Pleasantly surprised
I have been a fan of the Hellraiser movies 1 and 2. They were directed by the author of the Hellraiser books, Clive Barker. They worked for me. But then the franchise following became extremely lame. Usually some sort of mystery having a few people in a turmoil, then the Cenobites show up. Movie over.
But today I just watched the 10th installment (I must have missed 3 or 4 in between), and it surprised me. It went right into the Hellraiser mythos from the beginning and continued through to the end. Some decent detective story genre thrown in with a relatively good twist. The story concepts seemed really close to what Clive would have written. The ending could have been better (some missing tie-ins), but well done.
This writer-director did good. Bravo!
But today I just watched the 10th installment (I must have missed 3 or 4 in between), and it surprised me. It went right into the Hellraiser mythos from the beginning and continued through to the end. Some decent detective story genre thrown in with a relatively good twist. The story concepts seemed really close to what Clive would have written. The ending could have been better (some missing tie-ins), but well done.
This writer-director did good. Bravo!
- mindsclay
- Dec 30, 2018