I had exactly the same experience - Hellraiser II is a big fat dud and III is even worse (God knows what the rest are like - Jesus Wept might be appropriate). BTW what the hell has happened to Clive Barker lately - there was supposed to be a new horror book, The Scarlet Gospels, out, oh, 3 years ago?
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Originally Posted by Justin101  Hellraiser II: Disappointment (1988)
Too American, too predictable, too generic - really dated. It's hard to believe that this was only a year after the stellar original, again I've not seen Hellbound: Hellraiser II in well over 10 years the same as the first installment, and I remember not being greatly amused by it back then, but things haven't gotten any better 10 years later. It's like a typical American 1980's horror with a wise cracking 'baddie' a la Kruger.
I remember quite enjoying Hellraiser III which is ironic because it's all the things I hated about part II so I'll watch that installment this week and see if my opinion of it has changed since the turn of the century  |