Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002) - Movie Review
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- Hellraiser: Hellseeker follows a man who's life is slowly plagued by nightmarish elements. Does Pinhead do a better job at taking over a generic cop thriller this time?
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Correction: The main character is not a Detective. Just shows how much this and Inferno bled together for me.
yeah I was thinking that! Would have been a better film if the followed Kirsty's arc, a bit of a wasted opportunity.
But it does have a cop duo in it like inferno
This movie is so forgettable I didn't even notice lol
No he's not a fucking detective!! He is going through his own hell. Descions made that lead him to be easy prey!! The dude in the shop was Pinhead!! I fucking love that shit!!
I feel like Doug Bradley still being around should count as a positive... treasure him while you have him, Cody!
Honestly, as much as I love the first hellraiser and even enjoy the first 2 l sequels, I really don’t like anything else Doug Bradley does, I mean aside from the first three movies And really only the first two are actually good movies, the third one is just more tolerable than the rest, aside from that he has a bunch of trashy Hellraiser movies and a trashy wrong turn movie
@@michaelshane5882 totally agree. Dude is no seal of quality and Judgment is better than any Bradley-Hellraisers from the last 25-30 years.
@@Qbort. Exactly, I think fans of certain properties hold certain people in too high regard.. if people were honest with themselves they’d realize That the first Hellraiser was such a good movie because the story that it was built on, pinhead only has about 10 or 12 minutes of screen time in the whole movie, so that Bradley doesn’t even contribute very much to that movie it was good because it was a good script and had good direction. Doug Bradley did a good pinhead, I’m not taking away from his portrayal But I don’t think his insertion is what made the first movie so good
@@michaelshane5882that's not exactly his fault though. He didn't write the script he just acts it out, which I think we can all agree, he's objectively the best Pinhead, with 2022 being a close second. Doug Bradley IS a treasure, he just had the misfortunate of people directing the films not being Clive Barker. I have a feeling if Clive had stuck around, the films he starred in would have been much better.
I want Scarlet Gospels turned into film
Of all the later HELLRAISER sequels, this one is one of my favorites. Thematically it’s similar to INFERNO, but I prefer this over Scott Derrickson’s film.
Yes I agree!!! I liked Inferno yet loved Hellseeker!🔥🔥
I find both quite similar also, but I have a soft spot for Inferno personally. I know I'm kind of the odd man out here. Hellseeker is pretty awesome though.
Inferno will always be my all time favorite
@@CordlessCinema excactly
Agree!!!! I love hellseeker, my fav sequel of the straight to home video. And my 5th fav of the franchise!
As much as I enjoy seeing Kirsty again, they put her on the sidelines for almost the whole movie. The best part of this movie is one classic line from Pinhead at the end but 10 seconds of greatness certainly can’t save a whole movie.
I feel like her character was completely wasted in this one. This is my least favorite in the whole franchise!
Hellraiser Hellseeker, the one that keeps fake outing. Funnily enough the studio cut out the scenes involving Kirsty, Pinhead, Julia, Larry and Frank. I say funnily I should mean frustratingly. Although I think Clive Barker likes this one.
I feel very sorry for you once you get to revelations.
There was an extended version of Kirsty's deal with Pinhead. He tells her that he wouldn't stop until he had her soul. She tries to get back at him by saying that she brought Frank to him and his group, but he says that he is grateful for that. Anyway, Kirsty WAS clever with this deal. I honestly liked Pinhead's quote at the end, "Welcome to the worst nightmare of all: Reality." That's a memorable Pinhead line, along with the "I am pain" line in part 4. Inferno was okay in terms of the production design and Doug Bradley's performance, but aside from that, it's not really that great. Hellseeker is SLIGHTLY better, but not by a whole lot. The next one, I think, is definitely the better direct-to-video sequel. 1 through 4 are great, 5 is pretty bad, Hellseeker is okay, Deader is good, Hellworld is average, and Revelations is just not worth my time. Judgement is probably gonna be as bad as its predecessor, but I'll have to watch it for myself and then judge it.
Judgement is actually fantastic imo.
Inferno is my favorite of the franchise
@@GarryWilliams555 what drugs are you on
Always love how funny the intros are man. Never change
Dean Winters was great in Oz as well.
I love these daily Hellraiser drops
I wonder whether at the end of the series what he will like more: Saw or Hellraiser franchise lol
has to be saw
Saw, not even a question! That franchise at least has some gory kills (ok, Hellraiser is also gory but Saw is just brutal) and Saw at least has lots of potential... as far as I hear Hellraiser is literally the worst "famous" horror franchise he has covered, even Leprechaun seems to at least have funny movies, this one...
