Like always, Ebert and the other nobody talking out of their assess. Whoever the hell listens to these two clowns' opinion to formulate if they should or should not see a movie needs to develop common sense.
What the FUCK is their problem? They are the most condescending people walking this planet minus the tall guy. These people are idiots and have no idea what the fuck they are talking about. There is a plot but THEY do not SEE that. Jackoffs.
Hellraiser 2 is a continuation of the first one and has brilliant use of gore as well as a concept that makes it more interesting with the doc and his assistant, Kirsty and the blonde gal.
this movie wasn´t meant to be seen or liked by people like these two, it was meant for fans of horror movies that wanted more than just another hack and slash horror movie, like Friday the 13th and Halloween (great movies by btw)
This guy is the worst critic.I hope people dont listen to his opinions.His brain is too small to understand what hellraiser is about.Hellraiser is a very original horror film....a very good one.Best not watched by easily confused idiots.....not that its very confusing,as if you pay attention and actually watch it....it tells its story very well, through out the series..My recomendation,fans of original, good horror or good movies in general, should watch atleast the first 3 films.FU S&E!!!!!
And all the Cenobites in hell, Kirsty and Tiffany have given this review 34 thumbs down, I even think Pinhead is planning many ways to torture them for the negative review as we speak.
@SuperHorrormovies No. If you click on the review at the right for Child's Play, Ebert gives it thumbs up. They both put the original Halloween on their top ten lists for 1978. Both loved Re-Animator, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead. Siskel gave thumbs up to Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse. Ebert gave thumbs up to Wes Craven's Last House on the Left. I can list more examples. They like horror movies.
@TrettaM I just watched HR1 last week and it was pretty bad. Bad acting, dragged out scenes, some redeemable gore effects though. The silver lining however was that I recognized Kristy's dad who you may also know as the cosmic Taylor, Girac from TV's Star Trek DS9...... and the wife bludgeoning the baited middle aged men in the skull with a hammer....
its so funny watching these old reviews.....EVERYTHING that these two jokers say that is meant to be the reasoning NOT to go see this movie is EVERY reason that the Hellraiser franchise became as big as it did.....how could these two clowns be wrong SO much and keep their jobs for as long as they did
Wait a minute, Ebert tries to make a point by comparing the way violence was tolerated/viewed in Medieval times vs the present day. I'm sorry Ebert, but public executions in Medieval times used to be a hugely popular spectacle; the average person loved that kind of stuff. What the hell was he thinking?
LOL At all the retards getting mad just because Ebert didn't like this shitty movie and now you wanna get personal and nasty. Truly sad. What's even sadder is that most of you are probably over the age of 14 making these comments.
@Keyscool I'd imagine you mean something bad could happen to me because of my commet? That wouldn't be the actual meaning of karma . . . or any karma as a result on my first comment. The only karma I have actually made for myself as a result of my first comment would be your responce to it. For Example . . . if say I don't look both ways before crossing the street because I was distracted in thought, or something, and I get hit by a car because I was distracted . . . that would be KARMA.:)
@Keyscool It's possible I guess, not very probable though? I'm sorry. Karma is a result of action, mental or physical. It can be positive or negative, or both, or neither. It's a simple natural law. I'd imagine karma can be "a bitch" for, or has been, for most of the 6 billion people on the planet at some point at least. BTW I'm not actually talking to you . .. I'm typing to you, Lover;)
I am a a big fan of horror movies, even bloody ones, and to all of you commenters who hate on Siskel and Ebert for hating this movie, well, this movie really sucks. They're right about how the scenes could be played in basically any order, since there is not really any kind of plot.
I love the way the hell is presented here. Looks great, like a real worst nightmare. And though as always first one is better, I was surprised how much I liked Hellraiser: Inferno and Hellraiser: Hellseeker. Those two are to me best of all sequels of any mass horror franchise.
It's like everything: Thrash to someone, Treasure to someone else.
And ok, I can't help my self: these are just two old smart-assed farts.
It's funny how people claim they can have an opinion about anything but the second someone disagrees with them they insult them. This is the world of Youtube.
This movie is not as bad as they make it out to be. I recommend reading Clive Barke'rs books over his movies though. He is one of my favourite writers.
