Why it may be worth watching
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II combines Horror and Thriller elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham.
- Viewers currently rate it 6.4/10 from 1,321 votes.
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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.
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Ashley LaurenceKirsty Cotton
Clare HigginsJulia Cotton
Kenneth CranhamDr. Philip Channard
Imogen BoormanTiffany
William HopeKyle MacRae
Sean ChapmanFrank Cotton
Doug BradleyPinhead
Barbie WildeFemale Cenobite
Simon Bamford‘Butterball’ Cenobite
Nicholas VinceChatterer Cenobite
Oliver SmithFrank the Monster
Angus MacInnesDetective Ronson
Ron TravisWorkman 1
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Best suited to viewers looking for Horror, Thriller.
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Pretty out there (in a good way) sequel that doesn't make a whole lot of sense but still was an entertaining supernatural horror flick, the kind of horror I'm generally not a fan of. Kind of surprising Ashley Laurence didn't go on to bigger things (her last movie was 2008). **3.5/5**
"Hellbound: Hellraiser II" is watchable enough even though it very quickly slides down the steep slope into becoming a messy shambles. It is really nothing more than a tour through the diseased imagination of Clive Barker - it is hard to believe somebody out there actually thought this was a good basis for a film instead of seeking out some description of psychiatric treatment for the poor soul - and its major handicap is that the special effects just aren't up to the challenge of supporting his thoroughly twisted and uniquely original vision. There is…
"Hellbound: Hellraiser II" is watchable enough even though it very quickly slides down the steep slope into becoming a messy shambles. It is really nothing more than a tour through the diseased imagination of Clive Barker - it is hard to believe somebody out there actually thought this was a good basis for a film instead of seeking out some description of psychiatric treatment for the poor soul - and its major handicap is that the special effects just aren't up to the challenge of supporting his thoroughly twisted and uniquely original vision. There is also a desperately heavy reliance on copious amounts of blood and gore just for the hell of it and when you add in the fact that sadly a good portion of it is also totally forgettable what you're left with is nothing more than a modest gore fest of desperately limited impact.
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