Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

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Sam M @Hourglass 1d Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is a very dumb Hellraiser movie, even though some of the acting in this movie is good, and it definitely a fun movie to watch, Hell on Earth has a lot of issues, it starts to lean into the comedy vibe with cenobites using CD's as weapons, and the ending feels a bit of a mess, but it's a movie I enjoy watching See more Taylor H. @TH0809 Dec 11 The pillar idea was actually really cool. I think the plot setup was good. But besides that, it definitely felt lacking compared to the second movie in terms of body horror / special effects, dread / thrill, fantasy / esotericism, sadism / sexual desire, etc. I agree that the new monsters were not in a similar vein to the original. They were monster versions of themselves rather torture victims. Too much action with too little buy-in. I don’t think this movie stands alone well. There were a few great ideas thrown into an otherwise lackluster movie. See more Xane B. @xabobinchuck Dec 2 Its not a good movie but if you go in knowing it's not good its a pretty fun watch. See more Maksim S @MaksimusMovies Nov 28 Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth shifts the series toward flashy, over-the-top spectacle, but in doing so loses much of the dread and atmosphere that defined the first two films. While Pinhead remains a visually striking presence, the story is thin, disjointed, and filled with repetitive gore that lacks the creativity or terror of the original. The film prioritizes shock value over suspense, and the nightmare quality that made the earlier installments memorable is largely absent. Moments that should terrify instead feel cartoonish, and the plot meanders without a compelling emotional core. For hardcore fans seeking more Pinhead, there’s some enjoyment to be found—but as a horror experience, Hellraiser III disappoints, feeling more like a diluted, shallow continuation than a true nightmare. See more Becky A Oct 7 Forget "Hell on Earth" - this is hell on screen! They've taken the excellence of the first two films & tortured it cenobite style until there's nothing left but underwhelming gristle. The creation of the new cenobite team is cringe worthy; gone are the incredibly eery & visually jarring originals (Deepthroat, Butterball & Chatterer) & instead we get a CD wielding ex DJ, a Molotov throwing ex Bartender, & a half-assed cameraman. The desperation is strong with this one. See more Ash P @AshParth Oct 4 So, here we are in the third entry of the Hellraiser franchise. Does this Hell on Earth begin the trend of the terrible sequels where the franchise goes down the toilet? Well, not exactly. This is in the middle for me, where I did get some enjoyment out of. The premise of this movie starts off with J. P. Monroe, played by Kevin Bernhardt, bought the pillar where Pinhead and the rest of the Cenobites from the end of the last movie are made by marble as time went by. How is it there? Your guess is as good as mine. On the other side of New York, Joanne "Joey" Summerskill, played by Terry Farrell, notices chains coming out from a patient as she was there for a news report and had to ask Terri, played by Paula Marshall, about the situation. That leads her to the club Monroe owns called The Boiler Room. As Joey goes there to get some answers, she actually gets them from Terri, who was currently homeless at the time, because she had a feeling about the pillar that Monroe bought and somehow pried the Lament Configuration from it just to show it to Joey. Monroe notices and gets bitten by a rat, bleeding onto the pillar, which awoken Pinhead for a bit. One night, Monroe brought a woman to have an affair with, arguing with one another, and she was stripped of her skin, which got Monroe's attention to Pinhead, who had been awakened. Around the same time when Terri goes to the Boiler Room due to a misunderstanding, Joey gets a visit from the good side of Spencer, or the human before he unlocked the Lament Configuration before becoming Pinhead, played by Doug Bradley, that she must reunite Spencer's spirit to Pinhead and use the Lament Configuration to send him back to Hell. As speaking of Hell, the movie now picks up when Pinhead is free, and now it becomes Hell on Earth as the title goes. I think the story is decent enough to warrant what it was going for. It's just that it takes its sweet ass time to even get to the part when Pinhead gets free and Joey has to run off with the box at hand in order to reunite the good spirit of Spencer back into Pinhead. Though seeing Doug Bradley as both Spencer and Pinhead is a nice touch. We did see him a couple of times back in the second Hellraiser movie with as little information as you'd look up the character, it's decent. The other issue is that the second half of the movie does have a pacing issue, as well. I find Joey a good character for what they wanted to do with her, but it seems the script was a different story. That could go the same for the other characters like Terri and Monroe. It may sound like I didn't care for them, but their writing is all over the wall. Especially with their acting. Aside from Doug Bradley performing as two characters, everyone else is just a bland, boring slate. I often wonder about Joey's father being Spencer's friend since they both served in the Vietnam War due to those dreams she would often get. Yet what way to reach out to your friend's daughter then a dream, right Spencer? Moving aside from the humans, let's talk about the Cenobites. Pinhead is now a villain in this when he was more of an aura farmer in the previous two movies. He delivers amazing for what he does on Earth, especially during that scene in the church. Doug Bradley really steals the show whether he's Spencer or Pinhead. The designs of the new Cenobites that were introduced in the second half of the film look cool as they are authentic for how they are made by Pinhead himself. The effects used are kind of a hit-and-miss for me when some of them are believable while some of them can be goofy at times. But the carnage candy doesn't miss, like how it mostly happens at the Boiler Room. It just took as much time as I had mentioned before just to get to that part. Yeah, that's all I have for this review. I think this is kinda like guilty pleasure, as much as I would admit. It's just a slog at times with some pacing and acting, but it becomes worth it when we reach the second half of the movie. It is a step backward from the second movie as it was a step backward from the first movie. However, it wasn't the worst sequel when we hadn't gotten to the next several movies we have left in our bucket list. I guess it will start the next movie when the franchise goes down the toilet, yes? Well, we'll see. For now, I will give Hell on Earth five and a half Spencer and Pinhead face-to-face out of ten. 5.5/10. See more Read all reviews

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