| | | It Will Tear Your Soul Apart Like Never Before.
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In 1988, it emerged as the shocking follow-up to the film that redefined the face of horror. Two decades later, it remains the most brutally original sequel in horror film history. Relive the nightmare of pleasure and pain as the puzzle box unleashes the depraved hunger of the Cenobites, the unholy birth of the Leviathan Configuration and even the horrific origin of Pinhead (Doug Bradley). Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence and Kenneth Cranham co-star in this hit sequel from executive producer Clive Barker that experiences the flesh like no other. The time to play has come again: surrender yourself to the infernal labyrinth of Hellbound: Hellraiser II - 20th Anniversary Edition.
"Stunning, relentless and scary...possibly the most striking and unnervingly original depiction of hell ever seen on screen!" Classic-Horror.com
"...a fun film, if you can stomach it." Juicy Cerebellum
"There are enough bizarre and shocking effects here to satisfy all but the most demanding genre fans." The Washington Post
"...a gruesome, gory, and super cool horror film that's well worth checking out." ToxicUniverse.com
"Gore and weird imagery abound." VideoHound's Goden Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
Beginning just hours after the original HELLRAISER ended, HELLBOUND finds young Kristy (Laurence) waking up in a mental institution because she insisted on describing her parents murderers as pain-loving demons from hell to the authorities. Unfortunately, she has been placed in the car of Dr. Channard, who has devoted his life to solving the Lament Configuration, the key to the doorway of hell, and now, with Kristy, he believes he has found another key. Resuscitating the skinless corpse of her stepmother, Julia, Dr. Channard succeeds in opening a doorway to hell, one that Julia, Channard, Kristy, and her mute friend Tiffany all travel through. Based on a story by Clive Barker, HELLBOUND is both a continuation of the original as well as a much different take on its story and universe. Here, the film fashions itself after an ALICE IN WONDERLAND type fairy tale as it focuses on Kristy and Tiffany's adventures in hell as well as on the lives of the Cenobites. Infamously gory, surreal, and often horrifying, HELLBOUND is a satisfying sequel to one of the most original horror films of the 1980s.
Plot Summary
In the first film, a thrillseeker's lust leads to the bloody murders of a couple by the Cenobites, hell's merciless torturers. A psychiatrist treats the couple's surviving daughter, but he is really interested in unlocking the key to forbidden pleasures. Through the dark art of magic, he rejuvenates the skinless body of the girl's stepmother and begins a fresh descent into hell.
| Features | Outside The Box: Interview With Director Tony Randel About His Early Career & How Hellbound Shaped His Creative Future | | The Doctor Is In: Interview With Actor Kenneth Cranham On His Experiences Playing The Villainous Dr. Channard | | The Soul Patrol: Interviews With Cenobite Performers Simon Bamford, Nicholas Vince, & Barbie Wilde | | Audio Commentary With Director Tony Randel, Writer Peter Atkins, & Actor Ashley Laurence | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Featurettes: Under The Skin - Doug Bradley On Hellbound: Hellraiser II, & Lost In The Labyrinth, Produced By Clive Barker | | Interactive Menus | | On-Set Interview With Clive Barker & Cast & Crew | | Photo Galleries | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English | | Theatrical Trailers | | TV Spots |
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Release Information
| | Studio: STARZ/SPHE |
| Release Date: 12/30/2008 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1988 | | Catalog ID: 15940 | | UPC: 00013131594096 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Chicago Sun-Times 5 of 10
Generally speaking, there are two kinds of nightmares: the kind that you actually have, and the kind they make into movies. Real nightmares usually involve frustration or public embarrassment. In the frustrating ones, a loved one is trying to tell you something and you can't understand them, or they're in danger and you can't help them. In the embarrassing ones, it's the day of the final exam and you forgot to attend the classes, or you're in front of a crowd and can't think of anything to say, or you wandered into the hotel lobby without any clothes on and nobody has noticed you yet - but they're about to...Those are scary nightmares, all right, and sometimes they turn up in the movies. But "Hellbound: Hellraiser II" contains the kinds of nightmares that occur only in movies, because our real dreams have low budgets and we can't afford expensive special effects. The movie begins a few hours after the original "Hellbound" ended. A young girl named Kirsty has been placed in a hospital after a night in which she was tortured by the flayed corpses of her parents, who were under the supervision of the demons of hell. What this girl needs is a lot of rest and a set of those positive-thinking cassettes they advertise late at night on cable TV...This movie has no plot in a conventional sense. It is simply a series of ugly and bloody episodes strung together one after another like a demo tape by a perverted special-effects man. There is nothing the heroines can do to understand or change their plight and no way we can get involved in their story...That makes "Hellbound: Hellraiser II" an ideal movie for audiences with little taste and atrophied attention spans who want to glance at the screen occasionally and ascertain that something is still happening up there. If you fit that description, you have probably not read this far, but what the heck, we believe in full-service reviews around here. - Roger Ebert
Apollo Movie Guide 7 of 10
While most horror sequels are dismissed as money-grubbing junk piles, once in a while, one comes along in which there obviously has been some real effort applied. When a filmmaker is handed the reins to an already popular movie series, it might seem all too easy to just coast on "auto-pilot" and simply try to fill the screen with as much gore as possible. Fortunately, this is not the case in 1988's Hellbound: Hellraiser 2. Although it's certainly not the modern classic that the original has become, this sequel earns a lot of points for simply not doing the same old thing...[The] Hellraiser flicks generally deal with two components: a creepy puzzle box called the Lament Configuration and an undead ghoul named Pinhead. Pinhead usually has a group of disturbing and deformed compatriots (called Cenobites) at his side, and much of the horror in these movies deals with human skin being pierced by metal hooks. Sound like fun to you? Then feel free to give Hellbound a shot...Picking up immediately where the first Hellraiser leaves off, this movie centres around Kirsty, a young woman who dealt with a whole lot of gruesome stuff in the first flick. Since she's been found covered in blood, screaming about undead zombies from hell and haunted mattresses, Kirsty is promptly plunked into a loony bin. There she meets a mute young lady named Tiffany who has an affinity for solving puzzles, and two psychiatrists: one young and nice, the other old and evil. Through a truly gruesome series of escapades, Kirsty and Tiffany find themselves lost in the catacombs of Hell, while trying to escape from a collection of villains -- some human, most of them not...Director Tony Randel (Fist of the North Star, Ticks) keeps the movie going at a rapid pace, stopping every ten minutes to present some wet, icky violence. When the two heroines eventually journey into Hell itself, Randel also shows a deft hand in presenting some truly disturbing sequences. - Scott Weinberg
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