Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 10/22/2002
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 89 min
Distributor/Studio: Dimension
When the puzzle box is solved and the gates of hell are cast open, an old nemesis must prevent the fearsome Cenobites from turning the Earth into a flaming pit of eternal torment in this installment of the long-running
Hellraiser series. In his entire demonic history, only
Kirsty Cotton (
Ashley Lawrence) has ever had the power to defeat the mighty
Pinhead (
Doug Bradley). Now that the puzzle has been solved again,
Pinhead is back, and
Kirsty must summon the powers of light to defeat the fury of hell and send her old nemesis screaming into the fire.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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Kirsty Cotton (
Ashley Laurence): just as she's about to get her life together after escaping the pain-obsessed Cenobites from hell, her husband,
Trevor (
Dean Winters), drives her into a river in a traffic accident.
Trevor recovers but begins having bizarre hallucinations that turn out to be real, and he's a suspect in several murders.
Kirsty's body, meanwhile, has vanished. And at this point, the
Hellraiser faithful know what's going on, while newcomers may be mystified -- at least briefly. This sixth entry in the 15-year-old franchise is a solid enough genre offering with a few suspenseful surprises, but
Pinhead fans will be disappointed by how seldom the Cenobites appear. Veteran director of photography
Rick Bota, making his feature-length debut, delivers striking visuals, with a haunting blue wash tinting much of the spooky footage, and he somehow keeps the back-and-forth story coherent. The grotesque finale is borrowed from the first film, but newcomers to the series won't mind. Future installments will want to focus on the franchise's strengths --
Pinhead and his pals -- to keep new fans intrigued and to draw back veteran devotees who were let down by hardly worthy previous installments.
~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
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