Odd, this movie is crapped on by a man who wrote a script about a transvestite who murders numerous people for no apparent reason. Ebert is a joke.( Beyond the Valley of the Dolls)
Why is it that the most venomous hate towards critics like Siskel and Ebert always comes from either the fans of stupid comedies or fans of gross-out horror movies?
I watched hellraiser two when I was 14 and I understood what was going on, more or less. The only reason I can think of, for these motherfuckers to claim nothing makes sense, is that they didn't watch the first movie, and even then, what kind of moron does that and complains about it.
Are these guys fucking hacks? How is it that they're held in such high regard?
@pfl95 Do not group the first two films with the rest of the Hellraiser movies. After the first two movies Clive Barker sold the rights to the films. The first two are in no way perfect but they are enjoyable films. The other movies really are not worth watching. I recommend reading Clive Barker's books then watching his movies. His books, like most books do not translate well into films.
I don't trust Ebert when it comes to horror... he doesn't seem to like the genre much. He's one of the few critics on RT who dislike The Thing (John Carpenter's). I will say that the movie looks like total crap...
i wrote a comment on here before i think but yea im a big horror movie fan and i dont normaly agree with s&e but i agree here Hellraiser never did anything for me, it is just about effects and lots of gore...there are much better horror movie franchises out there with cooler boogeymen imopo....
@Bass5el wow...thats what you wish to people who didnt like Hellraiser II ? i really dont want to know what you'd say or do to someone who scratched your car
@Bass5el "So glad that fat cunt lost its voice. Serves it right."
This statement is truly nasty and evil. Serves "it" right? For stating an opinion about a MOVIE? I can't believe that some people are happy that Ebert had cancer. He is a human being and doesn't deserve this kind of awful talk for having diverse opinions of MOVIES. Some people are so heartless.
I think the concept of the series is interesting and needs to be explored further. I personally don't care for the series, I prefer other horror films.
Wow, I didn't think the second one was THAT bad. It wasn't as good as the first one by far, but it was still good, and certainly had more imagination than the slasher films that made up most of the horror genre in the '80s. Now the third one, that one was bad. They tried to turn it into "Nightmare on Elm Street" and failed miserably.
I loved the original. It really did have a great story. I agree with them when they said this film didn't have a very good story. It really didn't. Sorry to say, though I did enjoy it a lot more than they did. But it's as a guilty pleasure.
@colderbeer well i dont really think its a good movie either but how do you know everyone defending this movie are white? and is it necassary to call people trash because there defending a movie?
I love this film, but they are correct the writing sucks! It's like Suspiria though.. it is just about imagery.. but it's great imagery.. and their comment about Bosch is stupid.. these are exactly the two guys who would have condemned Bosch back in the day..and if Bosch was around now he may well be production designer on the Hellraiser re-boot!
Ebert's point is kinda funny and true actually. But the movie is pretty sweet for 80s horror. One of the best. They did not get horror movies in the 80s. They didn't seem to even like anything cool at all until the 90s.
To truly appreciate Hellraiser, one has to "get it". Clearly, Siskel & Ebert don't "get it" and that's fine by me. The simple fact that these two assholes don't appreciate the film is a compliment in itself...and in my book, that makes it an even better film.
It's nice to see a comment like brenchen's not only get posted, but also highly rated - an articulate reply saying that, although he loved the movie, could understand why other people may not like it, and rather than get all uppity and call the two stuck-up morons like so many other users, accepts the difference in taste.
I think Hellraiser is the horror franchise that's had the most successful sequels. Sure they only got mixed reviews, but it's better than some of the Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street sequels.
i very much agree with ebert, as much as we may like these films, the truth is were in for the blood and guts, and can care very little for the story. this movie lacks correlation from scene to scene which is maybe plot in itself for the puzzle box.
How can you people say this movie makes sense? They wrote "wouldn't it be awesome if?" scenes, then they very poorly stringed them together with a plot a child could have written. There is no logic at all. "Blood resurrects Pinhead's victims! Of course! That makes so much sense!" Who makes up these rules?!
It's a good trip for what it is, but why can't a horror movie be held to the standards of other films? I want a STORY with lots of gore, not a lame plot that serves as an excuse for the gore.
