Heavy Metal Widely recognized as the groundbreaking effort that introduced “adult animation” to a mainstream audience, this 1981 milestone is rather crude by today’s standards, but nonetheless paved the way for Aeon Flux and many other alternative cartoons for a long way to come via Adult Swim etc. The biggest flaw with the film is […]
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 Clive Barker’s seminal 1987 Masterpiece, Hellraiser, was a horror film unlike any other, with a truly potent thematic statement, as despite featuring a slew of monsters and demons as a major part of its narrative, it was really about how the normal humans were the REAL monsters after all, possessing as we […]
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Right off the bat you can tell that director Guillermo Del Toro has done something right when John Hurt, a key component of the 1st movie, reappears in a flashback cameo to narrate the opening sequence and set up the story. Sadly, the opening scenes are a tad ridiculous, evoking […]
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 In attempting to make a follow-up to the mediocre slasher flick that starred Jamie Lee Curtis, the producers decided to follow a different route and tried to create an all-purpose horror villain for the series that would essentially be a female version of Freddy Krueger, with a little bit […]
Hellraiser When it comes to today’s horror films where many filmmakers emphasize mood and atmosphere over gory carnage (or vice versa), one can wonder what the final products could be like if all of those elements were combined into one visceral pot. In that case, look no further than this Immortal Horror Classic from 1987, […]
Hellraiser 4: Bloodline What could be seen as a triumph in itself about the fourth entry in the venerable horror franchise is that despite all of the behind the scenes turmoil that went on with its filming, that they actually managed to put out a pretty watchable, entertaining movie. The problems emerged when director Kevin […]
Hellraiser 5: Inferno While many fans of the series might take issue with the fact that franchise star Doug “Pinhead” Bradley is reduced to a mere 5 minutes of screen time (something that no doubt pissed off Part 4 helmer Kevin Yagher), credit should be given for trying something different with the concept, as director […]
Hellraiser 6: Hellseeker I must admit, I had high hopes going into this sixth installment of the franchise, as it was advertised as featuring the return of Ashley Laurence as Kirsty Cotton, the brave, beautiful heroine of parts 1 and 2. Unfortunately, the character barely receives only about ten minutes of screen time, and is […]
Hellraiser 7: Deader After the atrocious betrayal to the franchise that was Hellseeker, the Hellraiser franchise decided to go in a somewhat new direction, taking a cue from the Hostel films and setting the new story in Eastern Europe, where (presumably) all kinds of weird and sick mindsets are actively in place. It also helps […]
Hellraiser 8: Hellworld THIS is where the Hellraiser Franchise finally was starting to lose its legs out from under it. Admittedly the premise is catchy, and not unlike Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, where the main characters are all fans who are familiar with Pinhead and the Hellraiser mythos, albeit through an online interactive game they […]