Studios have never known what to do with Clive Barker. They’re okay with the violence but are terrified of the overt sexuality and eroticism. But it’s the combo that makes his stuff so freaky and twisted.
My mom hasn't read any Barker in a long time and I had recently read Cabal again. She didn't believe me when I said how sexually graphic Barker can be. He described sounds.
@@themidianite1645 I'm still disturbed over the witch rape scene in Weaveworld, especially the description of the protag being force fed sour breastmilk
I think one of the most disturbing ideas from Hellbound is the reveal that Chatterer was A KID. Like, a kid opened the lament configuration and became that thing.
Yes,a kid,however a kid who killed his father and had his mother framed for it. Thats what Ive been led to understand. This wasnt a good kid,but an evil one.
@@bobby_c7671in the book lore his dad was abusive, he was gay before it was accepted, he became a teenage prostitute, and made the only person he ever had hate him. He's only ever wanted to be loved and ugly. Leviathan gave him something of both. Highly sexual people can be the most complex
My favorite scene, but also the funniest, is when Pinhead stops the cenobites form getting Tiffany. The greatest line of the series, for me, is when he says "It is not hands that summon us. It is desire." But this scene also cracks me up because when he says "No" before this line, it sounds like a Schwarzenegger impression and now that's all I hear when Pinhead speaks.
Pinhead even hinted Kirsty that her dad is in a different hell. That was also a hint to the audience to know that it wasn't her dad that wrote in blood. Also a fun fact: When Clive Barker adapted the novella into the 1987 film Hellraiser, he referred to the character in early drafts as "the Priest" but the final film gave no name. The production and make-up crew nicknamed the character "Pinhead" derived from his bald head studded with nails and fans accepted the sobriquet. Thus in Hellbound: Hellraiser II and future movies, the cenobite "the Priest" was credited as Pinhead.
I love the first Hellraiser. But Hellraiser 2 is almost a masterpiece... only thing negative is how easily Charnard defeats Pinhead & Co. The rest is just beautiful twisted sexual gore... love it.
It was not just Dr. Channard defeating them as a regular cenobite. It was Leviathan through him who did it, and he was the powerful Lord of Hell; it decided to do it from the moment Pinhead and co. remembered their humanity and allowed the girls to flee... They could just buy time, but no more than that.
The first half is great, apart from the overlong flashback. I like all the nasty business at Channard's house. In the second half, I love seeing the hell dimension, but the plotting feels messy, and I don't like how the original cenobites are weak and easily killed.
@@ThreadBomb Claire was supposed to be the main/dominant villain who would return in Part 3. That's a big reason the original Cenobites are defeated so easily.
@@ThreadBomb Yeah, like how Julia just dies because... she stands in front of a long hallway? Channard isn't nearly as good a villain as she is. And his quippy one liners, eugh. The movie's not bad, it's just not great after a certain point
Fun fact: Clive Barker nor the studio (initially) anticipated Pinhead to be the most popular character. In the first film he's just called Lead Cenobite. Julia and Frank, in terms of the main story, are the villains of Hellraiser.
Yea the name pinhead was actually coined by a special effects guy cause he thought lead cenobite was a little confusing, Clive barker was a little offended at 1st but the name grew on him
Most of this movie is excellent, possibly even better than the original. However, I think it gets too silly in the climax with Channard becoming that super Cenobite and killing all of the actually interesting Cenobites from the first movie.
@@joshuanelson6795 I know that's what I didn't like. It would of been cooler for a Big fight with the Cenobites then a one on one with Pinhead at the end.
It's the only thing in this movie that makes logical sense to me. If the cenobites got their forms and abilities from Leviathan, then it seems more than likely that Leviathan could create an enforcer to absolutely wreck them if they turn away from him.
13:55. Wasn’t there a similar comment from Shaun about that tongue spitting nurse in Nightmare 3? I guess he’s into some kinky stuff. Not judging, of course. 😁
Christopher Young's score to "Hellraiser" is FANTASTIC. However, he out did himself scoring the sequel, "Hellbound: Hellraiser II", which is just AWESOME.
Wish they had leaned more into that. The Hell/Leviathan parts are my favourite, if it was more of a metaphysical Dante/Orpheues meets Labyrinth trek throught the hell-maze I might have liked it better than the first one.
Agreed, they made the right move fleshing out the Cenobites and Hell, the Hellraiser mythology is endlessly fascinating to me and a lot of it started with Hellbound.
See, I thought the "Dr" cenobyte effects were so poorly done they really killed the end of the movie for me, personally. Too much like Beetlejuice to me. Kind of cartoony, almost. Just my opinion though.
You guys should do Slither. I usually have a high tolerance for horror movies but that movie genuinely grossed me out. I watched it once back in like 2007 and have never watched it again.
