--consider me subscribed!
Thanks! I was honestly curious about the Frank rip scene, really thought my version might have been edited or something because I had seen the better version of that scene before. This helps ease my mind that I was probably remembering the flashback. Thanks for that.
Awesome I Remember Seeing This Film Back In 2009 While I Was Living With My Mom And My Older Brother My Old Neighborhood In Mount Vernon NY. Well From When My Mom Alive God Rest Her Soul. I Didn't Know Anything About Hellraiser In General Until 2009 And I Was Still In Mount Vernon Higb School At That Time in 2009 And I Was 17 And I Was Watching It In My Older Brothers Room In 2009 On My DVR From When We Had Direct TV . The First Time I've Heard Of This Film Is From That One Episode Of Billy And Mandy Called The Show That Dare Not Speak Its Name Cause That Episode Is An Actually Spoof This Franchise But Instead Of Pinhead He Was Called Pinface But Instead Of The Actual Pins Is Replaced With Bowling Pins And The Lament Configuration Was Bassically Rubix Cube. Speaking Of Lament Configuration There Was One Scene In Wish Master 3 Where You See Somewhat Of A Lament Configuration Has A Stone Inside Of It & Also The Lament Configuration Was Also Seen In One Episode Of Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated. But Aside Even Tho I Was Very Late With This Film And I Never Grew Up In The 80s And Didn't See This Film Till 2009. And Here Am I In My 20s & Young Still Liking It Like It Did When I Watched It back in 2009 But Aside Doug Bradley Sure Knows His Way Was The Master At Work And I Also Loved His Cameo In Scream Park. But Aside This Film Is Awesome.
One of my favorite movies. I watch it at least 6 times a year. You have to love the practical effects. Shame Julia wasn't in any of the movies past the first two.
Later in the franchise there are cool psychological reasons for how easy it is for desperate individuals to solve a Lament Configuration but I will grant it could be considered a problem with this film as a stand-alone
Nah, not anymore. It kinda became a waste of time because YT would just age restrict them which means you can't make money off em. In order to pay bills I have to use that time to do some freelance editing.
Fwiw, I wasn't doing it for money in the first place but when I quit my job you need to pay more attention to that atuff. I need to be smarter about how I spend my time so I don't stay broke.
Aye, he was the only experienced actor in the movie according to the DVD extras, the rest apparently newcomers, including Mr. Barker as a first-time director who finally had creative control over something with his name on it!
Clive Barker never fails to make me uncomfortable with the caracters designs... Is like you dont have trypophobia but when u see the final act o lord of ilusion u can understand who has.... uhm Hellraiser would be aichmophobia (fear of sharp objects) but is more like fear of tinder dates... is there a scientific name for that?
It's such a pity (most) modern horror creators never allow their imaginations to run wild the way Barker did. Thirty-five years later and this still stands out. Another great review boys :)
Absolutely! I think with the success of stuff like Malignant we'll see more creativity flourish in wider horror releases.
I totally agree. Every time somebody calls Malignant ridiculous, I'm like 'yes it is, and that's exactly what you want!" I still think Wan did Malignant in response to Ari Aster (Hereditary & Midsommar both did well, both opened with female leads suffering devastating personal losses/uncomfortable crying scenes, look how Malignant starts), but who cares if it inspires people to climb out of their horror safety zones right?
You know what’s the grossest part of this movie? That nasty ass kitchen. 🪳
Hellraiser is a good classic 80s horror movie. The rest of the franchise is alright. I like the soundtrack. But the first Hellraiser is definitely the best one in the franchise.
Definitely wanted more Cenobites. Those things look crazy. I've seen this movie once and one of the things I remember most is how much the dude's fingernails at the beginning scare me. 😂
I’m SO fucking excited now that Clive Barker is in control of his own stuff again. Hellraiser is a fantastic adaptation of The Hellbound Heart and Clive really knows how to paint a picture. A+ gore and very sexy 🖤
I work in Quality Control for Pepsi, and the batching room gets hellishly hot when doing hot washes of syrup tanks, upwards of 200 degree water charging through 2 tanks at a time and with the room being rather small, it’s pretty unbearable in the summer. There’s a window that separates the lab and the batch room that steams up badly when doing this, so for fun, we write or draw on the steam covered window. I once wrote “Help me I’m in Hell” from this film. Needless to say management made me break out the windex to clean it off. They weren’t impressed and clearly not horror fans 🤷🏼🔥
Hahahaha 🤣
Wasn't that from the second film?
Brilliant!
This is a timeless classic upon first for you and yeah I was expecting more pinhead in him to be the villain but it is a good one.
Great review. Hellraiser is my favorite of the horror franchises. The second movie is my favorite one. I'm going to keep on recommending that one until it happens.
Haha Right on. Thank you for recommending this! I've seen the second one but can't remember a damn thing so here's to hoping that gets picked too. Thanks again!