@@Bobby14 Meh. Leprechaun is the only franchise he has covered where three entries in the series had a 'Fuck this movie' rating.
@@FookMi69 probably, but the bad side of the Hellraiser films are just, rarely enjoyable! At least with Leprechaun 4 you can laugh at how bad it is...
@@Bobby14 Fair. Hellraiser is probably the most pitiful horror franchise there is.
Definitely prefer Hellseeker over Inferno for the reason you said, Kirsty and the albeit obvious story. Also I can't stand Inferno.
I will always love Dean Winters from HBO's "OZ."
ryan o'reilly
you're killing it with the content man! Keep going!
Dean Winters is also in John Wick 1.
I'll always remember being introduced to this movie on the VHS version of Halloween: Resurrection.
After watching for myself... Great minds think alike? .-. That's Dimension in a nutshell in the late 90s, early 2000s
I prefer Inferno by a significant margin. Hellseeker trades on continuity without actually doing anything with that continuity. (Deader will do the same thing by offhandedly referencing the Merchant family line). Inferno, on the other hand, was closer to what I wish the entire series had been: a collection of standalone movies featuring various morally-corrupt people stumbling across the puzzle box. The second, third, and fourth films were too interested in developing the mythology of the Cenobites rather than keeping to the original film's simplicity, and as much as I enjoy Doug Bradley's performances in these films, I prefer him to have limited screen time. The last thing we need is for Pinhead to become another Freddy Krueger.
I agree 100 percent m Inferno is my favorite of the franchise
I hated Hellraiser 3 , too much Pinhead and he was too goofy
I didn't realise the main actor was the vulture from Brooklyn nine nine.great to see he still plays the same type of character😃
Kirsty getting revenge was awesome. This one is my 3rd favorite
Haven't watched these direct to video sequels in awhile, but I seem to recall liking most of them enough and Hellseeker was my favorite of the bunch. Maybe it's time for my own Hellraiser marathon to see if they hold up.
I keep thinking that's Cary Elwes' foot in the corner there.
I think I liked this movie more because I hadn't seen 4 and 5 when I saw this, so this was a welcome return and I didn't know it was similar to Inferno. I also screened it on a big screen in an old medical school surgery auditorium for a bunch of my friends, so the ambience was right. I thought it made sense that Kirsty would turn into what she did from all the shit he had been through. So I have fond memories of this one though it's definitely flawed. And "Poleraiser" is hilarious...!
I hate that Kirsty's line "I had a good teacher" was not included in the final cut.
I actually Enjoyed Hellseeker it's an Underrated Film in the Franchise Critics were Too Harsh on Hellraiser Hellseeker
Absolutely!!! It’s a great movie!!!
Great review as always Cody... however if you thought Inferno & Hellseeker were mediocre and/or bad Cody, the further down the Hellraiser sequel train you go, the worse that they will continue to appear get (at least in my opinion)....but watch & judge them all for yourself, maybe you'll find one that you may personally like that most fans may not. There might he a hidden gem down there for you...or not...🤷....Looking forward to hearing your thoughts for the next one. ✌️
I actually like this one. It’s not as good as the first 4, but it’s not bad at all
Such underrated movie !!!!!!
A waste of Kirsty
Sidelined Kirsty Cotton, Pinhead kills nobod & you could, play a drinking game everytime there a jump scare dream sequence.
Watchable but could've been so much better.
Awesome review Cody.
Dean Winters is a very good actor. Those "Mayhem" didn't do him any favors in terms of how most people see him as an actor.
This used to be my favorite and although I still love it, there are some issues I have. Kirsty opening the box made no sense and she totally didn't have to do that. She had no way of knowing that Pinhead would be receptive to her deal. Also, I'm not fond of the fact that she killed 3 relatively innocent women as she's my favorite final girl. Also the twist is the exact same as the twist in part 5. I still love the movie and have a lot of fun with it.
Dammit, Cody, why couldn't you have written this script? I like your idea, making her the focal point of this movie, and her losing her mind after all that she went through in the pervious movies. I think that would have made for a better movie. As for which I prefer between this and Inferno? I'm picking Option C, neither. 😉
Dean Winters had a pretty big role on Law And Order Special Victims Unit in it's very long current run. That's where I recognize him from. He plays a detective in that and is really good. I love you videos
He’s very underrated!!! Great actor !!
@@vinilima1227 agreed
Dean Winters’ most memorable role will always be Ryan O’Reilly from Oz.
You'd think Ryan O'Reilly could withstand Pinhead. I mean, one of only a handful of people that make it out of OZ but alas, no.