If you guys watch Clive Barkers Nightbreed, MAKE SURE it is the Cabal Cut. It is the unmolested-by-the-producers cut and has vital footage that sets the romance tone (which is the intent of the film, dark romantic fantasy). Also Hellraiser and Nightbreed share a universe.
FUN FACT: Hellbound was originally supposed to have Kirsty's father be the one writing her messages, but the actor who played Larry didn't want to come back for the sequel so they had to change it to Frank doing the writing.
my favorite scene in this movie is where the boyfriend is walking around an insane cult room going “whoa! Weird! Jesus! Jesus Christ! Weird!” at full volume
Agree with you guys that its way more interesting that Pinhead has an arc, rather than just being a generic villain. One of the best horror characters ever
Pinhead was an elegant and intresting character, even open for discussion and reason. Totally unique. You could actually talk to Pinhead and make a deal. Thats why it pains me so when in the later sequel Pinhead chops a guys head off with a meat cleaver like Jason
Candyman and Hellraiser are twisted masterpieces but more drama than horror. More like a horrific drama. Underrated ! The dark places his mind must go ......
I love these guys there my new favorite people to watch and I'm really glad that there British iswell it always feels good to see youtubers who are from our country
I met Nicholas Vince, along with Grace Kirby - female Cenobite - at several conventions, and the guy is an absolute gentleman, taking the time answer any questions, even when he's clearly answered them a hundred times already. I love seeing encouragement like this toward TH-camrs and fans. Grace Kirby actually recommended several TH-cam channels that I should watch for reactions, and not just to Hellraiser. Even 30 + years later, these guys still understand and appreciate the impact that film had and continues to have. In mid-2019, I finally met Doug Bradley himself, and for the first time - to my extreme embarrassment - learned that he played both the character in the music video and provided the narration for Cradle of Filth's Her Ghost in the Fog: to be fair, I hadn't seen the video for several years, but have always loved the song, especially the lyrics, and knew Bradley had performed the vocal narration on the album. I just didn't recognize him in the video! Of course I tried to pretend that I'd known all along, but... it didn't fool him. He was really sweet about it, though.
Originally they had intended for the 3rd film to have Julia return as the main antagonist. They didn't actually realise how much people liked the original cenobites.
Can I just say how much I enjoy watching you gents react to movies I’ve grown up watching over the past 30 years? Your reactions are PRICELESS and remind me how I felt watching these horror classics for the first time. It’s also great to see how much you love practical effects. CGI technology is great but there’s simply no replacing good in-camera effects. Well done, gentlemen!
At 7:32 made me laugh so hard I had to replay it several times and each time I laughed more and more; Tom's facial expression is pure entertainment 🤣. Now boys, I have to say that the blood and gore in this film is nothing compared to the 1992 film Dead Alive. Now in that film, you'll really be grossed out. You guys should check that movie out😊
There are 3 horror classics from 1985 that you guys need to check out: Re-Animator, Fright Night, and Return of the Living Dead. Great reaction as usual my friends.😎
Naked Lunch is one of Cronenberg's weirdest. And Existenz is the last film of his classic period, and one of my faves. I know Dead Ringers got critical praise, but I always found it dull and underwhelming.
One thing they changed in the sequel that no one seems to notice, is the first film is set in London -- they even say Julia is back on her home turf and we get a glimpse of Battersea Power Station. But for some reason they change the location to down-town New York(?) at the start of the sequel. I think they used the more dark and gothic aspects of the London aesthetic in the first film to a great effect. Though setting the sequel in the hospital managed to maintain some of that. I love the first two films, but can't get on board with any of the others.
Lol. Awesome reactions! I thought we were going to lose you both in a couple of these scenes. Lost me with the maggots. Makes me wonder what is going on inside the head of the people who write this stuff. Great movie and really great, fun reactions!
I think its because the Cenobites started as normal decent people at one time. They got turned into demons at one point. Julia and the Dr. were more evil than them even as humans
Someone else mentioned “Nightbreed”, directed by Clive Barker. They are correct, an amazingly layered film and not what you may be expecting. Still holds up today. Check it out. Love your channel!
@@garysmith3037 same, it may not be a widely known one, but the skinning scene is straight up equal with any Hellraiser level gore. Plus I like the mermaid(?) Chick, love Monster girls lol
Love your guys' measured reactions. You joke a bit during the film but just enough to make it entertaining but not distracting. You don't talk for 20 seconds about things tangentially related to what's happening on screen. Most importantly you are willing to look at what a movie is trying to do and crediting it for that. Judging a film not on your expectations, but on its own merits, is the best thing any movie-watcher can do.
I've never been a fan of reaction accounts as I usually find them to be cheap and dumb but these two guys give such intelligent and genuine commentary and break things down so well I actually really enjoy watching them
Just so you guys know you have become my favourite content creators. Every video is great even if I have no/not much interest in the film. Keep it up guys!
