Hellraiser (Hulu) - Angry Movie Review 

If they were to bring Doug Bradley back, he should be the guy selling the box, saying "What's your pleasure,sir?" Would be kind of poetic.

It wasn't so much 'whoever solved the box, got targeted' in the originals. In the 2nd Movie, the blonde haired girl solves the puzzle for the Doctor but when the Cenobites go to attack her, Pinhead states "Stop. It's not hands that call us, it's desire"

When Pinhead discusses exchange with Voight, its not a new wish that he is granted. It's like customer service. He was unhappy with the previous wish, at which point she tells him, "gifts cannot be ungiven." But they can be exchanged, she figures out that his choice of liminal configuration was not correct, so she exchanges it for leviathan which represents power. When Pinhead is finished, she waits for the girl who gets her wish. First Configuration is Lament or Life Second Configuration is Lore or Knowledge Third Configuration is Lauderant or Love Fourth Configuration is Liminal or Sensation Fifth Configuration is Lazarus or Resurrection Sixth Configuration is Leviathan or Power She is offered the choice of one of them. Riley refuses to choose, even though Pinhead entices her to choose resurrection, Voight has already told her that its a trick, they never give you what you think it will be. So she chooses nothing. Pinhead interprets that as Choosing Lament or Life. To live suffering, knowing what she has done, the people that she has sent to their deaths, a long painful existence. In a sense, its as demented a choice as any of the other configurations, if death was a choice it might be a more suitable one than living a life knowing the suffering and pain that you caused on others, so in a sense Lament is just another form of torture. It's also the default configuration which is why the box is restored to the Lament Configuration.

We made the puzzle boxes practical. I 3D modelled them from the brilliant concepts and the team at Makinarium UK built them with internal mechanics. Beautiful pieces. I can’t wait to see it. Jamie put her heart and soul into the project and the director and sound production worked so hard. I also hope there is a sequel! Great review guys…

If I had a nickel for everytime Hulu did well for a horror franchise this year, I'd have 2 nickels. It isn't much but I'm DAMN WELL HAPPY IT HAPPENED TWICE!

In the lore Leviathan hates humans. It is believed that it was one of the fallen angels. That's why whenever a human comes near it , it tortures the shit out of you. It tried to make a dimension without human life, but they kept finding it and it turn them into cenobites

If Hulu keeps handing properties like this, I would love to see them tackle Judge Dredd, maybe another movie or a series like the comics it was based on, but you gotta bring back Karl Urban, he's even more grizzled now and would be an even better fit for Dredd then he was ten years ago.

To be fair. The Cenobites were on equal footing in "The Hellbound Heart." There was no real standout Pinhead type Cenobite.

For Alex's comment about the two wishes for one configuration, it wasn't two wishes, he made his original wish and the Priest told him that he can't return a wish, but he can make an exchange, so he wasn't using a new one, he was just altering his original one. So the wish was unused so Riley could use it.

It’s such a shame Prey wasn’t on the big screen now this one too HellRaiser… Hulu is knocking it out of the park. I really hope Prey comes to blu ray.

I love how they said don’t let kids watch the film. I actually got into Hellraiser as a kid in the 90’s lol

Damn, my expectations for this movie was ZERO. I will see it now.

Sometimes it's just nice to hear the boys talk movies, even when I don't even watch the movie it's entertaining to hear some genuine banter about any media out there. Reminds me of just rambling with my nerd friends about movies and games. I hope you guys continue the good work and I can continue to watch this into my 30s and 40s lmao

everything that happened to that rich dude was just tragic, after finally getting that torture contraption off of him after all those years he ends up in a even more torturous situation although he seemed to have become some kind of pain god or something in pain heaven that last scene at the end of him becoming a cenobite was awesome it looked heavenly and hellish at the same time

My favourite part was when Hellraiser said “it’s hell raising time!” and hell raised all over the place.

as a Hellraiser fan for the last 20 years... i liked it. it did not disappoint. it was far more story focused and not so much on gore. but still... it hit me in a deep place and unsettled me.

So they stayed truer to the source with Pinhead? He was not suppose to be more than just another Cenobite. I am glad he was in the originals because he is unique to the genre.

"There's nowhere to go but up after Hellraiser 7"- Guess he missed 8-10?😅

very shocked it's doing well. there hasn't been a good hellraiser movie since the 90's. man, i'm loving september and october for horror movies. this is one of the better horror seasons ever for me. Loved Barbarian and Smile, and now I get Hellraiser, Terrifier 2, and Halloween Ends (skeptical of this one). Still, what a dang good two months it is for horror fans.

The skin on the side of your finger peeling up way more than you want it to is such a great description 🤣

Hulu has been knocking it out of the park lately Prey now this!!! great stuff.

