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Hellraiser: Bloodline

  • 19961996
  • RR
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
23K
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Doug Bradley in Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
23K
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    • Kevin Yagher
    • Peter Atkins
  • Stars
    • Bruce Ramsay
    • Valentina Vargas
    • Doug Bradley
    • Kevin Yagher
    • Peter Atkins
  • Stars
    • Bruce Ramsay
    • Valentina Vargas
    • Doug Bradley
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    • 182User reviews
    • 101Critic reviews
    • 21Metascore
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    Bruce Ramsay
    Bruce Ramsay
    • Phillip…
    Valentina Vargas
    Valentina Vargas
    • Angelique
    Doug Bradley
    Doug Bradley
    • Pinhead
    Charlotte Chatton
    Charlotte Chatton
    • Genevieve
    Adam Scott
    Adam Scott
    • Jacques
    Kim Myers
    Kim Myers
    • Bobbi
    Mickey Cottrell
    Mickey Cottrell
    • Duc de L'Isle
    Louis Turenne
    Louis Turenne
    • Auguste
    Courtland Mead
    Courtland Mead
    • Jack
    Louis Mustillo
    Louis Mustillo
    • Sharpe
    Jody St. Michael
    • The Beast
    Paul Perri
    • Edwards
    Pat Skipper
    Pat Skipper
    • Carducci
    Christine Harnos
    Christine Harnos
    • Rimmer
    Wren T. Brown
    Wren T. Brown
    • Parker
    • (as Wren Brown)
    Tom Dugan
    Tom Dugan
    • Chamberlain
    Michael Polish
    Michael Polish
    • Twin 1
    Mark Polish
    Mark Polish
    • Twin 2
      • Kevin Yagher
      • Peter Atkins
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    • Trivia
      Kevin Yagher: disowned the version with cuts made behind his back due to conflicting artistry ideas. Yagher's version contained much more graphic imagery, plot, and explained everything that happened in the film. The producers disagreed and demanded Pinhead should appear sooner despite every version of the script up until then having him appear around the 40-minute mark. When Yagher was unable to satisfy he disowned it and never finished filming some final scenes. Joe Chappelle was brought on to finish the film, filming new scenes from re-writes including the narrative framing device. Some scenes of the original script were thus never shot.
    • Goofs
      (at around 36 mins) As Angelique says to Pinhead "Things seem to have changed" she is standing in front of him. Then as Pinhead responds "Hell is more ordered..." she is now standing closer and to his side. This is because the original filmed line was "Things seem to have changed, I was expecting my clowns" in reference to Demon Clowns that were cut from the past segment of the film. Cutting "I was expecting my clowns" means her position 'jumps' closer to Pinhead and creates this continuity error.
    • Quotes

      John Merchant: For God's sake!

      Pinhead: Do I look like someone who cares what God thinks?

    • Crazy credits
      The end credits have the "Filmed in Panavision" moniker, suggesting the film was shot in cinema-scope (2.35:1), however the film was shot in flat (1.85:1) ratio. The end credit was more than likely meant to read "Filmed with Panavision cameras and lenses".
    • Alternate versions
      The original cut, still titled "Hellraiser: Bloodline"
      • begins in 1784. Lemarchand builds the Lament Configuration, gives it to De L'Isle, and watches as he and Angelique challenge his card player guests to open it. When they do Angelique transforms to a demon and seemingly kills them. Lemerchand goes to Auguste, to suggests building the Elysian Configuration. Angelique visits and seduces Lemarchand. inviting him to a masked ball. Auguste tries to warn him away but is killed by Angelique's demonic clowns. Lemarchand, against his wife's wishes, goes to Angelique's party where she seduces and kisses him. When left alone, De L'Isle attempts to kill Lemarchand so he won't be replaced. An angered Angelique apparently kills De L'Isle and offers Lemarchand riches to help her. He refuses. Genvieve arrives and finds her husband almost dead. Angelique goes to kill her and her unborn child when the near-death De L'Isle appears and uses his magic to banish them all back to Hell. Genvieve flees to America as De L'Isle's servant Jacque summons Angelique back to be his sex slave.
      • The central part of the film is mostly the same as the theatrical version, except with a clearer plot where Angelique tries to use the prototype Elysian Configuration to kill Pinhead. Angered, Pinhead summons chains to drag Angelique into the light but it cuts out before she dies. Bobbi then banishes them all back to Hell. Despite some bizarre rumours, there is no "neighbour" character in any version of the film.
      • The last part is set in the future. It's very much he same but Paul does not tell his story to Rimmer. Also, the final confrontation features all the Cenobites and Angelique wanting Paul to join her again. He refuses and stays on board the Elysian, dying alongside Pinhead and the Cenobites and ending the bloodline forever.
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    8/10
    Very well done! C'mon, have you actually SEEN most other 'Horror' films...?
    Okay, I wasn't going to bother writing a review for this one and I rarely take the time to write reviews here, BUT... Seeing this undeservedly LOW score here made me feel that I really had to 'say' something.

    First off, YES, I am indeed a BIG fan of the first three films; before these just recently came out on glorious Blu-ray, years ago, I even sprang for the UK Puzzle Box set of the first three films (mainly because at the time UNCUT versions were not available here in the States and also for the full commentaries and the bonus DVD that came with it : ) Now, I know it is hard to believe, but I just NOW for the very first time saw this one, part 4; the reason being is that from some casual stuff I had read, I was under the impression that pretty much all the other 'HELLRAISER' films were not very good. Well... Let me tell you, I was extremely surprised and impressed! As I said, compared to all the REALLY AWFUL Horror films out there that are excruciating and badly made, and that is most of them, I was surprised that this one was made quite well.

    Okay, so a lot of the fans are sort of put off because it is really different from the other films. Fine... Isn't the POINT to try to come up with different angles and new approaches rather than just remaking the same film again and again...? I thought it was genuinely very creative and kept my attention very much so throughout the film. Sure, okay, it starts in space and your rolling your eyes, thinking "Oh great,'LEPRECHAUN 3'" :) well, it works; it really does. Obviously a LOT of thought was put into the timeline and the mythology of the box, etc., not to mention the follow through at the end. Sure, it wrapped it up rather quickly and left it kind of ambiguous, but so what?! Yes, of COURSE it doesn't have the intensity of the original or even the complexity of the next two films, but to me I was mainly impressed by their not only coming up with the new idea to show the origins, etc., but also I honestly felt that everything that made up the film was done very well considering that it is a damn 'HORROR' movie! : ) I gave it a good, strong '8' which it fully deserves considering the context and type of film. I think that people get SO jaded and expect SO dang much from sequels. I mean, C'mon, compared to what... 'WITCHBOARD' 1-9 or whatever the hell sequel they're at now, this here is pure art!

    Heh, if THIS one threw you, just wait until you see part 5! I just this minute finished watching that one for the very first time also a few minutes ago and that is a WILD departure from the early films. However, it was made even much better than this one; the director was actually very, very good!
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      • March 8, 1996 (United States)
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      • Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Dimension Films
      • Trans Atlantic Entertainment
      • Hellraiser IV Partners
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    • 1 hour 25 minutes
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