Hello, I have seen your reviews for a week now, and I have to say that you are great and I have a lot of fun watching you react. I go from youtube video to youtube video on your channel and I never get tired at all. your comments about the films are so good. you really make me have a great time. So thanks !!
That Elrond impression was priceless lol. One of your best reactions yet. Seems like the more gruesome the better the reactions we get from you both. How about you try watching these at some point down the road. Cannibal Holocaust (1980) A Serbian Film (2010) Martyrs (2008) Hostel (2005)
i gotta say the one reaction video ive watched the most is your hellraiser 1 video looks like this is going to be my second most watched reaction vid :)
This is one of my favourite films. The effects are amazing. Yes it has its flaws but it’s so ambitious and the extension of the mythology is well handled. Julia is such an under rated horror villain, Claire Higgins is the ultimate femme fatale!
It was quite obvious that Julia was going to be the villian. some 10 minutes into the film,it was pretty much laid out who the antagonist was. She was evil from the get-go.
You two are my newest favorite TH-cam addiction. I'm a life long horror hound and a MASSIVE Hellraiser/ Pinhead fangirl. You keep me coming back for more. 🖤☠️🖤
This was a fun film! Excited for you to hit the Friday the 13th sequels. Don't forget, you have too do 2, 3, AND 4! They're all connected. Also, throwing Sleepaway Camp out there again (That movie definitely could not be made today).
Douglas Mcenzie - totally agree. On a different note, your comment is 5 days old according to YT, but the video was put up 10 hours ago. Can anyone explain how that happens (just curious).
@@ThreadBomb What I love about the first 2 Hellraiser films is the fact that the demons and creatures are secondary characters. The main, true evil are the humans
Nicholas Vince also showed up in Nightbreed. He plays the one that has a crescent moon shaped head. Or as some folks have described him, the old Mac Tonight mascot.
I was so stoked you were watching the second one! I got hooked watching the series, but only the ones with Doug Bradley (Pinhead). I think I ignored the last 2 or 3
I forgot how bloody this film was. Good stuff. You gotta see Re-Animator and From Beyond. Also, Brain Dead (Dead Alive) from Peter Jackson. Bad Taste and Meet the Feebles from him too.
Same with this actually, you could remember the scene "get them off me" for years! Plus these are some of the best lines ever in a horror movie from the cenobites....
Clive Barker also made Night Breed. Personally, I disn't like Hell Raiser 3. I'm the weird one that Did Like Hell Raiser - BloodLine. 3 will disappoint you I think, although the "totem pole" was intriguing but never followed up on. Thank you for sharing.
@@alucard624 I still Love it..its jsut the creepy crawlies and the guy actually had to have them on him and has the knife.. that just puts it into another
I have seen just about every horror film made. The mattress scene I still cant watch to this day. Its probably one of the most horrific and evil scenes of all time
I would LOVE to see you guys watch Baskin. It’s a Turkish horror movie and is genuinely one of the most disturbing pieces of cinema I’ve ever seen. I saw it like 5 years ago and it has stuck with me to this day.
The doctor's tentacle is based on the Mixmaster he was using on his patients! And Tiffany is explained - her mother is frantic because Tiffany is utterly obsessed with solving puzzles - to the point of not speaking. She was being prepared to CLOSE THE BOX!
The recap is in there because people are originally seeing this movie years after the first one, since while there was VSR's they were not wide spread yet. So by the time they saw this one they may have forgotten a lot of the details. A lot of older movies do this to keep continuity.
Barker had found the Julia character fascinating and claimed to be interested in exploring her further in a sequel. The writer and the director apparently agreed...
Great reaction as always. Please watch 'WOLF' with Jack Nicholson. One of my favourite films of all time. Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader. Quality cast. Can't go wrong. Cheers mates.
List of other Clive Barker's stories adapted into movies: Candyman ( aka "the forbidden" from the books of blood) Midnight Meat Train ( 1st story in 1st volume of The Books of Blood) Rawhead Rex Books Of Blood (also made into a recent TV series) Dread (2009) ,Rawhead Rex (1986) Underworld (1985) Quicksilver Highway (1997) Just to name a few
Fun Fact: Nicholas Vince, who plays the Chatterer, received a hook to the jaw while filming the scene involving his character being impaled on a swinging torture rack surrounded by the many hanging chains during the final battle. He had to go to the hospital for that. He got lucky too.
The best of the series based on how you learn more of how the Cenobites came to being, notably Pinhead, originally Elliot, a former WW1 soldier. I snuck in to watch it in a video lounge during a residential away week with school on the Isle of Wight and was totally traumatized at the time by the scene where Channard (the excellent Kenneth Cranham) is transformed into a Cenobite by Julia even though the then VHS version had footage of the barbed wire slicing into his head, cut. Only the melting Nazis scene on Raiders of the Lost Ark could level with it at the time. A few years ago and finally watching both again I loved it. ....and to think I hesitated (lol)
Just two fine British lads discovering their culture's contribution to world society.
