Hellraiser Hellseeker Review
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
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The second straight to video Hellraiser film, Hellseeker sought to... hell? Maybe! The original script was yet again not written as a Hellraiser movie, but they shoehorned Kirsty Cotton into this one, so... take the bad with the bad?
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This whole movie is like someone doing that thing where they tap you on the shoulder to make you look the wrong way.
Or they where on so much drugs
Possible alternate titles that would actually be more accurate:
Hellraiser: Fakeseeker
Hellraiser: Hellfaker
Fakeraiser: Nothing Mattered Anyway
SquierStrat72 Hellraiser: Herpes
cause everyone he had sex with dies
Oh no. What have you done. Now somebody is going to make another 3 movies...
SquierStrat72 I like option 3.☺
Infernomore
Keepseeking
DeadInside
Hellraiser 5 - 7 was the trilogy of suck with the diamond in the rough of VI for me being Trevor is played by Dean Winters a.k.a. Ryan O'Reilly from Oz who, despite this movie, is an absolutely amazing and talented actor and so is his brother Scott Winters who was also in Oz as Cyril O'Reilly.
Fun fact: human brains have no pain receptors. So if you were to stick needles into a brain it wouldn't hurt. I think "I thought you loved me" was in regard to being given the puzzle box and maybe she thought he was connected to the box and was trying to harm her? I don't know, this film doesn't deserve rational thought.
*JUST TAKE THE FUCKING BOX!*
@@UnCreativeDeconstructionism *YOU CAN'T MAKE ME*
Remember how well Jacob’s Ladder made you feel just as lost and afraid as the main character, all the while the keeping the audience guessing as to what was real with subtle tension, infrequent jumpscares that break reality for a moment, naturally wove in ways to transition the main character from one location that could be a dream or reality to another location that could be a dream or reality, and had a great emotional climax that made everything make sense?
You know, Hellseeker but with actual effort?
OMG throughout this review I was thinking
"Wouldn't it have been totally badass if from the 5th movie onwards they permanently implemented Kirsty as an adversary/ally of the cenobites?"
Comics are like
"FUCK THAT SHIT, WE MADE HER THE NEW PINHEAD"
darthkahn45 I don't know about that. I hate it when the make the good guys the villain. The Saw series springs to mind and the new Terminator.
no hassle the way they did it in the comics, she's still a "good guy"
@@GetToDaChoppa-k5r Umm..what? Are you talking about Hoffman? He was introduced as a background character in 3(with not to much screen time), and was revealed as the 2nd apprentice at the end of 4. We barely had any time with Hoffman as "the good guy FBI agent" before he was revealed.
And if you're talking about Gordon, the ending of Saw 7(3-D) showed that he was working with Jigsaw since Saw 1. And he wasn't in 2-6. Not to mention Dr. Gordon wasn't really presented as the 'good guy'. (Unless anyone in a trap is automatically a 'good guy'.
My point is each of them *barely* had any scenes directly portraying them as 'the good guy', before they were reveled as accomplices.
@@GetToDaChoppa-k5r the comics is amazing tough she becomes sort of an anti hero trying to change the cenibites and destroy them from within
I feel like that was done purely as a way of saying "Fuck you Guys" to Hellseeker.
I do accept the cinema snob's joke of Trevor enjoying the pain, and causing pain, and becoming Mayhem, the least creepy looking but most publically accepted Cenobite after Pinhead.
Of all the Hellraiser sequels (not counting Revelations, because I refuse to watch that one) , I found this to be the most frustrating entry due to the constant fake-outs that comprise a majority of the film. Almost none of the scenes lead to anything consequential-- whole stretches have no payoff whatsoever. I get what they were going for, but Jacob's Ladder this ain't.
Winter Steele Jacob's Ladder was pretty good. I do like a film with consequences but there are merit for surreal alter-dimension type films as well. I just don't like that boo! Oh, it was just a dream type crap all the time. Maybe once or twice, but not the whole movie.
+Winter Steele Personally I found the film pretty decent and one of the better sequels, Pinhead is back to his original character and I didn't really mind the fake-outs (although I do understand your point). But if there is one thing that irritates me about the film, it is the fact it is a rehash of Inferno (which would have been much better as an independent film). It didn't feel fresh, it didn't feel original... Which is never a good thing.
Ranked based on quality, my list would look something like this:
1) Hellraiser, nothing beats the original and it was typical Clive Barker, the monsters are never the villains... 9.5/10
2) Hellbound: Hellraiser II, this sequel is one of the best sequels in horror history. It was a worthy successor and a fantastic film. 9/10.
