Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
starring: Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham, Imogen Boorman
directed by: Tony Randel
directed by: Tony Randel
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Return to the domain of pleasure and pain as Kirsty Cotton is committed to a psychiatric hospital run by the strange Dr. Channard. But when the doctor uncovers the secret of the Lament Configuration, he resurrects the skinless corpse of Kirsty's evil stepmother & calls forth the legions of the damned.
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Definitely not one for the weak of stomach, Hellbound takes up where the first Hellraiser left off, piling on the gore to near camp levels. Luckily, the 1988 sequel retains enough of British horror-meister Clive Barker's macabre wit--like the original, it's based on a Barker story--to save it from the schlock-heap. Hospitalized following her last misadventure, Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) implores authorities to destroy a bloody bed at the carnage scene, but the enigmatic Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham) brings an addled patient there and unleashes a dread Cenobite instead. As if that's not bad enough, Kirsty's getting distress calls from her father, who begs her to rescue him from hell. When she journey through hell's dark labyrinths with a mute puzzle solver, however, Kirsty only finds the evil Pinhead (Doug Bradley) and other bizarro creatures, plus her nasty former stepmother and lascivious Uncle Frank. Much maniacal laughter and skin shedding later, the newfound compadres unlock the puzzle box again to safety. Hellbound isn't genius, but it does have flair, which goes a long way toward offsetting Laurence's leaden acting and occasionally over the top gore. --Diane Garrett
Return to the domain of pleasure and pain as Kirsty Cotton is committed to a psychiatric hospital run by the strange Dr. Channard. But when the doctor uncovers the secret of the Lament Configuration, he resurrects the skinless corpse of Kirsty's evil stepmother & calls forth the legions of the damned.
Amazon.com:
Definitely not one for the weak of stomach, Hellbound takes up where the first Hellraiser left off, piling on the gore to near camp levels. Luckily, the 1988 sequel retains enough of British horror-meister Clive Barker's macabre wit--like the original, it's based on a Barker story--to save it from the schlock-heap. Hospitalized following her last misadventure, Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) implores authorities to destroy a bloody bed at the carnage scene, but the enigmatic Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham) brings an addled patient there and unleashes a dread Cenobite instead. As if that's not bad enough, Kirsty's getting distress calls from her father, who begs her to rescue him from hell. When she journey through hell's dark labyrinths with a mute puzzle solver, however, Kirsty only finds the evil Pinhead (Doug Bradley) and other bizarro creatures, plus her nasty former stepmother and lascivious Uncle Frank. Much maniacal laughter and skin shedding later, the newfound compadres unlock the puzzle box again to safety. Hellbound isn't genius, but it does have flair, which goes a long way toward offsetting Laurence's leaden acting and occasionally over the top gore. --Diane Garrett
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Customer Reviews
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Rating: 
- Nice Set Up...Confusing Execution
I watched HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER 2 last night and...it made about as much sense as the first time I saw it.
The opening was interesting and it was nice to see Ashley Laurence back, but the movie carries on with a conventional horror structure without thinking through the Hellraiser landscape.
Kirsty, Ashley's character, charges into the alternate universe to rescue her father.But armed with what?Everyone else is easily massacred but Kirsty is completely impervious to ... Read More
Rating: 
- An Inferior Sequel
After Clive Barker's Hellraiser made a substantial amount of money at the box office and introduced a new horror icon in the form of Pinhead, a sequel was inevitable. The sequel, which is only executive produced by Barker, boasts increased production values, more blood, and more Pinhead. Unfortunately, it also has a weak plot and an embarrassing new cenobite.
The film opens with a quick recap of how #1 ended, before we see (briefly) how Pinhead came to be his nail-studded form. Kirsty ... Read More
Rating: 
- Hellraiser 2 Hellbound
This is the sequel to the classic first Hellraiser flick and sees Kirsty Cotton battle the cenobites, Dr Chanard and her evil step mother....If you like Clive Barker you will like this...Have watched this with pleasure many a times and never grow sick of it....
Rating: - Great Dvd
Bought this DVD for a present to a friend. Packaging was in good order, dvd was like new, shipping was fast and with no problems at all.
Rating: - Why Torture Yourself?
I like horror movies.Almost too much.Let's not go into the reasons why.There are too many.And some of them aren't pretty.
But I also like plots, character development, and complexity.After watching the first Hellraiser, I began to suspect that the series was created as an excuse to watch people get tortured with hooks.If you're not aware of the basic mythology, it is this: there is a box (called the Lament Configuration -- but you only know this if you've read the book) that, ... Read More
- Nice Set Up...Confusing ExecutionI watched HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER 2 last night and...it made about as much sense as the first time I saw it.
The opening was interesting and it was nice to see Ashley Laurence back, but the movie carries on with a conventional horror structure without thinking through the Hellraiser landscape.
Kirsty, Ashley's character, charges into the alternate universe to rescue her father.But armed with what?Everyone else is easily massacred but Kirsty is completely impervious to ... Read More
- An Inferior SequelAfter Clive Barker's Hellraiser made a substantial amount of money at the box office and introduced a new horror icon in the form of Pinhead, a sequel was inevitable. The sequel, which is only executive produced by Barker, boasts increased production values, more blood, and more Pinhead. Unfortunately, it also has a weak plot and an embarrassing new cenobite.
The film opens with a quick recap of how #1 ended, before we see (briefly) how Pinhead came to be his nail-studded form. Kirsty ... Read More
- Hellraiser 2 HellboundThis is the sequel to the classic first Hellraiser flick and sees Kirsty Cotton battle the cenobites, Dr Chanard and her evil step mother....If you like Clive Barker you will like this...Have watched this with pleasure many a times and never grow sick of it....
- Great DvdBought this DVD for a present to a friend. Packaging was in good order, dvd was like new, shipping was fast and with no problems at all.
- Why Torture Yourself?I like horror movies.Almost too much.Let's not go into the reasons why.There are too many.And some of them aren't pretty.
But I also like plots, character development, and complexity.After watching the first Hellraiser, I began to suspect that the series was created as an excuse to watch people get tortured with hooks.If you're not aware of the basic mythology, it is this: there is a box (called the Lament Configuration -- but you only know this if you've read the book) that, ... Read More