Back in the 90’s Hellraiser was one of those NO NO movies that you were NOT allowed to watch, so when I actually saw it as an adult I was surprised to see how contained it actually is, and how violent & disturbing it actually wasn’t. Great movie though.

I’m sorry guys. I’ve seen tons of horror movies, I’ve seen the first 5 Hellraiser movies, I’ve read The Hellbound Heart… this is a bad movie. This is not good. I wanted it to be good. It’s bad

Hulu killing it right now can’t wait to check this out

I believe the cenobite that passed the lawyer was asphyxiate who was attracted to the patient gasping for air. It's like the pull of that cenobites desired suffering was greater than acquiring the lawyer.

I've seen all the Hellraiser movies and just finished watching the one on Hulu 🤔 It was mediocre. I give it a 5 out of 10. The old Hellraiser movies are still way better. The main character in this movie was annoying at the beginning and she was annoying at the end.

I found the lead actress to be very annoying. Also the device the Roland guy had in him looked like something out of Jupiter Ascending or some shit.

Just watched this last night, Very impressed with this one. I too loved the added lore to the box and in my opinion Voight was a very interesting character throughout and just brutal with his (gift) from the Cenobites! Well done!

I… did not think I’d be okay with this. I’ve been a huge Hellraiser fan since I was 12, Doug Bradley was THE only Pinhead… even 3 makes me happy… and then someone else finally did the character justice. I’ll be watching this with hellish glee. Guess this is what happens when you cast by who does the character best rather than tick boxes! ❤

I enjoyed it too. It certainly felt like a Hellraiser. A bit formulaic at times. The first Hellraiser really stood out in that it didn't follow conventional horror tropes. It was really a mystery where you're being drawn into an increasingly horrifying rabbit hole. And this one does something similar albeit with the more typical "group of friends getting involved in shit that gets them killed" kind of way. I was expecting more gore and mutilations though. For the first half of the movies, a lot of the deaths was implied. It got better later on, but I think in terms of body horror, the 2nd one would still be the most extreme (and why it holds a special place for me).

It feels like a true sequel to the 2nd film. In that there's a lot of ideas explored in comics and books to the point where Christie takes over as the hell priest and rips apart the original that we grew up with. I was so happy to see it come back to what it was about rather then this heaven and hell bs.

being able to finally witness the creation of a cenobite was worth the price of admission alone: the fact no one ever thought about going in this lore direction was always mindblowing to me!

In the comics, apparently the main character lady from the first 2 movies made a deal with pinhead and basically traded places with him becoming the hell priestess (basically female pinhead) as he was getting bored of all the same torture and was losing interest in it. I wonder if that is who is in this new hellraiser.

It's great that Hulu is getting more recognition now but they've been making good stuff for a while now. Even before Prey, they had Fresh, Palm Spring, Minding the Gap. Not to mention their original shows like The Dropout, Pam & Tommy, Dopesick, etc.

Who would of guessed that Hulu would have two good hit from two different horror franchises? Kudos

The fact this and Prey ended up on Hulu instead of theaters is kind of sad. I’m glad I can just watch it at home, but it would’ve been nice to see them both in theaters.

24:50 the cenobite didn’t pass her purposely, it was the blind clicking one. She was being silent so even when it entered her room it couldn’t find her

Hulu coming through this year with some good movies love it

It's rare for there to be a good horror movie remake. This is one of those rare moments.

I forgot that there was new hellraiser movie. I kind of wrote this off in my head without giving it a chance because: 1 - Most of the hellraiser movies suck. Let’s face it, after 126 entries in the franchise it’s a bit played out by now. 2 - Hollywood in 2022 is creatively bankrupt. Really glad to hear that you guys enjoyed it and I’ll definitely check this one out now.

Absolute garbage. They had complete creative freedom too capture the essence of hell. Instead they focused on being woke and creating a shitty freddy kreuger movie. I implore this director to watch the 2013 evil dead and take notes. Any fan of this movie is a fan of the new texas chainsaw massacre . And that speaks for itself

The rich guy could have exchanged his gift for lament configuration, but even then he was blind by the possibilities and chooses another "gift". Surprised more people haven't realized this.

The first two hellraiser movies are amazing for a back to back watch, I remember being so immersed when they travel to hell and Leviathan made me so uneasy.

Hulu originals are amazing. I can't believe you've never reviewed the Hulu original series for CATCH 22.. it's stellar!

Just finished it. It was ok… the last 30 minutes really dragged for me and just wasn’t really that suspenseful. Didn’t care for any of the characters either. I try not to expect much but I think my expectations were decently high after seeing the trailer so I screwed myself there lol

Am I the only person who didn't like this movie? I expected more in the gore aspect. Feels like I watched demons violently kidnap people more than people being killed.

Ahh you forgot about Hellraiser 2 Joe, you actually see the process for cenobite creation when Leviathan made a replacement to punish Pinhead and his group.

