Okay, I like bad movies. I even liked "Friday the 13th. Part 5: A New Beginning". My criteria for a bad horror film: 1) the acting doesn't have to be great, but at least as good as a high school drama student; 2) special effects don't have to look that real, but at least show that someone tried to make it look realistic (show a little effort); 3) it should have a somewhat coherent plot; and (applying only to sequels) 4) let it follow the other movies logically, use a little continuity, and resolve what was left unresolved in the previous film(s). That said, this film isn't even 'so-bad-it's-good' it's just bad. Terrible acting, terrible story, but slightly follows previous movies in the series via references to Kirsty Cotton, from the first two films. But even the reference is, at best, weak and only serves as a way to connect the film to the others (which is okay, but amounts to-- and resolves nothing). The new cenobites are pretty stupid too. This movie tries to be things it cannot be: it tries to be a good story, but it's not; it tries to add a little comedy, but nothing's funny; it tries to be scary, but if there was any horror in this movie it's the fact that it was made at all. But it is gory, but not like the previous movies. Pinhead is more menacing when he's in an atmosphere that's not quite British and not quite American. He's scarier in an attic or in the walls of a mental hospital than a New York nightclub or in the streets of Manhattan. This film sort of suffers from the 'Friday the 13th Syndrome'--"let's put Pinhead in New York and see what happens". What's next, Pinhead in space?
Review of Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