It doesn't hurt that they're both handsome too
They are both SO DAMN CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought this comment was about Pinhead and Channard at first.
Very darn fine indeed!
They are both very fine indeed hehehe
You left out my favorite line. "I was just the wicked stepmother. Now I'm the evil queen. Take your best shot, Snow White"
Studios have never known what to do with Clive Barker. They’re okay with the violence but are terrified of the overt sexuality and eroticism. But it’s the combo that makes his stuff so freaky and twisted.
Today it would be too extreme for both lol
My mom hasn't read any Barker in a long time and I had recently read Cabal again. She didn't believe me when I said how sexually graphic Barker can be. He described sounds.
@@themidianite1645 I'm still disturbed over the witch rape scene in Weaveworld, especially the description of the protag being force fed sour breastmilk
Sexual violence is always worse
Probably because it's worse
I think one of the most disturbing ideas from Hellbound is the reveal that Chatterer was A KID. Like, a kid opened the lament configuration and became that thing.
Its ehh
Yes,a kid,however a kid who killed his father and had his mother framed for it. Thats what Ive been led to understand. This wasnt a good kid,but an evil one.
@@bobby_c7671in the book lore his dad was abusive, he was gay before it was accepted, he became a teenage prostitute, and made the only person he ever had hate him. He's only ever wanted to be loved and ugly. Leviathan gave him something of both. Highly sexual people can be the most complex
@@karybdiz1146 Indeed,he wanted to be ugly and....he got his wish!
My favorite scene, but also the funniest, is when Pinhead stops the cenobites form getting Tiffany. The greatest line of the series, for me, is when he says "It is not hands that summon us. It is desire." But this scene also cracks me up because when he says "No" before this line, it sounds like a Schwarzenegger impression and now that's all I hear when Pinhead speaks.
Pinhead even hinted Kirsty that her dad is in a different hell. That was also a hint to the audience to know that it wasn't her dad that wrote in blood.
Also a fun fact:
When Clive Barker adapted the novella into the 1987 film Hellraiser, he referred to the character in early drafts as "the Priest" but the final film gave no name. The production and make-up crew nicknamed the character "Pinhead" derived from his bald head studded with nails and fans accepted the sobriquet. Thus in Hellbound: Hellraiser II and future movies, the cenobite "the Priest" was credited as Pinhead.
I love the first Hellraiser. But Hellraiser 2 is almost a masterpiece... only thing negative is how easily Charnard defeats Pinhead & Co. The rest is just beautiful twisted sexual gore... love it.
It was not just Dr. Channard defeating them as a regular cenobite. It was Leviathan through him who did it, and he was the powerful Lord of Hell; it decided to do it from the moment Pinhead and co. remembered their humanity and allowed the girls to flee... They could just buy time, but no more than that.
The first half is great, apart from the overlong flashback. I like all the nasty business at Channard's house. In the second half, I love seeing the hell dimension, but the plotting feels messy, and I don't like how the original cenobites are weak and easily killed.
@@ThreadBomb yeah same.
@@ThreadBomb Claire was supposed to be the main/dominant villain who would return in Part 3. That's a big reason the original Cenobites are defeated so easily.
@@ThreadBomb Yeah, like how Julia just dies because... she stands in front of a long hallway? Channard isn't nearly as good a villain as she is. And his quippy one liners, eugh. The movie's not bad, it's just not great after a certain point
Fun fact: Clive Barker nor the studio (initially) anticipated Pinhead to be the most popular character. In the first film he's just called Lead Cenobite. Julia and Frank, in terms of the main story, are the villains of Hellraiser.
Yea the name pinhead was actually coined by a special effects guy cause he thought lead cenobite was a little confusing, Clive barker was a little offended at 1st but the name grew on him
When Sean counts to two and the guy returned on screen I lost it! So pleased.
" And to think I hesitated "
One of the best lines in horror
Nightbreed is definately worth a watch if you like Clive Barker, It's not what you think it is
I agree. They need to watch the Director's Cut of that film.
regretfully, they never made the sequel Cabal.
Agreed, Nightbreed is awesome. Also, People under the stairs.
Absolutely, since they like Clive Barker Nightbreed is a must!
And if you have 5 hours to kill
Most of this movie is excellent, possibly even better than the original. However, I think it gets too silly in the climax with Channard becoming that super Cenobite and killing all of the actually interesting Cenobites from the first movie.
I completely agree with you. I didn't like how that Doctor comes in an takes out the other Cinobites.
@@elskeletor3566 The worst part is that the other Cenobites barely even put up a fight.
