Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #97: Hellraiser

Genre: Horror/Horreur

Annee/Year: 1987

Format: Blu Ray

Hellraiser. This is another movie from Clive Barker the British Director. This movie was his debut and my memory of this movie was of the highest level of scare possible. This revisit of the first installment of this classic franchise was a disappointment. The movie takes way too long to get into the meat of the story. Yhe Blu Ray transfer is marginally better than the DVD is, i am sure.

The story is about a mature couple moving into a new house previously owned by a disappeared brother of the man. It turns out the brother in question was doing a journey in hell and managed to escape his demon captors. Unfortunately he needs the help of the wife to lure some helpless victim such that he drains their energy and comes back to full life. She will obviously pay hte ultimate price for having helped him and the curse is unleashed on the daughter which activates the Rubick's cube from hell. She is then pursued by the demaons (cenotaphs) and manages to escape by turning in her escaped uncle.

This movie unleashed a serious potential for more aggravation in the next installments of the franchise. The first movie is now after a few years definitely not the strong point in the franchise which memory serves as really scary and the stuff of nightmares.

Hellraiser est un film que la mémoire sert bien. Je m'en souvenais comme un film très intense et qui laisse des mémoires qui forment plusieurs cauchemars. La revue en est tout autre. Premièrement ce n'est pas aussi intense que mémoire nous rappelle et le film en tant que tel met plus d'une heure a vraiment décoller. Cette franchise a eu un succès et un potentiel énorme fut établi par ce premier film de la série. À revoir, mais baisser vos attentes s.v.p..

Great quotes:

Frank Cotton: I thought I'd gone to the limits. I hadn't. The Cenobites gave me an experience beyond limits... pain and pleasure, indivisible.
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Lead Cenobite: You solved the box, we came. Now you must come with us, taste our pleasures.
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Lead Cenobite: No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.


Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093177/fullcredits#cast

Rating perso: 7.0/10