A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".
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- 1 win & 3 nominations
J.B. Gaynor
- Young Joseph
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- TriviaReports that this film originally began as a non-Hellraiser related horror script owned by Dimension and was edited to insert the Pinhead and the Cenobites are incorrect. According to movie's writer and director Scott Derrickson, it was pitched as a Hellraiser sequel and completed as such.
- Goofs(at around 8 mins) In the close up of Thorne dropping his keys in a dish near the beginning of the movie, his keys are for a Dodge vehicle, but he drives a Cheverolet sedan.
- Crazy creditsAt the very end of the end credits: Soli Deo Gloria (translation: To the glory of God alone)
- ConnectionsFeatured in Phelous & the Movies: Hellraiser: Revelations (2018)
- SoundtracksFrom Eden
Written by Michael Baber
Performed by Mod:1 featuring Lisbeth Scott
Produced by Mod:1
Courtesy of Brick Town Recordings
Featured review
Probably the Best Sequel in the Series
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Corrupt cop Joseph Thorne (Craig Sheffer) lies, cheats on his wife and partakes in all sorts of illegal activities but one day he stumbles upon a crime scene where a man has been ripped to death by what appears to be hooks. The cops ends up stealing a puzzle box that was at the crime scene and when he unlocks it he begins a wild journey trying to track down a mysterious figure known as The Engineer. This fifth entry in the horror series took a lot of heat when it was released because this really isn't a HELLRAISER movie at all. If you come into this thing wanting to see Pinhead then you're going to be left disappointed because outside of a ten-second clip he doesn't show up until the 80-minute mark and at the end of the film he appears in just a couple minutes total. So, why do you take a legendary horror character and cut him down to just a few minutes? That is a rather good question because I'm really not sure what the point was of making this a HELLRAISER movie but it turned out to be a decent little movie that has quite a bit going for it. I was really surprised to see how well of a mystery the movie is as we get our anti-hero trying to track down a missing kid who the killer is cutting a finger off and leaving it at a scene of his crimes. Not only does our cop have to try and figure out who is doing the killings but he soon starts to wonder if perhaps he is the killer. The film has a lot of psychological moments where the filmmakers want us to be confused about what's going on and question what all is happening and for what reasons. I personally thought this is what made the film so good because it's not your typical horror flick and especially not what you'd be expecting from the fifth film in a series. One big positive are the performances with Sheffer really delivering the goods as the tortured cop. Most will remember him from Robert Redford's A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT but he also appeared in other genre stuff like FIRE IN THE SKY and NIGHTBREED. The actor perfectly handles the tortured soul of this cop and that's a major positive as it allows us to care for the guy and want to see him survive everything he's going through. The supporting cast includes strong performances from Nicholas Turturro and James Remar. Doug Bradley is back as Pinhead but only appears in the film for a few minutes but his "Welcome to Hell" line is delivered effectively. I must admit that I didn't care too much for the make up used on Pinhead this time around but the gore effects are usually pretty effective. There's some really bad CGI that shows up towards the end of the film but overall this is a decent little gem that manages to be the best of the series so far outside of the original.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Corrupt cop Joseph Thorne (Craig Sheffer) lies, cheats on his wife and partakes in all sorts of illegal activities but one day he stumbles upon a crime scene where a man has been ripped to death by what appears to be hooks. The cops ends up stealing a puzzle box that was at the crime scene and when he unlocks it he begins a wild journey trying to track down a mysterious figure known as The Engineer. This fifth entry in the horror series took a lot of heat when it was released because this really isn't a HELLRAISER movie at all. If you come into this thing wanting to see Pinhead then you're going to be left disappointed because outside of a ten-second clip he doesn't show up until the 80-minute mark and at the end of the film he appears in just a couple minutes total. So, why do you take a legendary horror character and cut him down to just a few minutes? That is a rather good question because I'm really not sure what the point was of making this a HELLRAISER movie but it turned out to be a decent little movie that has quite a bit going for it. I was really surprised to see how well of a mystery the movie is as we get our anti-hero trying to track down a missing kid who the killer is cutting a finger off and leaving it at a scene of his crimes. Not only does our cop have to try and figure out who is doing the killings but he soon starts to wonder if perhaps he is the killer. The film has a lot of psychological moments where the filmmakers want us to be confused about what's going on and question what all is happening and for what reasons. I personally thought this is what made the film so good because it's not your typical horror flick and especially not what you'd be expecting from the fifth film in a series. One big positive are the performances with Sheffer really delivering the goods as the tortured cop. Most will remember him from Robert Redford's A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT but he also appeared in other genre stuff like FIRE IN THE SKY and NIGHTBREED. The actor perfectly handles the tortured soul of this cop and that's a major positive as it allows us to care for the guy and want to see him survive everything he's going through. The supporting cast includes strong performances from Nicholas Turturro and James Remar. Doug Bradley is back as Pinhead but only appears in the film for a few minutes but his "Welcome to Hell" line is delivered effectively. I must admit that I didn't care too much for the make up used on Pinhead this time around but the gore effects are usually pretty effective. There's some really bad CGI that shows up towards the end of the film but overall this is a decent little gem that manages to be the best of the series so far outside of the original.
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- Dec 15, 2010
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- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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