Yeah you'd think he'd manipulate pinhead like he did most guys in OZ.
Your suffering watching the rest of these movies will be legendary
I got a feeling Cody is gonna have a no positives in one of his hellraiser reviews soon.
That p.rn reference was hilarious lol
If any of them, My guess is Hellraiser Revelations
@@averagevideogameenjoyer3111 nah I think it's gonna be hellworld
@@RAVEN11031 We will See...
I remember Deader being the worst.
@@joshuanelson6795 that one was just boring and it was no point to it….wait you could be right lol
I love Hellseeker ! I like it much more then inferno .
I actually liked this one better than the last one.
Haha. Jacob's Ladder II & III. That's pretty spot on.
You have to wonder though, with all these Hell Raiser movies doing so poorly, and then going straight to video, all these sequels with Pinhead pasted in would have probably been bit more successful without the dead weight of the Hell Raiser title chained to them. But then again, i guess that's how they kept the rights to the property, whatever the hell that's worth, lol. Unless one day, a reboot is made that people actually want to see. Imagine a Hell Raiser movie making over $100 million at the box office, or over $70 million, or even $30 million. I don't know if my imagination is that strong.
Well we are getting a Hellraiser reboot next year but it’s going to be on Hulu and be with a female Pinhead. Clive Barker is producing the reboot movie . There is also Hellraiser tv show in the works for HBO as well.
@@michaelbolcato192 I just happened to look Hell Raiser up on Wikipedia, and yes they are supposedly working on a new one. I saw it was going to Hulu, which really doesn't seem like a negative or positive to me. I also saw that the female Pinhead is now out, and has been recast to a male actor.
I had not heard anything about HBO, but in general, HBO can do no wrong in my eyes. I love HBO's writing and production teams. My favorite series are usually made by HBO, so that would be cool.
He wasn’t a detective, he was just a normal office worker that was being investigated by detectives
I know this has nothing to do with this video, but Ive been watching Chucky and I don't mind it as a show, but I mostly watch it so I can come to your channel after and see your reaction. Fist time I've ever enjoyed the reactions more than the show itself. As for the Hellraiser series I'm pretty okay with most of em.
I guess Dean Winters’ time on SVU benefited him in this mess lol
Bro you need 100k subs immediately the way you work Cody!!!
Makes me laugh how they're so imaginative with the cover design for each sequel. A different angle of Pinhead, just with a different colour. We've had pale blue, green, orange, and now red! Why not make him bright pink or purple?
In some Hellraiser comics Kirsty becomes a Cenobite.
I thought this hellraiser movie had an interesting story but it just didn't do anything for me this is when the hellraiser movies really started to go downhill fast
I like how u didnt complain about the amount of fake out scenes their was
This has my favorite Pinhead line. When the guy sees what really happened, and sees Kirsty shooting him, he says "welcome to the worst reality of all, reality."
@Average Deadlift Enjoyer Oops. It should read, "Welcome to the worst nightmare of all, reality."
In a strange sort of way I like the decent into madness and toll it takes on his mind.
Although inferno did have it's visual moment loved the soul bring do cold that it gets compared it a winter snow fall,
Trick to these later sequel s is all ways know 1 low budget, 2 they're kinda artsy fartsy not all but certainly the these last 2
I prefer Inferno over this for the visuals and creativity, overall I just think it’s more competent. Had this one been called Poleraiser though my answer might be different!
When people use the phrase "a mess of a movie" this one is among the first that comes to my mind.
Ashley Laurence is quoted as saying that she had only been paid enough money to make a payment toward a new refrigerator.
Holy crap! Just watched this tonight and, until hearing you just point it out, I had NO IDEA that Kirsty was the character from the first 2 movies. Man, shows you how much of this BS franchise is actually sticking with me!
How the Hell did he trick Kirsty into opening the box anyway?
Did she Just forget about what happened in the First two films?
New subscriber here. "Poleraiser".... that's really friggin good. Like what I've seen so far 😊
XD Pole Raiser...Good pun there Cody
Wait till Hellworld lol it's literally just Halloween Resurrection with Pinhead instead of Mikey
I thought this movie was okay.. but I feel like it followed suit after inferno. So I take away points for that
It would have been more interesting to see Kirsty being like Julia through the whole film , instead of seeing the boring lead we got
Again, I enjoyed this one as well. I DO agree that using HER as the protagonist would be more affective. I do like the previous film more (Craig Sheffer's best work). "Deader" was terrible, as was the final film "Revelations".
