Hellraiser 4 - Bloodline on DVD

Not as poor as its reputation

Lawrence Conquest from bristol , 10/01/2005

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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Bloodlines

Stephen from Brackley , 10/11/2005

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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where is the hell raising

samantha walsh from nr portsmouth , 24/11/2005

i found this film ok but not as good as the first hell raiser would what again though

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Did i like it? hell yes!

kevin curtis from Wales , 02/08/2005

Number 4 in the hellraiser series, this tells the story of the maker of the box and his bloodlines connection to the box and of course the ever present Pinhead.It all takes place in three time zones, past, present and future so maybe does try to do too much but hellraiser fans should rent this.

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Bloodlines

Stephen from Brackley , 10/11/2005

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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Not as poor as its reputation

Lawrence Conquest from bristol , 10/01/2005

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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