DVD : Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131123395
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 24, 2001
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 18520
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: December 23, 1988
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Return to the domain of pleasure and pain as kirsty cotton is committed to a psychiatric hospital run by the strange dr. Channard. But when the doctor uncovers the secret of the lament configuration he resurrects the skinless corpse of kirstys evil stepmother & calls forth the legions of the damned. Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 06/25/2002 Starring: Ashley Laurence Ken Cranham Run time: 99 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Rony Randel
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Definitely not one for the weak of stomach, Hellbound takes up where the first Hellraiser left off, piling on the gore to near camp levels. Luckily, the 1988 sequel retains enough of British horror-meister Clive Barker's macabre wit--like the original, it's based on a Barker story--to save it from the schlock-heap. Hospitalized following her last misadventure, Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) implores authorities to destroy a bloody bed at the carnage scene, but the enigmatic Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham) brings an addled patient there and unleashes a dread Cenobite instead. As if that's not bad enough, Kirsty's getting distress calls from her father, who begs her to rescue him from hell. When she journey through hell's dark labyrinths with a mute puzzle solver, however, Kirsty only finds the evil Pinhead (Doug Bradley) and other bizarro creatures, plus her nasty former stepmother and lascivious Uncle Frank. Much maniacal laughter and skin shedding later, the newfound compadres unlock the puzzle box again to safety. Hellbound isn't genius, but it does have flair, which goes a long way toward offsetting Laurence's leaden acting and occasionally over the top gore. --Diane Garrett
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I like horror movies. Almost too much. Let's not go into the reasons why. There are too many. And some of them aren't pretty.
But I also like plots, character development, and complexity. After watching the first Hellraiser, I began to suspect that the series was created as an excuse to watch people get tortured with hooks. If you're not aware of the basic mythology, it is this: there is a box (called the Lament Configuration -- but you only know this if you've read the book) that, when it is opened, unlocks the gateway to another dimension filled with grotesque creatures called Cenobites who's only purpose is to inflict an eternity of endless suffering and pain on the person who opened the box.
I began to wonder early on why on earth anyone anywhere would ever create such a box, let alone open it. See, all of the Saw movies operate on the same basic principle -- "Let's kill a bunch of people in graphic and horrifying ways!" -- but the deaths are (at least partially) connected to a larger theme: cherish your life. The Hellraiser films are like the exact opposite. They function as visual sadomasochism, inviting you to cherish death. Or not even death, because the victims of the Cenobites never really die.
It's complicated, and I'm going somewhere with this. HELLBOUND picks up right where the first film left off. It even offers you a completely nonsensical recap at the beginning. This turns out to be unnecessary, because young ... Read More
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What a classic 80s horror film! If you love Friday the 13th, Halloween or any of those classic horror films, check this series out! Pinhead is spooky and disgusting! Any horror fan will love this!
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After the sucess of the oringial Hellraiser , Clive Barker who had made a name for himself passed on the diretcing duties to Tony Randel with the sequel. Randelmade an impressive sequel in Hellbound: Hellraiser II . The film has more gore and a new heroine to help out Kristy Cotton. Once again Juila is back but this time she's totally hell bent and the film's primary villian. Pinhead is still scary but gets some compettion from Doc who is scary in his own right. I give the film *** out of ****.
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Ok hear is the good stuff: This is without a doubt the best sequel of the seven sequels that came after the 1st movie. It is way ahead of its time on many levels. It is scary in a very elegant way that rivals The Exorcist & Rosemary's Baby. It takes the sadomasochist under-plot to a level so extreme that you may walk away from this movie finding pain pleasing in a sexual way. WHY? Because this movie brings out the repressed sadomasochist that lives in all of our minds.
Now the bad stuff: This DVD says that it's UNRATED well that is only half-true. Although this DVD has some extra minuets of deleted footage it dose not even come close to the original cut of the film. When the film was submitted to the MPAA, it received an X rating. To achieve R rating statuses over 18 minuets were cut from the movie. There were 3 main elements that were cut from the film & still not included on the Unrated DVD. The first is a much longer version of the "GET THEM OFF ME" man that included four flashbacks to what got him sent to the hospital. The next is a back-story about Kristy's mom with flashbacks to her funeral & a scene where she is going through some old photos of her mother & then the pictures begin to cry blood that turns into cockroaches as it hits the floor. The main bulk of the 18 new minuets are centered around a sub-plot that shows Tiffany & how she came to be at the hospital as well as how her mother became the person who is getting her brain drilled ... Read More
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The blood, gore, "the box", and the cenobites continue. The movie picks up right were the first one ended. Kirsty made a deal with Pinhead, who is the leader of the cenobites, to give them Uncle Frank (he escaped them) in exchange for her. After they took Frank, the female cenobite goes after Kirsty until she is able to use the box to send them all back to Helll. Her father's home then gets destroyed....
Kirsty is now in a psychiatrist's hospital. Dr. Chinnard is fascinated with the mind, the brain, and the other dimension. He was able to take the bloody bed with the chains in it from Kirsty's house. He also has the box which summons the cenobites. Chinnard unknowingly helps Kristy's stepmother Julia to escape the cenobites as she comes out of the bloody bed the way Frank looked in the first Hellraiser (all blood, bones, muscle but no skin). Together the conspire to get Julia back her skin and in return, Julia would show Dr. Chinnard, the other "place" including her god, the lord of flesh and desire; Leviathan. But she has other plans for him as well.
Kristy is hell bent (sorry for the pun) on trying to get her father out of hell as she sees a message in blood in her hospital room. With help from Chinnard's assistant, Kristy is able to get out of the hospital as Chinnard's assistant, Kyle was able to see that Kristy was telling the truth about the box and the demons it caries. Kristy learns that Pinhead as well as his cenobites use to be human. She finds ... Read More
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starring: Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham, Imogen Boorman
directed by: Tony Randel
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131123395
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 24, 2001
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 18520
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: December 23, 1988
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