I love the rest of the series. You'll, likely, crap on "Hellworld" (which is fine), but it's one of my favorites. I'm a huge Lance Henrickson fan, so I'm probably biased lol. Either way I'm always looking forward to your take.
The final film in this franchise (as of right now) is actually Hellraiser: Judgement that also doesn’t have Doug Bradley as Pinhead and it came out on DVD 3 years ago. There’s a reboot movie of Hellraiser coming to Hulu next year and a tv show for HBO.
I wish they would’ve kept the extended scene between pinhead and Kirsty it was a great call back to the first two films and added an interesting relationship between the two characters but nope they cut it instead but it’s on TH-cam if anyone’s interested
i dont think i know anyone that has seen any of the hellraiser movies after part 2.
Ugh this is definitely one of my least favorites just all together bad
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Rite on cheers for the Phantasm shirt for me Phantasm is my all time favorite Horror Franchise!! Anyways out of all the Hellraiser movies I have seen, I hated this one the most obviously I haven’t seen abominations like Revelation and Judgement so not counting them but this movie to me desecrates Kirsty Cotton’s character, the protagonist is a unlikeable scumbag just as bad as Inferno’s main character if not worst, furthermore how is Kirsty naive enough to get attached to a person like that and in the long run gets taken advantage of cause this is Kirsty Cotten a character shown in the first 2 movies to be brave and smart enough to evade or outsmart the likes of Frank, Julia, Dr Channard, and at times Pinhead and his Cenobite posses and they basically degrade her character to something like this? Its an insult and why I hate this movie because its as dragging as Inferno but is an insult to fans of the first 2 movies and the lore. Both Hellseeker and Inferno are bottom tier the worst movies in the franchise but I’ll say this movie is the worst because its Inferno 2.0 and them some. But next movie Deader I actually liked probably the best of post Bloodline movies imo.
Pole raiser….I’m dead Cody. You have killed me.
This ones biggest sin is pulling the same gimmick as the last one. You know whats going on about 15 minutes in and that makes it boring.
That being said, on paper the concept is friggin awesome. Seeing Kirsty use the cenobites to get revenge is fucking cool and that makes it at least some fun. If they had executed that concept better without the gimmick from inferno, it could have been up there with 2 or 3.
Id place it slightly above inferno, but slightly below 3
i prefer inferno over any of the sequels. inferno feels like a Max Payne storyline with the narration and dark vibe and then it goes even darker bringing in pinhead and going to hell. the style the pace the imagery is so cool to me the last 20 minutes of the movie is insane crazy fun
It's my man, ryan o'reilly.
Also a fan of Dean Winters. Johnny was great on Rescue Me. Poleriser🤣
I loved this one! I think it's my favorite now that I'm rewatching them as an adult. Its better than the first 5 for me
Love the shirt
Hellseeker kicked butt my fourth favorite in the franchise. We finally experience more of the workings of being trapped in the box. Also Kirsty solidifies herself as Pinheads ultimate nemesis
Every one after the fourth one are actually stories that were not written as hell raiser but used the name with a sprinkle of pinhead in it. They all sucked after 4.
I prefer Inferno. I know you didn’t care much for that one but it was one of the last tolerable sequels to me so I’ve held a soft spot for it. Plus it used to creep me out as a kid. I almost don’t want to rewatch it simply because I don’t think I’ll like it nearly as much. Simply because my interest in this franchise is long gone. I’ll stick to Barker’s books. Even his worst novel is better than the worst Hellraiser film.
It was nice to have Ashley back for this movie but like the others past Inferno, it didn’t make a splash with me back when it hit video and I can’t imagine revisiting it now will change my opinion very much. Sometimes you just know when something is awful and you don’t need a second watch.
Thank you for saving me the torment of going back to re-view it myself. I only watched 6 and on as a sense of duty. “I’ve seen the others, might as well watch these too.” That mentality. once I do watch them, I make a quick judgment and often bleach my mind of it and don’t think about it again until these review videos start popping up.
If you like Dean Winters, I also recommend checking out the old HBO series OZ.
This movie was alright but like you said it's more just an Inferno repeat. What's funny is this and Inferno are better Jacobs Ladder remakes than the actual Remake.
plan on doing a reaction vid to Jeepers Creepers: Reborn Trailer ?
