Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

6.3	Listal rating
6.1	IMDB rating

Horror (7), Demons (3), Slasher (2), 1988 (1), Sequel (1), Clive Barker (1), Rated R (1), Graphic (1), Hellraiser (1), Series 2nd (1), Pinhead (1), Saturn Award Nominee (1), Fantasy (1), (1), Thriller (1), Series (1), 1980s (1)

Description

In 1988, it emerged as the shocking follow-up to the film that redefined the face of horror. Two decades later, it remains one of the most brutally original sequels in horror film history. Relive the nightmare of pleasure and pain as the puzzle box unleashes the depraved hunger of the Cenobites, the unholy birth of the Leviathan Configuration and e In 1988, it emerged as the shocking follow-up to the film that redefined the face of horror. Two decades later, it remains one of the most brutally original sequels in horror film history. Relive the nightmare of pleasure and pain as the puzzle box unleashes the depraved hunger of the Cenobites, the unholy birth of the Leviathan Configuration and even the horrific origin of Pinhead (Doug Bradley), Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, and Kenneth Cranham co-star in this hit sequel from executive producer Clive Barker that experiences the flesh like no other.
In the first film, a thrillseeker's lust leads to the bloody murders of a couple by the Cenobites, hell's merciless torturers. A psychiatrist treats the couple's surviving daughter, but he is really interested in unlocking the key to forbidden pleasures. Through the dark art of magic, he rejuvenates the skinless body of the girl's stepmother and begins a fresh descent into hell.

Beginning just hours after the original HELLRAISER ended, HELLBOUND finds young Kristy (Laurence) waking up in a mental institution because she insisted on describing her parents murderers as pain-loving demons from hell to the authorities. Unfortunately, she has been placed in the car of Dr. Channard, who has devoted his life to solving the Lament Configuration, the key to the doorway of hell, and now, with Kristy, he believes he has found another key. Resuscitating the skinless corpse of her stepmother, Julia, Dr. Channard succeeds in opening a doorway to hell, one that Julia, Channard, Kristy, and her mute friend Tiffany all travel through. Based on a story by Clive Barker, HELLBOUND is both a continuation of the original as well as a much different take on its story and universe. Here, the film fashions itself after an ALICE IN WONDERLAND type fairy tale as it focuses on Kristy and Tiffany's adventures in hell as well as on the lives of the Cenobites. Infamously gory, surreal, and often horrifying, HELLBOUND is a satisfying sequel to one of the most original horror films of the 1980s.
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Directed by

Tony Randel

Starring (View all) :

Clare Higgins

Julia Cotton

Ashley Laurence

Kirsty Cotton

Kenneth Cranham

Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite

Tiffany

Frank Cotton

Kyle MacRae

Pinhead / Captain Elliot Spencer

Barbie Wilde

Female Cenobite

Simon Bamford

Butterball Cenobite

Nicholas Vince

Chatterer Cenobite

Written by (View all) :

Clive Barker

(story)

Peter Atkins

(screenplay)

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