A husband (Dean Winters) tries to piece together what happened to his wife after a car accident. His wife? Why it is none other than Kirsty (Ashley Lawrence) from the first two Hellraiser films. This is the sixth entry and it appears to want to right the ship after the fifth entry had like two minutes of Pinhead (Doug Bradley) shoved into it. Unfortunately, I already saw this film when it was called Jacob's Ladder (1990). Yes, if you can't figure out the plot where a guy keeps hallucinating and jumping back-and-forth between realities, you might need to turn in your horror fan card. It is also really hard to take serious nowadays with Winters in the lead due to his "Mr. Mayhem" ads for Allstate insurance. To the film's credit, it does return to themes prevalent in the first film like marriage infidelity and striking a deal with the devil. There is also more time devoted to Pinhead and it is a handsomely mounted production that shot in Canada. Director Rick Bota made his feature debut here after being a cinematographer and second unit director. He became the defacto helmsman on these for a bit as he handles the next two entries as well. I hear the sailing gets really rough with the next entry.
Review of Hellraiser: Hellseeker
