As far as Hellraiser movies go, I do appreciate their attempt to try something different. The "in space" horror connection NEVER appealed to me. But the bulk of the flick happens way before that. It goes back in time to when the box was originally created. In that context, it is fascinating to watch the origins. But due to budgets or time or whatever, it seems hastily thrown together. As some have mentioned, they may have been able to mine 3 different Hellraiser movies here.
I think the issue is that, while the movie is entirely watchable, it looses a lot of gas towards the end. It seemed to have set up too many locations and didn't spend enough time in any of them. I wish they would've stayed in the past and simply bookended the movie in the future. Because once we get to the space aspect of the story, it becomes...well...like a bad "Alien" movie. And these people don't have the budget for that.
Hellraiser isn't Pinhead, as most people tend to link together. With good reason. He is the face of the franchise. Much like if you take Jason out of Friday The 13th. However, it either centers around him or it becomes anemic with the story. The unfortunate part is that they hogtied themselves to that character. And now it's impossible to move forward with any other storylines. It becomes a movie (like anything past Hellraiser 3) WHEN Pinhead will show up. It gets exhausting. That should be an indication to just let this dog lie.
If you are to reboot, which I think they already did...refresh from scratch.
I think the issue is that, while the movie is entirely watchable, it looses a lot of gas towards the end. It seemed to have set up too many locations and didn't spend enough time in any of them. I wish they would've stayed in the past and simply bookended the movie in the future. Because once we get to the space aspect of the story, it becomes...well...like a bad "Alien" movie. And these people don't have the budget for that.
Hellraiser isn't Pinhead, as most people tend to link together. With good reason. He is the face of the franchise. Much like if you take Jason out of Friday The 13th. However, it either centers around him or it becomes anemic with the story. The unfortunate part is that they hogtied themselves to that character. And now it's impossible to move forward with any other storylines. It becomes a movie (like anything past Hellraiser 3) WHEN Pinhead will show up. It gets exhausting. That should be an indication to just let this dog lie.
If you are to reboot, which I think they already did...refresh from scratch.