3) Hellraiser: Hellseeker, what can I say. The film actually surprised me, I expected something far worse. The story was good and it would have been a good way to close a trilogy but it was also a rehash of the fifth and surely wasn't of the same quality of the first two. 7/10
4) Hellraiser Inferno: Inferno was a pretty good film, I really enjoyed it but it was completely out of place in the Hellraiser Universe. Pinhead had no reason being in this film and the film could have been a perfect start of a new series altogether. A pity. If I have to judge it as an independent film (outside Hellraiser), I would give it an 8/10.
5) Hellraiser: Bloodline: this had the potential to become one of the best pieces of horror fiction ever. A 3 hour horror Epos about the history of Hell and the Lament Configuration. Instead, we got a 88 minute flick that was barely worth watching. The only redeeming factor of the film were the cenobites and Pinhead's fantastic one-liners. (Another reason why I don't like Bloodline, is the tame origin of the Lament Configuration, I prefer the Epic Comic version, in which Lemarchand is a monstrous killer). 5/10.
6) Hellraiser: Hell on Earth: The film itself was decent enough but reducing Pinhead to a typical evil slasher killer? Not cool, really not cool... 4/10.
7) Hellraiser: Hellworld: the idea of a metafilm would have been refreshing for the series if the makers actually understood the idea behind Hellraiser... The film took all the wrong turns and once again, Doug Bradley was the only thing that made the film somewhat bearable... 3.5/10.
8) Hellraiser: Deader: Another Non-Hellraiser Hellraiser film. Although slightly more fitting in Hellraiser than Inferno did, it was simply a bad movie with a really stupid name. It was contradictory from time to time, the whole necromancy aspect was out-of-place and the only memorable moment were, again Pinhead's quotes and the death of Winter Lemarchand. 3/10
9) Hellraiser: Revelations: You refuse to watch the film? I wished I had your wisdom. I would rather gauge my eyes out than to watch that abomination again. It was like a cheap knock of the original while completely missing what made the first so good. I rarely do this with a film, since everything has some redeeming qualities but I have to give it a 0/10: the only good thing about this one is the ending, and with ending I mean the credits, as you are happy when the ordeal is over.
Miramax Dimension make them only to keep the copyright.
Like a lot of sequel who were made just to own the legal right.
If thet did'nt Barker would have the all property.
How can you judge a movie you "refuse" to watch? Why be a horror snob? Just watch it and gain your own opinions.
@@nunyabiz2889 it does make me laugh my ass off how shite and bad that film is compared to the other sequels when unlike those other films it was a, real hellraiser script to begin with and not some generic crap with the Cenobites shoehorned into it
Here's a fun drinking game for you, every time a fake out happens, take a drink
There are health concerns of course... but then, after the 12th or so time perhaps one would become too drunk to identify a fakeout properly and drink further? In that case, the movie itself may in fact seem better. Or at least the experience, if anything.
***** okay Emo kid. Hang in there.
+iKillerZombie
Hi my name is Louis, and I'm here because I have an alcohol problem ..
I don't recommend it... I died...
NOT!! :D.... except I'm still dead to Alcohol poisoning :(
+RacinZilla003 OR ARE YOU?
"Never solve the lament configuration, and protect yourself from mayhem, like me."
She aged so well i still think she is beautiful. and the main character will always be Ryan Oreily for me OZ was the most i ever seen him in
Shes still incredibly gorgeous in 2020 as well
I wonder what the original story was without Hellraiser being attached last minute to it.
Some Jacob Ladder knockoff.
Some attempt at a Lovecraft movie
my guess man kills wife then she comes back to haunt him seems to hit the same beats just switch out pinhead with ghost done.
I was re-watching this on a video binge and just realized that, it's badly written, but I get what Pinhead means by "The Killer is Amongst Us". It's not the physical killer, it's the person responsible for causing the killings. So if you look at it that way, he is right.
Trevor is "Mayhem" from AllState. It took me a minute to place him....
and O'reilly from OZ
And the vulture from brooklyn nine nine
"I'm a cheating husband. I tried to set my wife up to die before she turned the tables on me and now she has a gun to my head while I'm driving and pulls the trigger. We swerve into the river. And with wrong cut-rate insurance, she will be spending the inheritance herself. So get Allstate. You can save money and be better from Mayhem like me."
Lol😂
he;s from old hbo prison show OZ too
Actually this could've been interesting as a non hellraiser movie and way less flashbacks. A car crash victim that was in an elaborate scheme to murder his wife but doesn't remember pretty good plot
Tawny catches her shorts & she means business. Mayhem's early days before he found his career.
I think this movie would've worked as a weird surrealist comedy horror where the protagonist is trapped in a weird looping Hell of fake outs and delusions to the point where he's no longer afraid, just mildly irritated.