I honestly don't get the appeal of the Hellraiser franchise. I mean I appreciate the effort, I'm a bit tired of the endless parade of Jasonesque lumbering mutes, but outside of the first none of these stories have anything approaching a coherent or interesting and the first one didn't feature it's creatures nearly enough.
I think that the movie was great. I really enjoyed it. Many of these critics are really out-of-touch with the average person's perception of things. They view everything through an intellectual prism where movies that don't conform to what they were taught in film class are simply bad despite whatever mass appeal the movie might have.
@SparksDrinker Call it what your will. While I understand that Siskel and Ebert can't simply abandon themselves to a sophomoric analysis of a movie, the fact remains that the majority of American movie goers don't think on their level, and therefore, they fail if their reviews only target the minority that see things like they do.
A movie may lack many of the requisite requirements that lift it to the level of a classic, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't have pure escapist mass appeal.
I liked this movie as kid...or... as a younger kid. I tried popping it in recently, and I just had to turn it off. It's such a mess. Though I like the special effects.
The acting was uneven. Some characters did ok, but line reading was quite stilted and C-grade for many. I thought the underlying story was good, but the screenplay based on it was pretty bad. It needed a lot of work.
A true horror movie actually scares through atmosphere and suspense. You fear what is behind that blowing curtain. When you find yourself looking forward to the next grotesque image of human mutilation and even laughing on some cases, that isn't horror. You may as well be watching Adult Swim and be getting more coherent entertainment.
Yes, Romero never used 'grotesque imagery' in his films. Your defininition of horror is somewhat limited. Make-up and gore are half the fun - see a Tom Savini directed Tales From the Darkside episode to see an example of horror combining all aspects.
@theyetidude Yeah, he does. He expects far more from Horror tho than just simple hack and slash. The best horror movies are analogies or metaphors for the human condition, or even the unknown, which is the most scary. Take The Fly for example. The movie is an analogy for Cancer/AIDS, and the complete destruction of the victim from inside out by something which has taken hold of the host, and is slowly destroying it from within. Ebert also found the first Candyman movie very good, and intriguing
"Just hack and slash"? Have you even seen Hellraiser? Do you know the storyline? Can people make the intellectual distinction between the presence of gore to cover up a lack of a storyline and the presence of gore as part of the premise of a story line?
I think one could criticize the sequel because it brought nothing new to the table, but to criticize the first movie along the same lines would just be ignorance.
@imblessedso Yes, they can. I never criticsed the first movie, I criticised this one, which was just hack and slash. Halloween is hack and slash too, but the movie rocks. The Thing is hack and slash too (gore, blood and guts) but again, there is alot to be found there. There's more going on underneath the gore than one thinks, and the power it carries is inherent in the imagery.
Like I said, Ebert liked Candyman, and the imagery is magnificent too. Hellraiser too. HR has aged better too.
@theyetidude That's the problem with these guys, they DON'T understand horror. The horror movies of the 80s catered to heterosexual males and their girlfriends. Since Siskel and Ebert are clearly not interested in anything heterosexual, they hate these movies. If you don't believe me, pick up Ebert's book "Your Movie Sucks." Every review mentions semen, whether it has anything to do with the movie being reviewed or not...
@igottabigwon a very mature comeback (sarcasm) actually ebert was a ladies man despite his age, and this movie is PRETTY bad and I love horror but honestly evil dead, friday the 13th, jaws, halloween, excorsist, psycho, silence of the lambs, nightmare on elm st., scream, saw, texas chainsaw massacre, eraserhead, and candyman are all better than hellraiser 1 and 2.
Scream was complete crap, and Evil dead is....well a novelty movie, I can't knock it, but I wouldn't put it in competition with any other classic horror flick
@theyetidude He loved John Carpenter's Halloween. He doesn't necessarily hate horror, he just hates horror movies where a masked killer murders scantily clad teens (which happen to be about 90% of all horror movies ever made)
Uhh that doesn't happen in Hellraiser, and it DOES happen in Halloween movies.
Also, Hellraiser actually has an imaginative plot, unlike Halloween where the plot is: a guy named Michael Myers goes crazy one day and starts killing people wearing a William Shatner mask.
I just watched this movie and I have to agree with the dude in the glasses... I watched the first one yesterday and I thought it was ok but this one, I didn't get a shit. Everything was totaly random and just awkwardly ridiculus at times.
