Hellraiser IX: Revelations

Axlin16

Oh my god. This is officially the worst, by default, slasher-sequel in the history of the genre. It's so horrendous, that Doug Bradley backed out of (after eight films), and so bad that Clive Barker has taken to Twitter to denounce them using his name above the title, despite the fact he had nothing to do with it.

It's so horrendous, that it literally looks like one of those horror-parody porno films like "Texas Vibrator Massacre" and "Porn of the Dead"... its literally on that level.

Ugh

James

Is this the remake Barker was planning that morphed into a remake without his involvement and now THIS is the result? Or is that remake still being planned and this sequel has nothing to do with that?

Axlin16

This is another sequel - this is "Hellraiser IX". This is actually a VERY low-budget "$300,000" sequel.

Apparently the Weinstein's, to retain the rights to be able to remake the original (with Barker producing, and Patrick Lussier directing and Todd Farmer writing), had to contractually do a ninth film under some original agreement.

So they threw together a cheap sequel. They're gonna throw it out there, and this is it.

Then they're gonna concentrate on the remake.

misterID

Yeah, they had to hurry up and make another Hellraiser film or they would've lost the rights to the franchise. This isn't the remake that's in the works.

smoke

Though it looks terrible, the Hellraiser franchise hasn't been stellar - most of them past 2 were pretty stinky in their own way.

I say this fondly as someone who has seen them all, multiple times. There's a place for bad horror. This one stinks, but the reason for its existence is prety interesting, and the true reboot/newest sequel sounds like it could be as alright as the other newer franchise flicks have been.

Axlin16

The reboot was supposed to be a rebirth that took it back not only to the first two films, but also supposedly was gonna have more in common with Barker's books. But that was originally. If the Lussier/Farmer duo is doing it, its gonna probably be gimmicky 3D, with hopefully a decent story.

As for Hellraiser IX being comparable to the newer sequels - I wholeheartedly disagree. While I do agree the newer sequels have been the pits (except for Hellraiser VIII: Hellworld, I thought that was the best sequel since II) this newest sequel is even a slap in the face to the Dimension DTV sequels. Makes stuff like Hell On Earth & Deader look like the original.

I always thought the most embarrassing moment was bringing back Ashley Laurence for Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker. Here you have the ORIGINAL STAR of the first two films, who's remained a fan favorite, and you waste her in a supporting role opposite Dean Winters, where her character Kirsty, has virtually no real tie with the character from the first film.

Reminded me of when they brought back William Katt for "House IV", and the 'Roger Cobb' of House IV was so incredibly retconned for his 10-minute cameo that he wasn't even the same character from the first film.

It's like - why waste you're fucking time?

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