Personally Cody I don't mind Hellraiser Inferno or Hellseeker. I'm someone who can appreciate the psychological approach that those movies took. I feel like Hellraiser just kind of became that series where the thought of Hell and what might actually be is actually scarier than the initial purpose of wha Hellraiser was thought up as. In other words it became less about the pain and pleasure with Cenobites side of things and more about the horror of Hell and how terrifying that could be
I watched the whole Hellraiser franchise at the 1st half of 2020
And i remembered that my list is this
Love/liked them 👇🏻
1.Hellraiser Hellseeker
2.Hellraiser(i prefer Hellseeker for a bit)
3.Hellraiser Bloodline
I kinda enjoyed them👇🏻
4.Hellraiser 8(loved the ending)
5.Hellraiser Hell on Earth
Ok👇🏻
6.Hellraiser 2 Hellbound(i didn't understand that movie i need to rewatch it)
Decent and bad at the same time 👇🏻
7.Hellraiser Dearer
8.Hellraiser Inferno
Bad but a bit entertaining
9.Hellraiser Revelation
👇🏻Boring
10.Hellraiser Judgement
Sorry Cody. I'm late to your review. Had to watch Canelo Alvarez fight tonight with my brother. But I'm here. Now this film is yet another disappointment for me. From Hellraiser 5 on is just frustrating and disappointing to see the lack of Barkers true vision of these characters and world in them. I hate that they weren't even Hellraiser films to begin with. But Awesome review as always man.✌
Mabey Judgment will give you some redeeming qualities. I doubt it though being a fan of the first 4.
I mainly just remember this movie being Dean Winters walking around with a confused look on his face, all while random women try to fuck him. Gun to my head, if I had to choose this or Inferno... maybe the bullet? But maybe Inferno, I recall that plot having more going on in it, but that's a low bar.
This one over inferno because of the Kirsty Cotton inclusion
It was a good idea to get Ashley Laurence back for this sequel. 😀👍
This one pissed me off so much the first time I saw it. I thought it was a total betrayal of Kirsty’s character. The more I rewatch it, I realized that I was wrong on that front. It’s towards the bottom for me with Hellraiser but so are 5&7.
Poleraiser had me dying laughing haha!
6 and 7 are why whenever I hear someone say they're watching these movies for the first time, my response is something along the lines of "Your Pain Will Be Legendary". Fuck this movie
I didn't enjoy both movies.
They where not for .
Really enjoyed the 3rd film
Great video
I stopped caring after III - hell on Earth.
Inferno is way better than Hellseeker in my opinion. Hellseeker ruins Kirsty’s character in my opinion.
Damn…Cody I’m sorry to say but it doesn’t get better. Hellseeker is the better sequel to the series…my only hope for you is that maybe one of two of them is so bad it’s good territory, but the quality never goes up.
I think I asked on the last review,do you have any comments on the new female pinhead?
Unfortunately I think this is the last one to take any positive from, however little that may be which to me is just having Dennis from 30 Rock as the lead, but hope you enjoy at least one of the others.
What I liked was how Pinhead took time out of his day to tell Trevor he sucked and was just schmuck bait. You have to be a spectacular piece of human garbage to disgust the Priest of Hell.
I have it on DVD. 😄
I prefer Inferno with the Engineer story and the fingers and the visual style and my fav cenobites the Wire twins
This movie gets a bad rap. It's the best sequel since Hellbound. It's certainly better than Inferno. It actually has a protag that isn't completely repulsive. Outside of a couple of poor CG sequences, this is a fun enough movie. Now, if you have a laundry list of must-haves for a "Hellraiser" movie and can't just accept this as a "horror movie", then yeah, your biases are going to make you auto-hate it. But it's a fun movie. Inferno was a slog to watch. I've watched Hellseeker repeatedly. Great performances. And if you didn't think Hellseeker had redeeming factors, definitely no need to watch the reviews of the rest of the series, because... spoiler alert: THERE AREN'T ANY. Post-Hellraiser 3, the series peeks at Hellseeker, plain and simple.
"Swatting away pussy like Justin Timberlake at a 90s con." That is going in the hall of fame of Cody one liners. 😂 Hilarious review, I will pray for you on the next ones.
Bad news Cody,its not going to get better. The hell you're about to witness has only just begun
This is a genuine question but how would you write repugnant protagonists?
You can still write characters as likeable that have huge flaws. If they're unlikable we don't have any investment in their journey.
@@CodyLeachYT that's a good rule. I find the flaws adds more depth to characters than if they were like the next Saint or running for Jesus. Makes them more human. Are you meaning like if they had that side where they were charismatic or had a boyish charm but they were callous or a bit of a bastard like as an example, Iron Man was in the first film, Jesse Pinkman or Tony Soprano? Like they had good intentions but the choices the world gave them left no other alternative. Thank you for your reply.
This is one that I didn’t watch. I still think after the fourth movie. The movies bombed for me but didn’t watch the last two movies.
I like this one too.