Woah Woah another retard alert. You want to waste time with simply grammatical errors then fine allow me to fix the problem for your very very small brain here is the correct sentence "Hellraiser II ( that means the number 2 are we still following?) was something just thrown together to cash in on the first movie and you know what it shows."
This is a very inaccurate review of Hellraiser II. Yes, if you didn't see the first one, than the second one won't make a lot of sense, but this was a good film. Evil rubix cube?
It's not really overkill when you consider what the cenobites are and what they do. I'll never understand this mindset that lots of gore automatically makes a movie bad.
omg lol i saw hellraiser when i was like 12 or 13 it was awful no story or plot it was just blood and stupidity im a huge horror fan i love 80's horror films but even 2 this day when i see a clip from the hellraiser movies i just cant get over how stupid they r.
Fuck them.
FdubErik 13 hours ago
The original Hellraiser is amazing. It's a high-class, well-made, horror masterpiece.
hj7397 6 days ago
Like always, Ebert and the other nobody talking out of their assess. Whoever the hell listens to these two clowns' opinion to formulate if they should or should not see a movie needs to develop common sense.
FractalBolt 1 week ago
Siskel and Ebert are perfect examples of the Eunuchs at the Orgy. They can't contribute so they stand around and bitch about it.
radioblueheart 3 weeks ago 2
Yeah it's gruesome, like having your jaw removed LOL. Oh that was mean, at least I didn't write something about Siskel being in hell.
CountStrangulaX 1 month ago
What the FUCK is their problem? They are the most condescending people walking this planet minus the tall guy. These people are idiots and have no idea what the fuck they are talking about. There is a plot but THEY do not SEE that. Jackoffs.
Hellraiser 2 is a continuation of the first one and has brilliant use of gore as well as a concept that makes it more interesting with the doc and his assistant, Kirsty and the blonde gal.
MrTantraMan 1 month ago 2
I agree abochito.
EBERT=UGLY
FANS=LOSERS
TheBitchinbabs 1 month ago 3
Did these two asswhipes even watch the movies? Unbelievable!
ABOCHITO 1 month ago 3
fuck these two,,this moview has a great plot and storyline to it
INSITETHEFORMULA 1 month ago 4
this movie wasn´t meant to be seen or liked by people like these two, it was meant for fans of horror movies that wanted more than just another hack and slash horror movie, like Friday the 13th and Halloween (great movies by btw)
baalsebub1st 2 months ago 2
this movie sucked.
07foxmulder 2 months ago
This guy is the worst critic.I hope people dont listen to his opinions.His brain is too small to understand what hellraiser is about.Hellraiser is a very original horror film....a very good one.Best not watched by easily confused idiots.....not that its very confusing,as if you pay attention and actually watch it....it tells its story very well, through out the series..My recomendation,fans of original, good horror or good movies in general, should watch atleast the first 3 films.FU S&E!!!!!
Luc3y1983 2 months ago
Catholic Blind
ahappykitten 2 months ago
you dumbasses this movie is awesome....
rocksolidmadesicc6 2 months ago
And all the Cenobites in hell, Kirsty and Tiffany have given this review 34 thumbs down, I even think Pinhead is planning many ways to torture them for the negative review as we speak.
HopelessRomantic999 2 months ago
What a retard! Did the asshole even watch the film? His description of it was horrible!
twiztidthug1 2 months ago
i guess they don't like horror movies,
horror films now days just suck
SuperHorrormovies 3 months ago
@SuperHorrormovies No. If you click on the review at the right for Child's Play, Ebert gives it thumbs up. They both put the original Halloween on their top ten lists for 1978. Both loved Re-Animator, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead. Siskel gave thumbs up to Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse. Ebert gave thumbs up to Wes Craven's Last House on the Left. I can list more examples. They like horror movies.
AtorTheFlyingEagle 2 months ago
I'm a fan of the series but this one was pretty gross.
sammycut1 3 months ago
What the hell are they talking about? Hellbound: Hellraiser II rules!
WolfySnackrib666 3 months ago 2
Doesn't the fat bastard look like The Cenobites played with his face now..
demarcos69 3 months ago
Hellraiser 2 was so silly! HR 1 was good though.