That opening scene was just screaming for a Mayhem joke. And the rest was screaming for a 30 rock joke. Or an SVU joke. I just love Dean Winters.
"Giving him a raise"
Well... that made me crack up laughing. Nice! XD
2019 and still love the content. Keep it coming! Love from the uk
Real Cops: - follows down every lead -
Movie Cops: - don't give to shits and trys to do very little work-
The closing statements about spousal murder had me dying (metaphorically) from laughter.
2:24- *"Don't let this happen to you. One drink is too many. Don't text and drive. And for the love of God, don't try to have sex on a freeway. Seriously, what the f**** *were you thinking?"* And I'm dead (so to speak). 😂😆🤣
3:07- *"Sure, that's just what every fan wants to see, a beloved character killed off in the opening scene because of moronic bulls***. Thanks for that."* Now, you know how I felt about Jamie Lee Curtis in *Halloween: Resurrection.* 😠🎃
My guess on where Kirstey might have gotten her inheritance; Larry seemed like a well-off guy, and Frank would have had to have a lot of money to travel the world to seek the ultimate pleasures (yeah, he doesn’t seem like the type who would have a steady job).
2:22 Im an unsafe asshole boyfriend who'll get you killed. Are you safe from mayhem? Get Allstate.
Hellpriest vs. Mayhem?!?
You'd like to think it's going to be good
That opening is even better when you know Dean Winters was in the Allstate "I am Mayhem" commercials.
While the movie isn't all that great or even good for that matter, I didn't mind what they did with Kristy.
I think it's reasonable that she'd bargain the life of the husband who murdered her and his mistresses to save herself.
I watched this last night cause i thought i haven't seen it. Then i remembered half way through i did...i just forgot about it.
“Amongst us” as in she is still free to travel out in public rather than in jail or dead.
so they made kirsty evil *aplauds sarcasticly"
Evil, Good, Pain Pleasure, Angels Demons, ect. ect.
Hellraiser: Fake out
"Ok, you caught me. Least lemme finish, will ya? I got one puff left." Always bugged me. Almost half the cig is left. "one puff" my ass.
The only thing I can explain in this movie is that his lights and gas could still be on if he had his bills set up to auto-pay, as I do. I could be in a coma for months and still come home to working power... assuming I have that much money in my savings. This isn't the first time this has been brought up in a review by Decker and it is, honestly, pretty easily explained.
Two faceless supernatural stalkers in back to back movies!? I know Slenderman was popular, but still.
Hellraiser: [Insert arbitrary noun here]
Hellraiser: Special Victims Unit....hey, you're right!
Your P.S.A. at 2:24 I think was the highlight of the whole movie... And it wasn't even in the movie! Lol xD
Get All State and stay safe from mayhem like Trevor. 😂😂
I enjoyed this one more than the others personally
I can sum up Hellraiser Inferno - Judgement:
•Messy script that originally wasn’t Hellraiser
•Uninteresting side characters
•Huge lack of Pinhead
•Stupid scenes and moments
•Mediocre effects
•Terrible endings
Special points:
•Inferno and Hellseeker: Extremely unlikable protagonists
•Hellworld, and Judgement: Boring protagonists
•Revelations: Extremely stupid protagonists
•Deader and Hellworld: Tame kills
•Hellseeker: Insults protagonist from the first two movies
•Revelations and Judgement: Terrible and boring actors for Pinhead
•Hellseeker and Deader: Horrible fake outs
Hellword..Lagertha and superman.
Isn't Trevor the Mayhem guy from the Allstate insurance commercials? Lol
this should be called fake out the movie
I love Dean Winters
I think pinhead doesn’t torture his victims because of the plot, he has to kill them normally just to make kills, I believe that he does torture them but only in hell
"The murder-suicide routine has to be done in that order!" Heh.... heh... hehe... ehehehehehehehe.....
The Mayhem guy is behind the wheel, of course he crashes.
Today is the *6* year anniversary of when "Hellraiser Hellseeker Review" was uploaded. 🤓
EDIT- 5:09 P.M.: *finishes episode 25 minutes later*
This may not have been a good movie but it was interesting to see the physical embodiment of Mayhem go through mayhem! 😆
Wait...if she becomes a new Pinhead in the comics, why is Decker complaining about her being a serial killer? An immortal torturer in an eternal realm of pain is arguably worse.
On what you pointed out about the electricity still working a month later, a possibility could be that Trevor or Kirsty paid more money in advance on the bill, because I do that when I pay my Vectren bill every month.