@@joshuanelson6795 I know that's what I didn't like. It would of been cooler for a Big fight with the Cenobites then a one on one with Pinhead at the end.
@@elskeletor3566 That would have been awesome! If that actually happened, I probably would rank Hellbound above the original.
It's the only thing in this movie that makes logical sense to me. If the cenobites got their forms and abilities from Leviathan, then it seems more than likely that Leviathan could create an enforcer to absolutely wreck them if they turn away from him.
I never noticed 'til now that Kyle was played by the same actor as Lieutenant Gorman from Aliens! And 13:55? No comment. 😋
Thats who he is!! Thank you!!
13:55. Wasn’t there a similar comment from Shaun about that tongue spitting nurse in Nightmare 3? I guess he’s into some kinky stuff. Not judging, of course. 😁
@@markusjoepen4915 I missed that! Time to rewatch. 😋
Kirsty is one of my favorite final girls. She's a second to Sydney Prescott.
Would Ellen Ripley count?
@@AnomalyINC yupssss
Sydney FleshBot?🤣
@@AnomalyINC Ellen WhipMe?🤣
Kirsty is friggin' beautiful. I wish Ashley Lawrence had gone on to do more things.
Christopher Young's score to "Hellraiser" is FANTASTIC. However, he out did himself scoring the sequel, "Hellbound: Hellraiser II", which is just AWESOME.
Dumb trivia: The Ministry song "Just one fix" the scream throughout the song is sampled from Kristy when she screams at Julia,.
That's cool AF what! Awesome
This is better than the first to me. It’s 80s fantasy like Labyrinth but for horror fans.
Good description.
Wish they had leaned more into that. The Hell/Leviathan parts are my favourite, if it was more of a metaphysical Dante/Orpheues meets Labyrinth trek throught the hell-maze I might have liked it better than the first one.
Agreed, they made the right move fleshing out the Cenobites and Hell, the Hellraiser mythology is endlessly fascinating to me and a lot of it started with Hellbound.
This is the only one that's goo6
See, I thought the "Dr" cenobyte effects were so poorly done they really killed the end of the movie for me, personally. Too much like Beetlejuice to me. Kind of cartoony, almost. Just my opinion though.
"It is not hands that call us...it is DESIRE"
Well, like Elliot says in the 3rd film, Hell has its commandments too. Tiffany was just means to a end.
The actor who played the other doctor, Kyle. He was Lt. Gorman in Aliens.
Thanks! I was trying to place him and couldn’t.
and Channard was Pompeius from Rome
Oh yeah, except he wasn't a douche in this movie. I couldn't stand Lt. Gorman.
@@yomahmaful me too! But for years I was sure it was Craig Wasson from a Nightmare on Elm Street 3 the doctor character lol
You guys should do Slither. I usually have a high tolerance for horror movies but that movie genuinely grossed me out. I watched it once back in like 2007 and have never watched it again.
Slither is GREAT! Scary, gory, and funny as hell. Directed by James Gunn before he did Guardians Of The Galaxy.
Yes, this is definitely worth watching.
yeah, i remember that one. nathan fillion was in it. it was nasty!😜
If you guys watch Clive Barkers Nightbreed, MAKE SURE it is the Cabal Cut. It is the unmolested-by-the-producers cut and has vital footage that sets the romance tone (which is the intent of the film, dark romantic fantasy).
Also Hellraiser and Nightbreed share a universe.
FUN FACT: Hellbound was originally supposed to have Kirsty's father be the one writing her messages, but the actor who played Larry didn't want to come back for the sequel so they had to change it to Frank doing the writing.
Wow, imagine if it was Larry in Julia's skin at the end. That would have been wild.
my favorite scene in this movie is where the boyfriend is walking around an insane cult room going “whoa! Weird! Jesus! Jesus Christ! Weird!” at full volume
Agree with you guys that its way more interesting that Pinhead has an arc, rather than just being a generic villain. One of the best horror characters ever
Pinhead was an elegant and intresting character, even open for discussion and reason. Totally unique. You could actually talk to Pinhead and make a deal. Thats why it pains me so when in the later sequel Pinhead chops a guys head off with a meat cleaver like Jason
Clive Barker Directed
Hellraiser,
Nightbreed
Lord of Illusions
Also wrote Rawhead Rex & Candyman
Lord of Illusions is quite terrifying. I watched it in my late 20's, living on my own. Something about that film that gives me cold shivers.
I want them to make a movie of Imajica... That would be awesome..
Candyman and Hellraiser are twisted masterpieces but more drama than horror. More like a horrific drama. Underrated ! The dark places his mind must go ......
The "Hellbound" in the title is a reference to "The Hellbound Heart", the title of the book the first Hellraiser is adapted from
I love these guys there my new favorite people to watch and I'm really glad that there British iswell it always feels good to see youtubers who are from our country
Christopher Young's score... one of my all time favorite.