TrettaM 4 months ago
@TrettaM I just watched HR1 last week and it was pretty bad. Bad acting, dragged out scenes, some redeemable gore effects though. The silver lining however was that I recognized Kristy's dad who you may also know as the cosmic Taylor, Girac from TV's Star Trek DS9...... and the wife bludgeoning the baited middle aged men in the skull with a hammer....
333Paradigm333 4 months ago
its so funny watching these old reviews.....EVERYTHING that these two jokers say that is meant to be the reasoning NOT to go see this movie is EVERY reason that the Hellraiser franchise became as big as it did.....how could these two clowns be wrong SO much and keep their jobs for as long as they did
Cazz8203 4 months ago
@Cazz8203
Because people will see movies for very stupid reasons and it doesn't mean that the movies were any good.
johnjsal 4 months ago
Wait a minute, Ebert tries to make a point by comparing the way violence was tolerated/viewed in Medieval times vs the present day. I'm sorry Ebert, but public executions in Medieval times used to be a hugely popular spectacle; the average person loved that kind of stuff. What the hell was he thinking?
itsfurekmang 4 months ago
EBERT=UGLY
FANS=LOSERS
TheBitchinbabs 4 months ago
@TheBitchinbabs What's your problem, asshole?
DavetheDweller 4 months ago
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XxDOPEQUiCKScOPexX 4 months ago
@DavetheDweller what isn't his problem don't talk yo this vile piece of vomit its like talking to someone with explosive turrets
KaijuKingGojira 4 months ago
Damn this was horrible. It would be fun to watch again while drunk or high and give it a MST3K treatment.
RightWingHunter666 5 months ago
LOL At all the retards getting mad just because Ebert didn't like this shitty movie and now you wanna get personal and nasty. Truly sad. What's even sadder is that most of you are probably over the age of 14 making these comments.
Keyscool 5 months ago
LMAO at Ebert's tiffany/Kirsty rant.
Keyscool 5 months ago
siskel is dead and in hell now . . . and ebert has since had his face removed! that's what they get for bad mouthing Hellraiser!!!!! !!!!
ActionBastard85 5 months ago
@ActionBastard85 And what are you going to get for bad mouthing them? Karma's a bitch.
Keyscool 5 months ago
@Keyscool I'd imagine you mean something bad could happen to me because of my commet? That wouldn't be the actual meaning of karma . . . or any karma as a result on my first comment. The only karma I have actually made for myself as a result of my first comment would be your responce to it. For Example . . . if say I don't look both ways before crossing the street because I was distracted in thought, or something, and I get hit by a car because I was distracted . . . that would be KARMA.:)
ActionBastard85 5 months ago
@Keyscool Karma is a natural law, not voodoo.
ActionBastard85 5 months ago
@ActionBastard85 stop rambling. You sound like you need YOUR jaw removed.
Keyscool 5 months ago
@Keyscool It's possible I guess, not very probable though? I'm sorry. Karma is a result of action, mental or physical. It can be positive or negative, or both, or neither. It's a simple natural law. I'd imagine karma can be "a bitch" for, or has been, for most of the 6 billion people on the planet at some point at least. BTW I'm not actually talking to you . .. I'm typing to you, Lover;)
ActionBastard85 4 months ago
i got syphilis from Ebert in 1965, a warning to fanboys sucking his rotten dick now
UglyoldFranny 5 months ago
Lets hope Ebert is hellbound now
TruthfromMama 5 months ago
I am a a big fan of horror movies, even bloody ones, and to all of you commenters who hate on Siskel and Ebert for hating this movie, well, this movie really sucks. They're right about how the scenes could be played in basically any order, since there is not really any kind of plot.
stevelud23 5 months ago
EBERT=UGLY
FANS=LOSERS
TheBitchinbabs 5 months ago
Screw you two hippies. I enjoyed the first three Hellraiser movies
jacoblonewolf 5 months ago
Hell is seeing Ebert
Jorrietheman 5 months ago
fuck this cunt and his stupid plastic jaw.
cherybomber 5 months ago
Go to hell sleaze Ebert
ZarahLean 6 months ago
Ebert is right for hell and just about there
bloboshitful 6 months ago
The last good Hellraiser movie(and for me the last Hellraiser movie period)
After this they decided to make Pin head the main guy and holly wood him up and try and turn him into the next Freddy.