The script could have used some work imho to make the characters less one dimensional. For example: The mansion could have been a "getaway" type of recovery for the MC, who finds the box and becomes addicted to solving it and accidentally killing her friends as they try to help her. At the end, she finds out it was a plot by the billionaire, so she kills him with the Leviathan configuration and she chooses to resurrection in order to "bring back her friends". However, she is then made into a leader of a cenobite gash herself and her friends are resurrected as her cenobite followers. Of course, plot and drama would be added, but yea - that would have tied the book with the comics as far as lore goes.

For those who don't know, every Hellraiser sequel after the third film had no involvement from Clive Barker, and all the films after the fourth were made taking non-Hellraiser scripts that Dimension Films had laying around, doing a quick Hellraiser themed rewrite, and churning out a direct to video movie solely so they could retain the film rights to the franchise. Clive Barker was able to regain the film rights for Hellraiser 2022, thank Leviathan.

I would just look at the character as "The priest", not Pinhead. For me, it's a different character. That way I don't feel the old character is ruined, instead of just getting a new character with potential.

No UK release date for this, so annoying. (UPDATE: Director David Bruckner did offer some insight into the international release. “To the Hellraiser fans outside the US, Spyglass and Paramount are working to firm up release dates,” he tweeted. “I’m told we should have answers in the next week or so.” If Paramount is handling international distribution, that means there are three potential avenues of release. The first is that the film will stream on Paramount Plus later this year, the second is that it’ll head to blu-ray in 2023, and the final option is that it will get a theatrical release later in the year or in early 2023.) So basically we won’t get to see the film until 2023. This kind of shit makes my blood boil 😡. We always miss out I’m sick of it.

Wait it was actually GOOD? Holy fuck it’s a miracle

As a Hellraiser fan (well, 1&2), one of the things i always liked the most was how they were about actual characters, and not just a bunch of teens waiting to be killed off. The worst hellraiser movies always end up being the ones that try to do that stuff. (mostly because the majority of the later sequels were dead end horror scripts that they just stuck pinhead in)

'It was surprisingly long, and I liked it' Angry Joe 2022

the original cenobites couldn't move their mouths much with the makeup and prosthetics so pinhead got all the lines

did we watch the same film? this was my review imdb wouldn't post --- Hellraiser (2022) User Review Addition Text: Oh, you need 600 characters, well I will give you that. The very plastic acting, the very poor costumes, the very poor plot, the very non-threatening feel to the experience, mild, dumbed down, oh yeah whenever there in a horror movie you got the casual, gratuitous sex scene that leads nowhere.. you know you are in trouble. Nowadays with all the tech (see how I used the shorts even though I am battling to have 600 characters, sorry I am not that split of a personality, ...) Anyways I digress.. No gore no real peril, plastic pinhead, (idgaf about her gender) so nylony so calm even xxx parody can doS that. There you go. Minimum character limit met. Summary: The very poor

Every review now Alex needs every single backstory and detail spelled out for him during the already 2 hr long movie.

Setting and the vibe was great. The story dragged on a bit much at the end. With how much they were willing to show, I still feel they held back. Pinhead is pretty lackluster in this. It all looks to clean as well. Cenobites should’ve been a bit moist lol

Im counting down the hours for this to drop! Massive Fan of the first 4 and Judgment! Great to hear you guys enjoyed it!!!

@Angry Joe she wasn't Pinhead, she was Hell Priestess which took over for Pinhead

Just saw a meme that said- Since Disney owns Hulu, that makes the new Pinhead a Disney princess. 😆

Great movie. I was actually happy to hear the original theme song. The Cenobites were awesome, and the whole story wrapped up nice, no hints of a sequel, which I'm happy about, although I'm sure there will be .

This is not the first time we see a Cenobite transformation. In hellraiser 2 they show the proccess when it happens to Dr. Channard.

gave me chills when pinhead stopped her prayer, side note i would get a uhaul and empty that house of all it values, im owed something for losing so much lol

See I always like the original where the box is basically going after people who have desire as opposed to someone just getting nicked because I feel like that is what made it even worse because anyone can just not open the box or open the box you know it's a very conscious choice but you're greed and your desire could be less controllable and you actually have to resist those things that are there and if you don't well then the box will summon the cenobites and they will claim you I mean basically it's like you could force someone else to open a who has absolutely no desire and does not wish to know anything and that's not going to keep you safe no matter what you do you're greed and your desire is what will make call forth the centabytes and they will come for you

It so rare for a old franchises reboot to be good since most studios are too busy focusing on member berries or relying on nostalgia instead of actual making a fresh new movie to said franchise.

I hated this movie. I've been a fan since 92. Rather, I was scared out my pants in '92. This, was final destination...raiser. Terrible.

