Rent Hellraiser: Revelations (2011)

How bad can it be? - Hellraiser: Revelations review by LC

Infamous in having been rushed into production and given a single cinema showing solely to retain the copyright, I was intrigued to see just how bad this would be, and whether it had any artistic merit at all. This 9th 'Hellraiser' film is clearly low budget, and has some pretty bad acting, but the same could be said of many of the later sequels. We also get a new actor in the Pinhead role, but given that the character has largely been limited to cameo roles for most of the series, this wasn't too disconcerting. If there is a major criticism with this film, it's that it brings almost nothing new to the table - the location and characters are new, but otherwise it follows the familiar story beats of the first film. At least it's brief at only just over an hour in length, but it's difficult to see why anyone would need a reheated version of the original 'Hellraiser' that is clearly inferior in every way.