Antichrist2000 6 months ago
I love the way the hell is presented here. Looks great, like a real worst nightmare. And though as always first one is better, I was surprised how much I liked Hellraiser: Inferno and Hellraiser: Hellseeker. Those two are to me best of all sequels of any mass horror franchise.
It's like everything: Thrash to someone, Treasure to someone else.
And ok, I can't help my self: these are just two old smart-assed farts.
Chillton 6 months ago
It's funny how people claim they can have an opinion about anything but the second someone disagrees with them they insult them. This is the world of Youtube.
Regenmacher175 6 months ago
@Regenmacher175 you hypocrite ! You do the exact thing you complain about!
bloboshitful 6 months ago
This movie is not as bad as they make it out to be. I recommend reading Clive Barke'rs books over his movies though. He is one of my favourite writers.
Chaoitcme 6 months ago
This film is amazing and mind-blowing. I normally agree with Siskel but I love the hell out of this movie
MichaelLeroi 7 months ago 3
me too great film amazing special effects
watdascrew 6 months ago
Odd, this movie is crapped on by a man who wrote a script about a transvestite who murders numerous people for no apparent reason. Ebert is a joke.( Beyond the Valley of the Dolls)
cspara 7 months ago
Ebert is trash and totally ugly
daveybaby131 7 months ago
No this movie is awful. I love good horror movies, but this is garbage.
stevelud23 7 months ago
Why is it that the most venomous hate towards critics like Siskel and Ebert always comes from either the fans of stupid comedies or fans of gross-out horror movies?
Mrx2848 7 months ago
Hell is where Ebert should be except the others there have suffered enough
TheDeeFormed 7 months ago
I watched hellraiser two when I was 14 and I understood what was going on, more or less. The only reason I can think of, for these motherfuckers to claim nothing makes sense, is that they didn't watch the first movie, and even then, what kind of moron does that and complains about it.
Are these guys fucking hacks? How is it that they're held in such high regard?
battleangelmontoya 7 months ago
I thought the entire hellraiser series was pointless. the first one was great. leave it to that.
pfl95 7 months ago
@pfl95 You can't make a movie like Hellraiser and not expect the fans to ask for a god damn explanation.
I love the hellraiser movies, even the boring ones.
battleangelmontoya 7 months ago
@pfl95 Do not group the first two films with the rest of the Hellraiser movies. After the first two movies Clive Barker sold the rights to the films. The first two are in no way perfect but they are enjoyable films. The other movies really are not worth watching. I recommend reading Clive Barker's books then watching his movies. His books, like most books do not translate well into films.
Chaoitcme 6 months ago
@Chaoitcme I agree. The first two movies are good, the rest were crap though.
jamstrings100 4 months ago 2
The original hellraiser was very good but the sequel was just awful.
NiceFellow43 7 months ago
ebert is so gross
daveybaby131 7 months ago
I only hope "Hellbound" is where this ugly out of style freak Ebert is. If you need his opinions, that tells us all about you
ZarahLean 8 months ago
@ZarahLean Geez. What did he do to piss you off so much?
CoolerKing37 7 months ago
I don't trust Ebert when it comes to horror... he doesn't seem to like the genre much. He's one of the few critics on RT who dislike The Thing (John Carpenter's). I will say that the movie looks like total crap...
InsaneEvils 8 months ago
Good for Roger and Gene. I can't stand Clive Barker's crap and this movie was total crap.
Romulan007 8 months ago
I feel like it would be awsome to get drunk with the Cenobites.
MrBuch169169 8 months ago
i wrote a comment on here before i think but yea im a big horror movie fan and i dont normaly agree with s&e but i agree here Hellraiser never did anything for me, it is just about effects and lots of gore...there are much better horror movie franchises out there with cooler boogeymen imopo....
Cropsy25 9 months ago
So glad that fat cunt lost its voice.
Serves it right.
Bass5el 10 months ago
@Bass5el
From my understanding he lost his voice because he moaned to much while fucking your mom in the ass.
But really, being happy someone got cancer simply because you disagree with a movie review is beyond sad
jayjayhawker 9 months ago
@Bass5el wow...thats what you wish to people who didnt like Hellraiser II ? i really dont want to know what you'd say or do to someone who scratched your car
iran2025 9 months ago
@Bass5el "So glad that fat cunt lost its voice. Serves it right."