"The nurse called her Tiffany."
"What's her real name?"
"Toffany."
Lol.
I met Nicholas Vince, along with Grace Kirby - female Cenobite - at several conventions, and the guy is an absolute gentleman, taking the time answer any questions, even when he's clearly answered them a hundred times already. I love seeing encouragement like this toward TH-camrs and fans. Grace Kirby actually recommended several TH-cam channels that I should watch for reactions, and not just to Hellraiser. Even 30 + years later, these guys still understand and appreciate the impact that film had and continues to have.
In mid-2019, I finally met Doug Bradley himself, and for the first time - to my extreme embarrassment - learned that he played both the character in the music video and provided the narration for Cradle of Filth's Her Ghost in the Fog: to be fair, I hadn't seen the video for several years, but have always loved the song, especially the lyrics, and knew Bradley had performed the vocal narration on the album. I just didn't recognize him in the video! Of course I tried to pretend that I'd known all along, but... it didn't fool him. He was really sweet about it, though.
I agree Pinhead was beaten to easily way to easily
Yeah that sucks dude 😕
"Too."
Well it was Leviathan after all he was way more powerful than all of them together.
I read there was a far longer, more dramatic fight scene between Channard and the other cenobites in the rough cut but it wasn't used
It wasn't even a fight. It was just disappointment personified.
The blood replacement scene is so disturbing.
Originally they had intended for the 3rd film to have Julia return as the main antagonist. They didn't actually realise how much people liked the original cenobites.
Can I just say how much I enjoy watching you gents react to movies I’ve grown up watching over the past 30 years? Your reactions are PRICELESS and remind me how I felt watching these horror classics for the first time. It’s also great to see how much you love practical effects. CGI technology is great but there’s simply no replacing good in-camera effects. Well done, gentlemen!
At 7:32 made me laugh so hard I had to replay it several times and each time I laughed more and more; Tom's facial expression is pure entertainment 🤣. Now boys, I have to say that the blood and gore in this film is nothing compared to the 1992 film Dead Alive. Now in that film, you'll really be grossed out. You guys should check that movie out😊
what a surprise this is, I just randomly re-watched your Hellraiser 1 reaction vid yesterday and this appears today in my feed..
Kenneth Cranham for a few years was in a TV show called Shine on Harvey Moon great show absolutely loved it
He is a really well respected actor.
There are 3 horror classics from 1985 that you guys need to check out:
Re-Animator, Fright Night, and Return of the Living Dead. Great reaction as usual my friends.😎
Fight Night esp. a real feel good movie
They should do Fright Night on a Double Bill with Near Dark.
Return Of The Living Dead! I love to see these guys get their minds blown. "You mean the movies lied??"
if you haven't seen them yet you should check out David Cronenberg's early work like Shivers, Scanners and Videodrome
Make sure you get the Blu Ray for videodrome if you watch that though as the DVD is censored
I'd love them to do Rabid or The Brood.
And the Fly
Facts. Videodrome is one of my favorites
Naked Lunch is one of Cronenberg's weirdest. And Existenz is the last film of his classic period, and one of my faves. I know Dead Ringers got critical praise, but I always found it dull and underwhelming.
One thing they changed in the sequel that no one seems to notice, is the first film is set in London -- they even say Julia is back on her home turf and we get a glimpse of Battersea Power Station. But for some reason they change the location to down-town New York(?) at the start of the sequel. I think they used the more dark and gothic aspects of the London aesthetic in the first film to a great effect. Though setting the sequel in the hospital managed to maintain some of that. I love the first two films, but can't get on board with any of the others.
Clive directed two more, the directors cut of Night Breed is highly, highly recommended, and Lord of Illusions.
Lol. Awesome reactions! I thought we were going to lose you both in a couple of these scenes. Lost me with the maggots. Makes me wonder what is going on inside the head of the people who write this stuff. Great movie and really great, fun reactions!
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My only gripe is that the Cenobites were taken out too easily.
...Have you watched the other sequels?
I think its because the Cenobites started as normal decent people at one time. They got turned into demons at one point. Julia and the Dr. were more evil than them even as humans
Someone else mentioned “Nightbreed”, directed by Clive Barker. They are correct, an amazingly layered film and not what you may be expecting. Still holds up today. Check it out. Love your channel!
Would love if you guys react to some Lovecraftian Horror flicks, like the Re Animator trilogy, Dagon, In the Mouth of Madness, and From Beyond!!
Dagon had some seriously messed up parts, but there is a scene or 2 that made me laugh.