His punishment for the car wreck was to spend eternity as the Allstate mayhem guy
I just noticed that as their car is making its descent into the water, you can see the trunk fly open. Why would that happen if they were never hit in the first place?
I actually liked this movie. The anticipation for me was finding out what was going on. I wanted to see what was going on. Was not expecting the end though so to me it was good.
Ah, so you're J J Abrams' target audience.
This movie was eh. I liked Pinhead and Kirsty's scenes but it was eh overall. I feel like I may have liked it more if it wasn't spoiled though.
Hilariously enough, the main actor, Dean Winters is now the face of the Allstate Insurance commercials as Mayhem. You predicted the future!
Scariest thing in this movie is how much Ashley Lawrence looks like Wyona Ryder
i remember that time in history when fake out's where the fad in horror movies along whit that "all of them die and the killer walks away" thing ooh the horror
Please tell me you saw the alternate scene between Kirsty and the cenobites where Pinhead actually mentions him sacrificing himself for her to run in Hellraiser 2.
I did not mind you taking a break from hellraiser I needed a break too lol
This is if not the worst of the franchise
True story I binge watched all nine (the tenth movie wasn’t out yet) movies of hellraiser in a weekend when they were all on Netflix a few years ago. I enjoyed the first two so much I gave them all a try, and I actually kinda liked 5. But it was this one part 6 that irritated me and really made me question why I was still watching these films because nothing seemed to matter, every scene I knew it was some kind of pointless fake out. 7 in my honest opinion was better than 6. But hellworld almost broke me, it’s so so bad. Probably the worst of the 9 at the time.
So...Trevor wants to get out of his marriage with Kirsty so he tracks down the lament configuration and concocts some convoluted plan with his best friend/co-worker to get her to open it, ignoring that Kirsty already has experience with the box and making deals with Pinhead.
I really feel like divorce would've just been easier. Like, sure, you may lose half your shit but at least you, your best friend, and the three women you're banging aren't going to be doomed to eternal suffering as a result.
In the special addition for the 20th anniversary hellraiser, the actor who place kirstie claims that the scenes where her character is making a deal with pinhead that it were all a dream sequence
So... did they change it behind her back? Or are we royally misinterpreting things?
Starr Clarke it could be misinterpretations considering all of his fake outs could be result of his mental punishment after he forced her to solve the puzzle box. And it being is final bit of selfishness trying to blame his damnation on her.
You and Doug walker need to do a review together
That would be awesome
Know this comment is old, but Less Doug=Better
I used to watch Doug Walker but his reviews stopped being funny when they started to just become reflective of the oftentimes denigrating opinions of the internet making his reviews denigrating in turn and they stopped being funny as a result of him throwing more fuel on the fire. This guy, Decker Shado, appears to be a lot more genuine with his reviews especially as evidenced by his review of Soldier which contradicted the supposedly absolutely negative reviews the movie got on RT.
How about Brandon Tenold?
@@judsongaiden9878 that would be cool
Mayhem, like me.
As bad as these movies are it makes me wonder what Clive Barker thinks of all this, I know Wes Craven hated what was done to Nightmare on Elm Street but at the very least there was three decent movies before the entire series went to the toilet, Hellraiser peaked in the first movie and only got worse from there.
I believe he has completely distanced himself from anything after the first two...
Finally I’ve found an actual review!! ❤️❤️
Subbed!
It's so ironic that the actor who drove recklessly now plays "Mayhem " in insurance commercials!
it's actually not a flat out lie. if you think about it, had he not gotten her to use the lament configuration she wouldn't have made the deal and five murders would have been avoided. so in the eyes of pinhead he might still be the killer.
Bojack1135 it was his actions of that deal with them so by pinheads Logic he is the Killer
If this movie is trying to be Jakob's Ladder, it's failing miserably.
I always thought it didnt make any sense he gave Kirstie a Puzzle box after everything she went though in Part 1 with it all?
It's hard to imagine that there are even more poorer/weaker so called "Hellraiser" films than this pile of steaming elephant dung. Another fantastic review. Loving your review of horror films/series. Which is your favourite series?
Is that an amogus reference in hellraiser bro when the hellpriest is sus 😈😈😈😈😈😈
Awesome tshirt sir🏴
Well the actor does play "MAYHEM "in those commercials. In fact the car wreck scene would make a good "MAYHEM " commercial.
That comic went downhill from issue 9 and by the end it was a self-parody... Remember planet-sized Pinhead orbiting Earth and cracking a joke? Because I still remember.