This statement is truly nasty and evil. Serves "it" right? For stating an opinion about a MOVIE? I can't believe that some people are happy that Ebert had cancer. He is a human being and doesn't deserve this kind of awful talk for having diverse opinions of MOVIES. Some people are so heartless.
Karosanyo 6 months ago
I think the concept of the series is interesting and needs to be explored further. I personally don't care for the series, I prefer other horror films.
Sleepingsparklegirl 10 months ago
Wow, I didn't think the second one was THAT bad. It wasn't as good as the first one by far, but it was still good, and certainly had more imagination than the slasher films that made up most of the horror genre in the '80s. Now the third one, that one was bad. They tried to turn it into "Nightmare on Elm Street" and failed miserably.
Lotmeister 10 months ago
I loved the original. It really did have a great story. I agree with them when they said this film didn't have a very good story. It really didn't. Sorry to say, though I did enjoy it a lot more than they did. But it's as a guilty pleasure.
sammycut1 11 months ago
ha ha ha...lol....funny to see all the comments from the white trash trying to stand up for this movie.....
colderbeer 11 months ago
@colderbeer well i dont really think its a good movie either but how do you know everyone defending this movie are white? and is it necassary to call people trash because there defending a movie?
Cropsy25 9 months ago
@Cropsy25 "They're" not "there."
TrebleClefRobert 9 months ago
@TrebleClefRobert sorry didn't catch that one lol
Cropsy25 9 months ago
Pinhead was cool. He had that accupuncture thing going on.
josephc28 11 months ago
Movie would have been better if it had Jesse Ventura...
Derby14 11 months ago
I love this film, but they are correct the writing sucks! It's like Suspiria though.. it is just about imagery.. but it's great imagery.. and their comment about Bosch is stupid.. these are exactly the two guys who would have condemned Bosch back in the day..and if Bosch was around now he may well be production designer on the Hellraiser re-boot!
slohand13 11 months ago
This movie is not really difficult to understand at all! They just don't get it. Fuck them.
Weeseman4922 11 months ago
ironically, the same amount of times hellraiser 2 said the character names, ebert said can i have the triple cheeseburger with the large fries
thetomclark 1 year ago
this film was f'n awesome
MrTimbalis 1 year ago
Ebert's point is kinda funny and true actually. But the movie is pretty sweet for 80s horror. One of the best. They did not get horror movies in the 80s. They didn't seem to even like anything cool at all until the 90s.
TheTaskmaster 1 year ago
Give this video a thumbs down if you don't agree with their reviews of this movie. Hellbound is awesome
Dogfacesoulja8582 1 year ago
To truly appreciate Hellraiser, one has to "get it". Clearly, Siskel & Ebert don't "get it" and that's fine by me. The simple fact that these two assholes don't appreciate the film is a compliment in itself...and in my book, that makes it an even better film.
alternatehistories 1 year ago 2
you have to be a fan of hellraiser to understand this movie. he clearly isnt
1980dnasty 1 year ago
You could say the same things about Eraserhead but it's still a good movie.
Ashloomis 1 year ago
It's nice to see a comment like brenchen's not only get posted, but also highly rated - an articulate reply saying that, although he loved the movie, could understand why other people may not like it, and rather than get all uppity and call the two stuck-up morons like so many other users, accepts the difference in taste.
SoundtrackSelections 1 year ago
you dont know horror...
KunkoFilms2 1 year ago
Siskel and Ebert look like Chatterer and Butterball....... bizzare.
Kregermeister 1 year ago
are the first 3 on bluray in a configuration box?
BRm2008 1 year ago
@BRm2008 shut the fuck up fat man.im gonna find you eventually
KOBAROO1977 1 year ago
what that fat ol bastard on about CDs u can play in order?? what the fuck is this guy talking about?
BRm2008 1 year ago
I love the hair styles in this movie...
gonzostick 1 year ago
HR2 is a great movie. I'm surprised S&E didnt understand the story.
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aderesaddy 1 year ago
Two Thumbs up for me..A true Classic
wisesatyr72 1 year ago
@wisesatyr72 YOU ONLY GET ONE THUMB!!!!111one
xXFlockofGriffinsXx 1 year ago
I think Hellraiser is the horror franchise that's had the most successful sequels. Sure they only got mixed reviews, but it's better than some of the Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street sequels.
