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Hellraiser 4 - Bloodline
In the 22nd century, Dr. Paul Merchant has created the ultimate space station for a special purpose: to destroy the Lament Configuration, which has brought silent shame to his family for centuries. In the 18th century, French toy maker Phillip L'Merchant built the first puzzle box, which was used by magician de L'Isle to create .. Read more
| Starring | Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Doug Bradley, Charlotte Chatton |
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| Director | Alan Smithee, Kevin Yagher |
| Genres | Horror |
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Hellraiser 4 - Bloodline
In the 22nd century, Dr. Paul Merchant has created the ultimate space station for a special purpose: to destroy the Lament Configuration, which has brought silent shame to his family for centuries. In the 18th century, French toy maker Phillip L'Merchant built the first puzzle box, which was used by magician de L'Isle to create a beautiful demon named Angelique, the daughter of Leviathan, the lord of Hell's Labyrinth. As the generations passed, L'Merchant's descendants began the work to create the Elysium Configuration - a box that would destroy the Lament Configuration, until 1996, when one of them, John nearly fell to the power of the box through Angelique. Of course, Pinhead and his Cenobites aren't happy about the fact that the gateway to Hell will by destroyed...
| Starring | Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Doug Bradley, Charlotte Chatton, Adam Scott |
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| Director | Alan Smithee, Kevin Yagher |
| Studio | ANCHOR BAY HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 21 mins Watch now: 1 hr 21 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Sep 2004 Watch now: 09 Oct 2009 |
| Watch now | Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package. |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (2)
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Showing clear signs of the studio tinkering that made director Kevin Yagher take his name off the credits, the ragged third sequel to author Clive Barker's Cenobite saga still does the blood-drenched business. Blending past, present and future together by exploring the evil origins of the lament configuration box (the key to unlocking the pleasures of Hell), genre icon Pinhead (Doug Bradley) takes sadomasochism into space in this audacious episode. Wacky, way-out and creepy, with excellent cast support from vice-ridden vixen Valentina Vargas, this is nowhere near the disaster it's made out to be.
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A feeble horror movie that attempts to compensate for its many failings with an excess of gore; it is yet another example of a series that has lost its way, bereft of ideas and imagination.
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Not as poor as its reputation
Hellraiser 4 has an awful reputation, with the beind the scenes turmoil during the making of the movie leading to it being issued as directed by 'Alan Smithee' (the non de plume directors invoke when they fel their work has been destroyed by a studio), but despite this the film remains a watchable sequel. After the first 2 heavily linked Hellraiser films, Hellraiser 3 really turned the series into a typical Hollywood teenage slasher franchise, but if nothing else at least Hellraiser 4 is ambitious, as it tells the tale of the Le Marchant family through the years in 3 interlinked short stories. The first tale, which explores the whole beginning of the Hellraiser mythology with the creation of the puzzle box and the summoning of the first demon is intruiging, the film then fast forwards to the present day to pick up the threads of Hellraiser 3 by exploring a building infected by the box, then finally we go to a future space station where Pinhead is destroyed once and for all. Flawed and uneven yes, but ambitious and interesting to anyone who's enjoyed the first 3 movies.
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Most recent members' review
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Bloodlines
I have been a Clive Barker and Hellraiser fan for a long time. I quite enjoyed this film but felt that it didn't fit that well with earlier Hellraiser filme. On the plus side - you could enjoy this film with no knowledge of earlier Hellraiser films.
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In the 22nd century, Dr. Paul Merchant has created the ultimate space station for a special purpose: to destroy the Lament Configuration, which has brought silent shame to his family for centuries. ... -