Hellraiser IV: Bloodline
Directed by Alan Smithee
Determined to close the gates of hell once and for all, a 22nd-century scientist, whose ancestor freed the demonic Pinhead centuries before, tries to reverse the Lament Configuration! This blood-curdling epic spans three eras and 400 years, from the 18th-century Parisian origins of the Lament Configuration box (which proves to be a doorway to Hell) to modern times, and finally to the year 2127 and a gigantic spaceship where the forces of good must again triumph over evil!
The past, the present and the future will meet at the crossroads of hell!
Cast: Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Doug Bradley
Member Reviews
Pretty poor. Nothing seemed to gel, and I didn't even particularly enjoy Pinhead in this one.
I may have low standards, but I just adore this film since I was small. It’s campy, it’s 90 and it’s a pretty damn good story. Give it a try and see. 👍
Better than I expected, being made on such a tiny budget it felt bigger than the sum of its parts. Don’t know wtf a previous reviewer said about being better than the original, absolutely not by a long way. It’s not exactly Hellraiser in space, that’s misleading. Without giving too much away it starts briefly with an intriguing introduction in space, but the bulk of the movie is flashbacks to two previous time periods/events on earth and closes the movie finishing the story in space. It’s a good storyline well made on a budget with mostly unknown actors that keeps you going wondering how it would tie up. Pinhead happily has a lot of screen time, but the small budget means limited cenobite time…. but they have a nice couple of new additions. I enjoyed it more than I expected. Normally budget films feel budget with budget acting, budget direction, budget script etc…. but this was well made with decent acting and direction, editing, pace, characters, they all elevated the movie wringing out more quality. I would have given it 4 skulls, but for me that lack of money was finally felt in the ending as it just kind of ended in a bit of a rushed way. I’d definitely recommend watching though, it’s a decent Hellraiser movie / story and a lot higher quality than a lot of others films on shudder with a similar budget.
love the cenobites. pinhead rules
Just didn’t make sense!!! I have always loved Hellraiser and didn’t realise that I had missed this one…… hadn’t really missed much had I?!?! The whole future aspect was intriguing but didn’t really play out…. . disappointed 😩