Hellbound: Hellraiser II

1988

Action / Horror / Thriller

86
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 59% · 33 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 59% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 60382 60.4K

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Plot summary

Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard. Kirsty is undeterred and, with the help of a fellow patient, heads to Hell for a rescue.

Director

Tony Randel Photo
Tony Randel

Top cast

Nicholas Vince Photo
Nicholas Vince as Chatterer Cenobite / Chatter II Cenobite
Doug Bradley Photo
Doug Bradley as Pinhead / Captain Elliot Spencer
Catherine Chevalier Photo
Catherine Chevalier as Tiffany's Mother
Oliver Smith Photo
Oliver Smith as Mr. Browning / Skinless Frank
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700.16 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 21
1.51 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paul_haakonsen 6 / 10

Open the Gates of Hell...

I enjoyed the original "Hellraiser" movie and have been watching all the movies in the franchise as they have been released. Though I have to say that with each passing new movie that the franchise spawned, the quality of the storyline and ideas just grew weaker and weaker. However, the 1988 "Hellbound: Hellraiser II" is almost as good as the original movie.The storyline in "Hellbound: Hellraiser II", as written by Peter Atkins, picks up after the events of the 1987 "Hellraiser" movie, and it is a good continuation of the storyline. There is a good continuity between the 1987 movie and this 1988 sequel, and that works very well in favor of the movie.It was nice to see cast members from the original movie, such as Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins and Sean Chapman return to reprise their characters from the first movie. Just as it was great to see the Cenobites return to the screen as well; that being Doug Bradley, Simon Bamford, Barbie Wilde and Nicholas Vince. I am not sure if all of those playing the Cenobites were from the first movie, though.Visually then "Hellbound: Hellraiser II" is good. Sure, the movie is showing signs of being 34 years old already, but the effects are still adequate today and keep the movie as being watchable.I enjoyed "Hellbound: Hellraiser II" and have seen it about five times or so, since it was originally released.My rating of "Hellbound: Hellraiser II", from director Tony Randel, lands on a six out of ten stars.
Reviewed by Django-21 6 / 10

Hmmmmm.............

Hellraiser was always going to be a hard act to follow (especially with Clive Barker handing over so much control to others). This first sequel starts promisingly enough though, beginning on the same night as the original ended. It features the return of Ashley Laurence's heroine Kirsty and the resurrection of wicked stepmom (no, really) Julia (Clare Higgins). However about two thirds into the movie any attempt at story progression, character development or coherency goes out the window and instead the film throws up albeit interesting imagery and ideas seemingly at random. That's not to say that Hellbound : Hellraiser 2 is a totally bad movie, it just seems like such a wasted opportunity. If the next sequel would have followed on more directly (instead of going stateside and bringing in different characters) maybe the ideas about Hell and Leviathan could have been explored and developed more fully. However without this safety blanket, much of Hellbound seems confused and half baked. Kenneth Cranham lends weight to the role of sinister Dr Channard but as soon as he's made into a cenobite the film goes into high camp and I wonder what happened to the sombre tone of the original. Clare Higgins seems t be enjoying playing her return as Julia like a Hollywood bitch on drugs and it's interesting to find out something about the origin of the cenobites albeit briefly(and at least Pinhead's human origin is something that does get explored further in Hellraiser III). If you like the first film, it's probably worth checking this one out and you may want t view it more than once to catch everything in it but just don't expect another Hellraiser like the original.
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