Directed by:
Rick BotaCinematography:
John DrakeComposer:
Stephen EdwardsCast:
Dean Winters, Ashley Laurence, Doug Bradley, Rachel Hayward, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Jody Thompson, Kaaren de Zilva, Michael J Rogers, Sarah Hayward, Kyle Cassie (more)VOD (3)
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Kirsty Cotten (Ashley Laurence) is now grown up and married to Trevor Gooden (Dean Winters). Her memory of the events that took place back at her parent's home and the mental institution have dimmed, but she is still traumatized. One fateful day, the two get into a fatal car crash, killing Kirsty. Now, Trevor finds himself in a strange world full of sexy women, greed and murder, making him believe he may be in hell. He follows the clues all the way to Pinhead (Doug Bradley). (official distributor synopsis)
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The sixth Hellraiser continues the new level of video sequels, so it's a cheap, typical B-grade sequel. Although all the previous films have to be seen that way too. Hellseeker is a bit weaker than the previous installment, Inferno, but Ashley Laurence - Frank's niece, the protagonist of the first two films and a nice reverberation of the original three - is back. The visuals are cold to the point of being depersonalized, and the added eroticism was not a bad thing, but the boring Cenobites were really annoying. I don't mind a sequel in a detective story, it's the fact that the best is left until the end that makes it impossible to talk about a film with a convincing atmosphere. Kirsty deserves a better walk in hell. This is the order in which I like the films overall: Hellraiser 8, Hellraiser 5, Hellraiser 4, Hellraiser 7, Hellraiser 2, Hellraiser 6, Hellraiser 1, Hellraiser 3, Hellraiser 9.
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The longest part of the story was very boring, I couldn’t understand what was going on, the screenwriter made a royal mess out of it. The last 10 minutes or so, after that jumble got sorted out, were quite watchable. By the end it does make a little bit of sense, but it’s not enough to overcome the negative impression, mainly because of the chaste direction and the absence of the bloodiness typical of Hellraiser. Hellseeker feels like a poor imitation of previous entries (both in the detective part and in the twist) that it’s unable to keep any tension. Bottom line: another pointless sequel. My ranking: H1, H5, H2, H7, H3, H4, H6, H8
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Hellraiser: Hellseeker simply tried to mess with the viewer's head at the end, but this is one of those endings you just don't want to see in a film. The screenplay isn't well-executed, and neither is the direction, so even the fairly interesting characters can't save it. The decline in quality repeats itself, and Rick Bota's other films in the series he directed don't hold much promise either.
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