Kirsty is brought to an institution after the death of her family, where the occult-obsessive head resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites once again.
In the 22nd century, a scientist attempts to right the wrong his ancestor created: the puzzle box that opens the gates of Hell and unleashes Pinhead and his Cenobite legions.
Director:
Kevin Yagher
Stars:
Bruce Ramsay,
Valentina Vargas,
Doug Bradley
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".
Director:
Scott Derrickson
Stars:
Craig Sheffer,
Nicholas Turturro,
James Remar
A shady businessman attempts to piece together the details of the car crash that killed his wife, rendered him an amnesiac, and left him in possession of a sinister puzzle box that summons monsters.
Director:
Rick Bota
Stars:
Dean Winters,
Ashley Laurence,
Doug Bradley
Gamers playing a MMORPG based on the "Hellraiser" films find their lives endangered after being invited to a rave, the host of which intends to show them the truth behind the Cenobite mythos.
Director:
Rick Bota
Stars:
Lance Henriksen,
Katheryn Winnick,
Christopher Jacot
When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds ... See full summary »
Director:
George Pavlou
Stars:
Denholm Elliott,
Steven Berkoff,
Larry Lamb
An American TV-journalist is interested in the trail of some strange mystery embedded in a mountainous region of the USA. After much red tape, he is allowed to enter the area. A sullen ... See full summary »
Director:
Sulambek Mamilov
Stars:
Juozas Budraitis,
Aleksey Petrenko,
Anatoliy Ivanov
Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, and Kirsty must follow him to save her father and witness the power struggles among the newly damned.Written by
David Carroll <davidc@atom.ansto.gov.au>
The horn sound that is continually made by Leviathan is Morse code for "God". See more »
Goofs
When Julia is resurrected, a camera can be seen moving behind the desk by the curtains as the injured man crawls toward it. See more »
Quotes
Pinhead:
Ah, Kirsty. We thought we lost you.
Female Cenobite:
So sweet of you to come back.
Pinhead:
How can it send us back, child? We're already here... and so are you!
[Pinhead transforms the box into the Leviathan Configuration]
Kirsty Cotton:
I didn't open the box!
Female Cenobite:
"Didn't open the box." And what was it last time, "Didn't know what the box was?" And yet, we do keep finding each other, don't we?
Pinhead:
Oh, Kirsty. So eager to play, so reluctant to admit it.
Female Cenobite:
Perhaps you're teasing us. Are you teasing us?
Kirsty Cotton:
I've come for my father!
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Alternate Versions
The unrated/uncut U.S. video and laserdisc releases and some European prints feature two new scenes showing Dr. Channard slicing a patient's hand off, and a hammer nailing in Pinhead's nails. In addition, some scenes are also more graphically explicit in this version, including Browning slashing himself with the razor; Tiffany experiencing her flashbacks; Dr. Channard becoming a Cenobite; and blood draining when Pinhead's throat is slashed. See more »
Clive Barker is still the king. He brings us to a world where monsters have politics, the 5 senses rule, and we sometimes question whether our pre-notions of pain are as accurate as we think. The Hellraiser series is a lush, nightmarish, subliminal journey into human desire, masochism, mythos and madness. Pinhead is not so much the generic, evil antagtonist as he is a source of comfort and logic sometimes. Clive Barker has often toyed with our preconceptions that all "monsters" must be blindly destructive brutes, as opposed to the endearingly rational and decidedly intelligent Cenobites. Perhaps the fact that I have Cenobites tattooed makes me biased;) But it's still a unique piece with gorgeous imagery (to some.) Angels to some, demons to others... If you haven't seen Hellraiser 1 and 2 (the rest are not so great IMHO)...you must!
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Clive Barker is still the king. He brings us to a world where monsters have politics, the 5 senses rule, and we sometimes question whether our pre-notions of pain are as accurate as we think. The Hellraiser series is a lush, nightmarish, subliminal journey into human desire, masochism, mythos and madness. Pinhead is not so much the generic, evil antagtonist as he is a source of comfort and logic sometimes. Clive Barker has often toyed with our preconceptions that all "monsters" must be blindly destructive brutes, as opposed to the endearingly rational and decidedly intelligent Cenobites. Perhaps the fact that I have Cenobites tattooed makes me biased;) But it's still a unique piece with gorgeous imagery (to some.) Angels to some, demons to others... If you haven't seen Hellraiser 1 and 2 (the rest are not so great IMHO)...you must!