Agree. This movie is fantastic but I appreciated 2 just a bit more. I think it is because of the antagonist in that one that I won't spoil for BBB.
I watch all of the Hellraiser films every year on Good Friday, my top favorites are Hell On Earth (the first one I've seen, and the CD cenebite is my favorite cenebite of all, he and Barbie are my scariest ones, also the Joey and Terri sisterly bond that ends in tragic all because Terri thought Joey was abandoning her only for her to go back to JP and then sell her soul to Pinhead, I love sucking endings) and Inferno (even though this one hardly had anything to do with Pinhead and his Gash, but the Joseph Thorne story is what I like about it, this was the first film where we actually fallow a character into Hell after they die in reality, but we don't realize it as it appears to be a dream, only to reveal that he has died and just starts over again just like the life a videogame character, in my opinion, that truly is Hell, especially the part where his wife and daughter shatter to pieces in front of him)
Shoutout to Jay for rocking that “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada shirt💪🏽
Hell yeah! 🙌
I obviously didn't mind the subject matter of Hellraiser, but Frank in skinless skelly form INSTANTLY made me tense up the second he fully formed. 😬 like I was honestly freaking out every time he was on screen the first time I watched this like 3 Halloweens ago. BDSM? I'm fine, that's my sanctuary. ⛓🖤⛓ the "come to daddy" scene? Made me want to RUN AWAY. 😬
No tears please. It's a waste of good suffering.
Such a badass quote!
With the engineer when it's chasing kirsty down the narrow hall if you look closely at the bottom of the screen you can see the crew members pushing it forward 😂 do love this film and a few of the sequels.
I love that the dad from this is the weird barber from Child's Play 3 hahaha
Hellraiser 3 hell on earth was my fav hellraiser flick!!
My favorite horror movie! Thanks for the review!
Thanks! I've long this movie since the original release. Hard to believe something with a perverse world view actually played cinemas back in the day.
Even stranger that Hellraiser: Hellbound was New World's Christmas release! Fun walking about The Showcase Cinema checking out the life size stand-up with Christmas carols blasting over the p.a.🎃
Meant to write
Meant to write I've Loved this movie sorry for goofing up so much sometimes I wonder how badly MS is messing me up 🤣🎃
Thanks for the review, this is one of the best in the Horror Franchises and you never get bored watching again & again, it's so entertaining. Hope you do a review of Dario Argento's Demons (1985) another top film in Horror Franchises.
Demons is great and one of my faves. If we do Demons and we'll do both back to back because that's the only way to watch those. I actually met the director Lamberto Bava and Geretta Geretta a couple years ago. I was freaking out. 😂
Hellraiser is one of my favorite Clive Barker movie of 1987. Along with Nightbreed is one of my favorite Clive Barker movie of 1990.
Nightbreed is fun! Love the characters in that one.
@@BloodbathAndBeyond yeah! I love Nightbreed so much. Along with the greatest Stanley Kubrick film called A Clockwork Orange starring Malcolm McDowell as Alex.
I actually have never seen A Clockwork Orange somehow. 😂 I plan to watch it soon for my movie reaction channel though.
@@BloodbathAndBeyond I saw A Clockwork Orange on Tubi, it's fricking good for me, and you need to watch it on Tubi, for now, and I watched Symphogear, it's one of my favorite anime of the 2010s.
I love this movie and the next two. After that I didn't watch as much. I read the book a long time ago and I remember it being very different.
Yeah, I think I watched the first 3 and then one other random one but haven't seen the full franchise yet.
I'm probably in the minority, but I think the fifth film was good because it felt like it came from the graphic novel series which was more freeform and showcased many different writers and artists creating their own corners of hell, which eventually came together towards the end and led to the epic (first) Pinhead series of comic books.
@@Mad-Bassist wow that's really cool. I'll have to check it out. I love the comic books and I still have the Christmas special.
@@Faustustopheles Heh, I had that Christmas special too. Classic!
I liked the original concept from The Hellbound Heart where it was a solid-looking black cube that only the truly obsessed could figure out how to open by disassembling it, because that's the only kind of souls hell wanted. The movie version was a little too easy to open!
I imagine a modern production of that would be cool since we could use CGI to show the hell priest reassembling the cube with all the twisted black and silver pieces whirling around in the air as Clive originally wrote. Maybe in the upcoming series?
@@Mad-Bassist I think a new version rethinking it would have tremendous potential. But the problem is that it's always going to be more amazing in our minds and when a studio gets a hold of it, the movie would not live up to our desires.
But boy I'd be up for new high quality Hellraiser based more strongly on the book and comics. I have to see if I can find the fifth one. I can't remember which one that was.
One little thing bugged me: "Butterball" didn't get properly sent back to hell. He's there in the next movie, but that was a continuity problem to me. Otherwise, perfect movie!
It would be nice to get a director's cut, but there probably isn't enough extra material that fits, I don't know. At least we get to see a more complete "rip" of Frank in the next movie's flashback.
