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This is the ninth film in the series of Hellraiser, one of my all time favorite horror film series. This story centers around Emma, a girl from a wealthy family who has suffered a terrible loss after her brother and fiancee disappeared and are assumed to be murdered. All that remains is a bag that they had carried with them that mainly contained a video camera and the box. Emma's curiosity and her disgruntled anger cause to begin seeking answers as to their disappearance. When her brother returns, Steven returns, things quickly turn violently chaotic. "Pleasure and pain indivisible." This film was directed by Victor Garcia, and appeared to have no association with Clive Barker-the original creator of Hellraiser. The Hellraiser films are well for changing as it is handed from director to director, and from century to century. This film naturally takes on its own form, and tries to pay homage to the original two Hellraiser films. With that in mind, this film is only 75 minutes long with two different stories running simultaneously together. If you have not seen the other films this one will be just confuse you badly. Much of the back story that creates Pinhead, and their world has been explored through various films, and this one tries to combine all of them. There is a general creepiness to it. Something about it carries the sense of fear, and a curious desire. The visual special effects attempted to go for more realism, but it could only be carried so far. The various film styles used was great, moments from a video recorder, moments from memories, and the filming sequences happening presently are a great mix. The editing of this film really helped to keep it afloat as a general horror film.
The acting was mediocre. There were moments when it was great, and then there were the moments when it made the film kind of drag. Tracey Fairaway played the leading role of Emma. She is able to portray sexuality amazingly well, but didn't place the appropriate emotions behind here lines. The editing helped her acting a lot. This is a good film for her to establish an acting career away from modeling. This is the first Hellraiser to bring in a new actor for Pinhead; Stephan Smith Collins. He did a great job stepping into the shoes of Pinhead, although nothing can compare to Doug Bradley's performance. He came close to being almost too over the top, but managed to pull it back before it got to far. His lines were great, but he lacked that certain compuser Bradley originally had. Jay Gillespie played the role of Nico Bradley. He is the character who sets out to find new desires, and takes it to the extreme by opening the box. He is great in this general role, but it wasn't fully explored or explained. Nick Eversman, Steven Craven, is great as an actor in this film. He boarders being too over the top, but it works for his character. Essentially, this film took several unknown actors and placed them together to create a horror film.
I give this film a 5 out of 10. It was a great attempt, but a major element was missing from it. Too much was left unexplained (unless you saw the other films). The actors were too new to have any real experience in acting, but are off to a great start.
Answer to last blog: The island used for the sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park (2) was Isla Sorna.
Que: Who was the original leading actress who survived the franchise?
Clare Higgins
Paula Marshall
Valentina Vargas
Ashley Laurence
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