In The Mouth Of Madness is so underrated
@@garysmith3037 same, it may not be a widely known one, but the skinning scene is straight up equal with any Hellraiser level gore. Plus I like the mermaid(?) Chick, love Monster girls lol
Love your guys' measured reactions. You joke a bit during the film but just enough to make it entertaining but not distracting. You don't talk for 20 seconds about things tangentially related to what's happening on screen. Most importantly you are willing to look at what a movie is trying to do and crediting it for that. Judging a film not on your expectations, but on its own merits, is the best thing any movie-watcher can do.
I've never been a fan of reaction accounts as I usually find them to be cheap and dumb but these two guys give such intelligent and genuine commentary and break things down so well I actually really enjoy watching them
I haven't watched this since it was released on rental video way back. Looking forward to it.
Awesome reaction. This one and the First are my favorite.
I think they have said that a new Hellraiser series and movie reboot are being talked about.
Sadly,we'll never see it. The current project was scrapped because of a terrible script. I doubt itll ever get off the ground
13:03 haha, love your reaction guys
This was always my fav out of the series
Same here. I prefer it over the first film.
Watching Hellraiser films is like nails on a chalkboard but to my eyes
Still great films
Underrated comment
Watching Hellraiser films... "Is like razors through flesh, and I'm here to turn up the volume"
Just so you guys know you have become my favourite content creators. Every video is great even if I have no/not much interest in the film. Keep it up guys!
Hello, I have seen your reviews for a week now, and I have to say that you are great and I have a lot of fun watching you react. I go from youtube video to youtube video on your channel and I never get tired at all. your comments about the films are so good. you really make me have a great time. So thanks !!
That Elrond impression was priceless lol. One of your best reactions yet.
Seems like the more gruesome the better the reactions we get from you both.
How about you try watching these at some point down the road.
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
A Serbian Film (2010)
Martyrs (2008)
Hostel (2005)
i gotta say the one reaction video ive watched the most is your hellraiser 1 video looks like this is going to be my second most watched reaction vid :)
The Doctor character changed into a Cenobite freaked the hell out of me...
This is one of my favourite films. The effects are amazing. Yes it has its flaws but it’s so ambitious and the extension of the mythology is well handled. Julia is such an under rated horror villain, Claire Higgins is the ultimate femme fatale!
It was quite obvious that Julia was going to be the villian. some 10 minutes into the film,it was pretty much laid out who the antagonist was. She was evil from the get-go.
You two are my newest favorite TH-cam addiction. I'm a life long horror hound and a MASSIVE Hellraiser/ Pinhead fangirl. You keep me coming back for more. 🖤☠️🖤
This was a fun film! Excited for you to hit the Friday the 13th sequels. Don't forget, you have too do 2, 3, AND 4! They're all connected.
Also, throwing Sleepaway Camp out there again (That movie definitely could not be made today).
Nicholas Vince who played chatterer is also in Clive Barker's Nightbreed ( based on Clive's book Cabal)
All hail the horror master genius that is Clive Barker.
That “Hell No” got me 😂😂
Hellraiser is my favorite franchise because it's horror with balls.
I thought horror with balls was phantasm ha ha I've only watched the first phantasm weird but good!
Douglas Mcenzie - totally agree. On a different note, your comment is 5 days old according to YT, but the video was put up 10 hours ago. Can anyone explain how that happens (just curious).
I don't care about the "balls". I care that Hellraiser is really distinctive and imaginative. Even now there's nothing like it.
@@ThreadBomb What I love about the first 2 Hellraiser films is the fact that the demons and creatures are secondary characters. The main, true evil are the humans
Nicholas Vince also showed up in Nightbreed. He plays the one that has a crescent moon shaped head. Or as some folks have described him, the old Mac Tonight mascot.
My favorite of the franchise, great and brutal sequel.
Please carry on watching the Friday 13th films lads, I’ve been waiting so long. Big up UK. Represent 🇬🇧
I was so stoked you were watching the second one! I got hooked watching the series, but only the ones with Doug Bradley (Pinhead). I think I ignored the last 2 or 3
13:27 : First time we saw a Cenobite get created. In HL 3 & 4 we saw more creations. It's connected to their sins or fear.
Hoping you cover the Child's Play/Chucky series some time in the future. Aside from the 3rd one they're all amazing fun
I forgot how bloody this film was. Good stuff. You gotta see Re-Animator and From Beyond. Also, Brain Dead (Dead Alive) from Peter Jackson. Bad Taste and Meet the Feebles from him too.
I’m dying over the Hellraiser 6 “Oh Hell No” comment🤣🤣🤣
Same with this actually, you could remember the scene "get them off me" for years! Plus these are some of the best lines ever in a horror movie from the cenobites....
This reminds me: check out Candyman. Its based on a short story by Clive Barker and it is probably my favorite horror movie.
Candyman is coming out Friday 😁
@@CinemaRules Hell yeah!
Clive Barker also made Night Breed.