Anyway, love your review--consider me subscribed!
Thanks! I was honestly curious about the Frank rip scene, really thought my version might have been edited or something because I had seen the better version of that scene before. This helps ease my mind that I was probably remembering the flashback. Thanks for that.
Awesome I Remember Seeing This Film Back In 2009 While I Was Living With My Mom And My Older Brother My Old Neighborhood In Mount Vernon NY. Well From When My Mom Alive God Rest Her Soul. I Didn't Know Anything About Hellraiser In General Until 2009 And I Was Still In Mount Vernon Higb School At That Time in 2009 And I Was 17 And I Was Watching It In My Older Brothers Room In 2009 On My DVR From When We Had Direct TV . The First Time I've Heard Of This Film Is From That One Episode Of Billy And Mandy Called The Show That Dare Not Speak Its Name Cause That Episode Is An Actually Spoof This Franchise But Instead Of Pinhead He Was Called Pinface But Instead Of The Actual Pins Is Replaced With Bowling Pins And The Lament Configuration Was Bassically Rubix Cube. Speaking Of Lament Configuration There Was One Scene In Wish Master 3 Where You See Somewhat Of A Lament Configuration Has A Stone Inside Of It & Also The Lament Configuration Was Also Seen In One Episode Of Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated. But Aside Even Tho I Was Very Late With This Film And I Never Grew Up In The 80s And Didn't See This Film Till 2009. And Here Am I In My 20s & Young Still Liking It Like It Did When I Watched It back in 2009 But Aside Doug Bradley Sure Knows His Way Was The Master At Work And I Also Loved His Cameo In Scream Park. But Aside This Film Is Awesome.
Im just imagining Chatterer putting a plastic bag on his head to scare Kirsty 😆
Hahaha There was definitely a thought process there. 😂
One of my favorite movies. I watch it at least 6 times a year. You have to love the practical effects. Shame Julia wasn't in any of the movies past the first two.
Doug Bradley is always fantastic as pinhead. 😀👍
Later in the franchise there are cool psychological reasons for how easy it is for desperate individuals to solve a Lament Configuration but I will grant it could be considered a problem with this film as a stand-alone
I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask where you got that Miak shirt.
TeePublic. Great place!
Hellraiser is one of my favorites! 2 was ok 3 was meh and rest really sucked. Love John's tee!! Earnest scared stupid!!
I'm school there was a divide between king readers and barker readers. Kinda weird looking back
I was King and Koontz!
This movie is awesome hands down and yes I like chatterer to hes awesome great review guys!
Hellraiser is iconic. Barker was really ahead of his time.
Wow, you got Jesus to be one of your commentators, amazing !
Truly blessed. 🙏
Jay are you still working on extreme underground we loved those reviews too.
Nah, not anymore. It kinda became a waste of time because YT would just age restrict them which means you can't make money off em. In order to pay bills I have to use that time to do some freelance editing.
Fwiw, I wasn't doing it for money in the first place but when I quit my job you need to pay more attention to that atuff. I need to be smarter about how I spend my time so I don't stay broke.
Isn't the dad the killer in Dirty Harry??
Aye, he was the only experienced actor in the movie according to the DVD extras, the rest apparently newcomers, including Mr. Barker as a first-time director who finally had creative control over something with his name on it!
Haven't seen it yet. 🤷♂️😂
Y'all need to do Nightbreed!
If it wasn’t for you guys I’d have lost all will to live a long time ago!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great review guys
Thanks!
Oh HELL yaaa, love it.
Thank you 🙏🏼
I didn't see it going through videos, but if you haven't could you review "Reign of fire"
The dragon movie? We haven't done that and probably won't as it's really inline with what we cover here.
I love the chatterer. And when he shoves two fingers in her mouth ,thats the hottest scene ever in a movie
5/5
Hope you guys review more of these, Even the shitty ones!
The world's end review 😎👽🎃😂🤓
I love your Miak shirt. I got it lol
LMAO!!! Attack on Titan guy!!!
I've seen the whole franchise once each, and would not care to see any again.
I prefer the sequel though😇✌🏻
This would have been a great pride month review!
What do you mean?
@@BloodbathAndBeyond Clive Barker is an openly gay man.
@@EmpressOfDestruction Ah, didn't know that. I was so confused by this comment at first. 😂
@@BloodbathAndBeyond You'll be amazed at how many of the greatest horror minds are gay! ❤️
Clive Barker never fails to make me uncomfortable with the caracters designs... Is like you dont have trypophobia but when u see the final act o lord of ilusion u can understand who has.... uhm Hellraiser would be aichmophobia (fear of sharp objects) but is more like fear of tinder dates... is there a scientific name for that?
Finally made it to 100k subs. Congrats guys
Thank you!!
Tied with Return Of The Living Dead for my absolute favourite movie of all time.mq Fucking excellent job on this one my homies, thanks for doing this!
I watched this movie recently, I found it sooooooooooooooo boring