My biggest critique of this movie is I found myself not caring what happened to the protagonists. I don't remember their names or much about them except that most of them seemed like assholes. If they were sympathetic characters with some more build up it would have a lot more impact when they were going through this terrible shit.

Hulu made really good horror movies a few years back with the Hulu After Dark movies. No movies were connected but nearly all of them were really good.

I hear a lot of people saying Riley was not likeable. I thought she was very realistic. Real people are complex flawed beings and they pulled that off fantastically. Did she make mistakes? Sure. Was she ever malicious? No. I find the characters in Don’t Breathe much worse. Let’s go rob a blind guy! At least she was robbing a rich guy that could prob get an insurance pay out (realistically)

I literally feel like i’m in a different universe , i was expecting them to shît on this film. it seems like the fanboying clouded their judgement on this. the effects, make up , and environment was amazing. Actors of the monsters were great! Lore building was good 👌though the plot and the actors wasn’t that great. We didn’t see any of the kills to the very end of each one. they tease the deaths and once they about to die they cut the scene and the audience just hear the scream. someone please help me. i’m trying to understand how this was a good film?

Every single one of these streaming reviews I always get excited thinking the film or series has been released, then just sadness realizing it's still days away.

I wonder how the Cenobites would feel if they ever got ahold of one of the rare people that can't feel pain. Bored? I imagine the person would still be immensely traumatized knowing they're being damaged, but the Cenobites believe physical pain is pleasure. It would probably be a letdown if their subject felt no pain and died of a heart attack...

"The Box, You opened it...."

Hulu has been criminally underrated for a bit

Well well well, history repeats itself and by history I mean a few weeks ago when Prey came out

This and Smile right now are killing it, 2022 October is crushing the horror game at the moment.

the boyfriend being a crook and then leading his gf to her death and the cube knowingly is stupid, because he constantly feels regret prior to and after she learns of his choice. there is no explanation for his heinous behavior "he got paid"? lots of jobs that are non-hell-involved pay fine money. as for the cube sitting there for years, it could be that he couldn't persuade (and therefore they go "missing") the people who saw him once his wish was granted. Who's gonna take a deal with a guy for a murder box who is also strapped into a mobile torture device??? So that is passable. Failing having more familiars around his house to use, the thief story WOULD HAVE made sense as the reason for his encountering, at a time of want, the tortured cube/cage man - as well as what follows. But only barely.

The last Hellraiser is super slept on. Highly recommend everyone checks it out, probably the best since the 3rd one.

Hellraiser inferno was a good one eventhough it was straight to dvd

The only time I accept a Chain and hell together is when its hooked up under my supershotgun! I never liked the Hellraiser franchise (okay, the name is awesome) with it's pain and pleasure bullshitt, I'm more a Shotgun & chainsaw Hell kind a guy, sorry!😉

New pinhead is hot af

What if Roland becomes a cenobite who opposes Leviathan? He wasn't to happy about his 1st gift lol. The second waaayyy worse. The house made no sense. They can rip open the pavement and walk onto the street, why couldn't they do this in the house basement gain access that way? No protection in the foundation.

The movie scares me so I won’t watch it but I’m glad you guys enjoyed it. Also I’m surprised that it was on Disney+.

the funny thing is - Disney OWNS Hulu why can hulu make good reboots when Disney faceplants every time?

I'm not surprised it's good especially because it's directed by David Bruckner

LOL ALEX IS A FUCKIN UNIT... DUDE BIG AS FUCK

*LORE* *PSA* the person who gets the wish.. is when you get marked after the “power” configuration. In the beginning you’ll see the puzzle box as a diamond shape and Voight gets his wish…. Then exchanged at the end. AND because Riley stabbed her boyfriend WITH that “power” configuration she was able to *CHOOSE* her wish.

The main characters are kind of annoying, they're always yelling at each other, but the Cenobites and the villain are definitely the most interesting.

Alex an OJs face when joe starts getting hard for the hellraiser gore 😂

"Stop. It's not hands that call us, it's desire" Watch this movie! Awesome

Glad everyone had so much time to talk. Great job joe!

I dont think they got 2 wishes. the guy just was able to communicate with pinhead and exchanged his already first wish . she was the one who opened the box so she got the rightful wish at the end

Girl experiences hell! the worst pain and suffering imaginable, all arising from a box. Film ends... girl leaves the box on the floor.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Official Teaser Trailer just dropped.

Just finished watching it...and yes, this film has such sights to show you😆

these horror IPs are thriving under Disney is quite fascinating

Way over hyped joe is usually spot on but this movie sucked 5 out of 10

I truly loved the original HELLRAISER 1 & 2. HELLRAISER 3 was ok and watchable but after that the rest of the HELLRAISER movies sucked and practically destroyed the franchise. I`m so glad Hulu gave this movie a chance. To the director, writers,& the actors and the rest of the team great job and thank you.

And here still waiting for the Cyberpunk Edgerunners review