These sequels are exactly why I can't be bothered watching any of them! Your reviews are far more entertaining! Hellraiser: Bloodline, completely bypassed me when it came out. The very last one I saw was Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth. I saw in London, Leicester Square, when I was 18, back in 1992. And that was a pile of horse crap!! The first one was by far the best Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 was also quite entertaining. Kirsty Cotton was one of my favourite characters. Aside from Julia. Sure, she was evil, but that just gave her more sex appeal in my opinion. Hope that doesn't sound more sinister than intended. Furthermore, she attended a convent school in real life, just like I did. She was actually expelled and ran away. I'm sure there's Irony in there somewhere!! All these sequels though..... pretty bloody pointless..... that's my personal opinion. Anyway, still. great reviews 👍👍👍👍. Wrong Turn 5: bloodlines, also starred Doug Bradley....a cannabolistic killer!!!!
Didn't piss me off. I had been looking forward to your Guyver: Dark Hero review for a long time. I am glad that you didn't destroy it either, since it is a pretty good film ( it is most certainly a hell of a lot better than the first).
I’m pretty sure the guy with “the plan” was just blackmailing him to split the money with him, not participating in the scheme himself.
I just fin watching the movie! I enjoyed it! Didnt realize it was the girl from the original movies towards the end! Pretty cool! People need to chill out and enjoy it for what it is! What do they expect its direct to video! I enjoyed it🎉❤
They were trying to riff off of what was done in Inferno......except it sucks. Too much of a good "twist". In my opinion, Inferno is the best of the series besides the first Hellraiser. The initially sequals made Pinhead and the other Cenobites in "the evil antagonists" in the same vein as Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Thats not what the Cenobites are at all. Inferno took us into psychological trip into Joseph Thorns own personal hell caused by how he was in life and then opening the Lament Configuration. In fact, when Thorn opens up the box for the "first time" it is safe to assume that we as the audience could be watching Thorns first descent into hell or maybe his thousandth. We are left knowing that he has been brought into hell and is doomed to repeat everything over and over for eternity. Great movie. I have always enjoyed it.
The Allstate mayhem guy is having a really bad day.
"We're at the 75 minute mark. Let's pad it for a bit." Ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!
i watch this film and i enjoyed the story as well he starts seeing shit because he already dead and hes in hell
It’s true out of all the youtubers I watch he really does have the best hair
Lovin it man. 2020 summer of Child’s Play? Summer of Jigsaw?
still fun to watch, even at at 5:30am (this review) so thanks 😊
Next summer do the summer of JAWS. It is a classic horror movie and has enough sequels to make the summer of seagal seem like a trip to Disney World. Translation: It's perfect for you!
OMG Jaws 3 was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
Ikr
It's only has 4 sequels
3 I mean
Sad part is, I have the same name as Mr. Fake-Out.
"The Killer is amongst us, Yes"
I fucking knew it that game has killed too many people
The way you said diabetes...
I just want to have that as a sound clip and put it in pseudo-random movie scenes that are fitting. Like the fat thing in one of the Blade movies or something
Apparently, this is Clive Barker's favorite sequel after Hellbound.
I don’t see why. Inferno was the best after the original two.
23:42 omg 😂
well played.
Not 3 minutes in and i am already laughing my ass off at this movie..... car driving off bridge clearly has some kind of sunroof/stuntdriver escape hatch, car in river as a blatantly painted and welded shut sunroof.... its so obvious i cant help but laugh about that and then the windows magically roll up for evil reasons *facepalms giggling uncontrolably* cinematography and continuity at its finest, there is spades in that scene obviously :D
You should do the summer of spring christmas films
So...is there any movie at all? I mean, what is left when the fake-out is fake...outed? It's like Inception, what is real? Does anything happen? Is the whole film a fake-out? Where does one fake-out end and the next fake-out begin?
(BWOOOMM)
Trevor is the lawyer of vigo in john wick 1
Seems they are tired of butchering the Hell Priest's character and went for Krysti's in this movie, aaaannnnndddd Hellraiser Judgement is on the way... i really hate hollywood sometimes.
Bored as hell Social Distancing and watched your review... I do enjoy your Hellraiser Reviews and your quirky personality. However, you were mistaken in saying the BMW windows were open before the accident then magically closed when in the river. Take another peek at the clip, you’ll see the labels on the glass behind Kirsty proving they WERE CLOSED. Just Sayin... Thanks for the entertaining videos and keep up the good work!!!
That serpent thing that came out of his mouth looke like the Hammerpede from Prometheus😂
Hmm... somebody has seen Jacob's Ladder and didn't get it at all. Then he decided to make a plot out of his understanding of the movie and came up with that thing. Oh boy, that's amazingly bad.
Stop at exactly 5:18. That face the guy makes haha
TheLuisberg Top Commentor that is in did funny