Friday, 12 September 2014

Film Review: Hellraiser 8; Hellworld

Genre: Horror

Cert: 18 cert (R-rated)

Director: Rick Bota

Screen writer: Clive Barker , Joel Soisson Carl V. Dupré

Starring: Lance Henriksen , Katheryn Winnick , Christopher Jacot , Khary Payton , Henry Cavill , Anna Tolputt , Victor McGuire , Doug Bradley , Stelian Urian , Magdalena Tun , Gavril Patrv , Desiree Malonga , Carl V. Dupré , Catalina Alexandru , Costi Mirica , Snowy Highfield , Mike J. Regan

Running time: 91 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & NudityA woman walks down the stairs wearing a jacket open and nothing underneath, breasts clearly visible. Some comments are made about her breasts.

One theme of the party is that everyone wears masks with numbers on them attached to cellphones. The point is that one can call another and have anonymous sex.

A man and woman are shown having sex, the woman on top and her breasts clearly visible.

A woman gives a man a blowjob at a party. No nudity, but her head is shown moving up and down.

A man enters a room and a woman, fully nude, appears. Her breasts are visible. The camera pans down lower, but shadows prevent anything from being visible. They have sex.

A man and woman make out and strip each others clothes. He fondles her breasts both in and out of a bra. She is later shown topless, breasts clearly visible.

Violence & Gore: A woman sits in a mysterious chair. She is strapped down and blades appear from the back of the chair. They turn on and move into her chest, spraying blood everywhere and killing her.

A man sits down after almost passing out from not having his inhaler.  Later, a man finds the body, the chest open and organs shown.

A man gets a large hook stuck in his chest. As he swings from the chains, lots of blood is splattered everywhere.

A man is shown (flashback) pouring gasoline on himself and self-immolating himself.

A cop has a spike driven from the back of his head through his mouth.

A man stabs a woman in the chest with a knife. Blood is shown on her and his hand.

A man is cut in half.

Profanity:  Some strong language, mostly the "f" word and "s" word.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Lots of drinking and some cigarette smoking at the party.
It is revealed that the main characters have all been drugged with a potent hallucinogen and that the entire movie was in their heads.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some scene maybe disturbing for some viewers



Story: The youngsters Chelsea, Allison, Derrick and Mike are grieving the suicide of their friend Adam, who became obsessed with an internet game called Hellworld. Their former friend Jake blames the group since they have not stopped playing the game even when Adam was unstable. When they receive an invitation to a Hellworld party in an isolated mansion, the reluctant Chelsea decides to join the group and they surprisingly find Jake in the party. He explains that he was invited by a girl he met in a chat room. They are hosted by the owner of the place, who shows them his private macabre collection. Along the night, they find that they are in a party in hell.

Likes : Compared to the other hellraiser's film's inferno, hellseeker, deader, i will say hellraiser hell world was better but not great as it was missing a few things that could of made it better i feel missed opportunity special with the club scene,which they could of gone with what happen in hell raiser 3 would of been better in this storyline.
I'm surprised to see the very own man of steel Henry Cavil in this film looking very young playing the jerk player type which he done a pretty good job, Lance Henriksen as well, it was a perfect fit for him in this film which could of been done a better way gone in a different direction bur still the way most of this film went it felt like a hellraiser film in a slight way but still could of been better. "Hell-world" certainly is not a good movie,that live up to the name hellraiser since it is full of clichés and has many silly dialogs and situations through out. However, it is not  as bad as indicated in many reviews.
 With the exception of the excellent classic "Hellraiser", and the sequel "Hell bound: Hellraiser II", all the other movies of this franchise are only reasonable entertainment. I've just watched "Hell-world" with a very low expectation, and in the end I found  it to be an average teen horror movie than a hellraiser film.

Dislikes : I felt this film could of been done better special with the party scene, i think the cenobites & pin head could of been more in involved in this scene with a bit more bloodier scenes & slaughter to make this a hellraiser film we all know.This i felt was a missed opportunity for this film.

Overall : Better than the last few films,but still not great,  

Rating: 4.3 out of 5 for entertainment / 6.7 out of 10 for story/concept





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