Personally, I disn't like Hell Raiser 3. I'm the weird one that Did Like Hell Raiser - BloodLine.
3 will disappoint you I think, although the "totem pole" was intriguing but never followed up on.
Thank you for sharing.
Its so cool see you guys going through this journey, thank you for doing this!
Chatterer is a fan favorite, so much so they brought him back several times, he even comes back as a Chatterer dog.
If you love fun gore; would you two please consider: Re-Animator - 1985 and Frankenhooker - 1990. Thank you. 😊
Reanimator definitely!!!
Fun gore? What about Peter Jackson's horror comedy film called Braindead aka Dead Alive a little gory but it's hilarious.
@@Lobo2244 Yes!!! "I kick ass for the Lord!!!"
@@Lobo2244 and Bad Taste as well thats also made by Peter Jackson.
You forgot From Beyond imo
The guy who played the dad didn't wanna come back. But it also kind of makes sense since why would he be sent there?
Yep. For some reason he had no desire to come back to the series. Thankfully he went on to better things ie Garak on DS9.
Always loved that the same movers are hired for both houses.
the mattress scene even icks me out and i am a gore hound, the actor on the matress played skinless frank..
Me too. This film REALLY pushes the limit in regards to how much gore can be in a horror flick. It's seriously a messed up film.
@@alucard624 I still Love it..its jsut the creepy crawlies and the guy actually had to have them on him and has the knife.. that just puts it into another
I have seen just about every horror film made. The mattress scene I still cant watch to this day. Its probably one of the most horrific and evil scenes of all time
Saw this in theatres back then and it messed up my head for awhile. Both did. Insane fx
I would LOVE to see you guys watch Baskin. It’s a Turkish horror movie and is genuinely one of the most disturbing pieces of cinema I’ve ever seen. I saw it like 5 years ago and it has stuck with me to this day.
I loved this one ...Its just a lot of things that were explained that the first one did not explain. Love you guys and your reactions!
The doctor's tentacle is based on the Mixmaster he was using on his patients! And Tiffany is explained - her mother is frantic because Tiffany is utterly obsessed with solving puzzles - to the point of not speaking. She was being prepared to CLOSE THE BOX!
If I were you guys, I wouldn’t bother continuing with the Hellraiser films after this one. They go down hill very quickly
Hellraiser 3 is ok, Armored Saint are in it 😁
Hellraiser 4 has good parts. And the parts that aren't good are entertainingly bad.
The recap is in there because people are originally seeing this movie years after the first one, since while there was VSR's they were not wide spread yet. So by the time they saw this one they may have forgotten a lot of the details. A lot of older movies do this to keep continuity.
Barker had found the Julia character fascinating and claimed to be interested in exploring her further in a sequel. The writer and the director apparently agreed...
She was my 'favourite' character. Truly scary. Claire Higgins played her brilliantly.
This reaction was fucking hilarious! You guys are awesome
I'm here for it! I love the Hellraiser franchise
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Guys, if you're going to watch the third one, make sure you have some drinks. It's all downhill from there.
15:00 "Yeah grab that thing, whatever it is." That's how this shit started
Great reaction as always. Please watch 'WOLF' with Jack Nicholson. One of my favourite films of all time. Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader. Quality cast. Can't go wrong. Cheers mates.
Love all 3 Hellraisers from back in the day, this ones my favourite, probably cos im a gorehound lol, then its the first one, then the third
List of other Clive Barker's stories adapted into movies:
Candyman ( aka "the forbidden" from the books of blood)
Midnight Meat Train ( 1st story in 1st volume of The Books of Blood)
Rawhead Rex
Books Of Blood (also made into a recent TV series)
Dread (2009)
,Rawhead Rex (1986)
Underworld (1985)
Quicksilver Highway (1997)
Just to name a few
Great reaction as always lads. Could you do Wishmaster?
Can't wait for Halloween 2021 to see you two in skeleton costume. And don't forget to slather yourself in raspberry jelly! LOL!
Fun Fact: Nicholas Vince, who plays the Chatterer, received a hook to the jaw while filming the scene involving his character being impaled on a swinging torture rack surrounded by the many hanging chains during the final battle. He had to go to the hospital for that. He got lucky too.
The best of the series based on how you learn more of how the Cenobites came to being, notably Pinhead, originally Elliot, a former WW1 soldier. I snuck in to watch it in a video lounge during a residential away week with school on the Isle of Wight and was totally traumatized at the time by the scene where Channard (the excellent Kenneth Cranham) is transformed into a Cenobite by Julia even though the then VHS version had footage of the barbed wire slicing into his head, cut. Only the melting Nazis scene on Raiders of the Lost Ark could level with it at the time. A few years ago and finally watching both again I loved it. ....and to think I hesitated (lol)
I forgot William Hope (Kyle) was in this movie, he played Lt. Gorman in Aliens.