Maximillionaire666 1 year ago
i very much agree with ebert, as much as we may like these films, the truth is were in for the blood and guts, and can care very little for the story. this movie lacks correlation from scene to scene which is maybe plot in itself for the puzzle box.
Stonehenge442 1 year ago
How can you people say this movie makes sense? They wrote "wouldn't it be awesome if?" scenes, then they very poorly stringed them together with a plot a child could have written. There is no logic at all. "Blood resurrects Pinhead's victims! Of course! That makes so much sense!" Who makes up these rules?!
It's a good trip for what it is, but why can't a horror movie be held to the standards of other films? I want a STORY with lots of gore, not a lame plot that serves as an excuse for the gore.
GrantOnTheRocks 1 year ago
Do they not understand anything about the hellraiser series? Did they even pay attention to the dialogue at all?
DrPunkin 1 year ago 2
Wow Roger....talk about missing the point. Nothing in this movie is random, a lot of thought went into it.
hpl138 1 year ago
I honestly don't get the appeal of the Hellraiser franchise. I mean I appreciate the effort, I'm a bit tired of the endless parade of Jasonesque lumbering mutes, but outside of the first none of these stories have anything approaching a coherent or interesting and the first one didn't feature it's creatures nearly enough.
TaiwanAmilam 1 year ago
I think that the movie was great. I really enjoyed it. Many of these critics are really out-of-touch with the average person's perception of things. They view everything through an intellectual prism where movies that don't conform to what they were taught in film class are simply bad despite whatever mass appeal the movie might have.
Rayarena 1 year ago
@Rayarena . In other words you are saying that their reviews are meant for smart people.
SparksDrinker 1 year ago
@SparksDrinker Call it what your will. While I understand that Siskel and Ebert can't simply abandon themselves to a sophomoric analysis of a movie, the fact remains that the majority of American movie goers don't think on their level, and therefore, they fail if their reviews only target the minority that see things like they do.
A movie may lack many of the requisite requirements that lift it to the level of a classic, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't have pure escapist mass appeal.
Rayarena 1 year ago
They really dropped the ball on this one.....This movie has a huge cult following these series of films.
curtisb3000 1 year ago
roger ebert is a fuckwitt. a snob
BRm2008 1 year ago
Did they even watched it? The story was great and made sense to me just fine.
Hellraiser and Hellbound are top notch.
realjap3 1 year ago
HELLRAISER 2 WAS AS GOOD AS THE FIRST ONE!!! THE ONES FOLLOWING SUCK!!!! THEY SHOUD GET IT RIGHT!! lol i dont think the "critic" even watched it
DragonBallZFanGirl 1 year ago
This is a disgusting movie, the goriest of all the hellraisers.
navymight 1 year ago
hellbound was a great followup, the excessive gore got way too repulsive in many scenes,like julia's resurrection on the mattress
ladner3000moviebuff 1 year ago
I liked this movie as kid...or... as a younger kid. I tried popping it in recently, and I just had to turn it off. It's such a mess. Though I like the special effects.
The first film is so much better.
sinbysin666 1 year ago
these retarted heteros don't know what they are talking about....Hellraiser 2 was awesome.
alicevana 1 year ago
another one of my fav childhood movies,my dads friend had one of those cube things and i was so scared of it :) good times
YoJimBoHugabaJoe 1 year ago
I love how Ebert belittles Siskel's dis-ease over the blood by remembering Medieval Times.
unicorn187 1 year ago
The only good thing about this film was Ashley Laurence.
patrickc1193 1 year ago
this is another prime example how big time Critics will never dig low budget horro.
Hellraiser 2 is one of the best fucking sequels EVER!
KahlerHahn 1 year ago 2
Dark City sucks
carnosaurfan103 1 year ago
I hated this movie too! It's not scary, and it doesn't make sense.
1981bendover 1 year ago
@1981bendover if this movie made no sense to you then your probably a friggin' moron
carnosaurfan103 1 year ago
@carnosaurfan103 Thanks for the insult, motherfucker!
1981bendover 1 year ago
@1981bendover your welcome ;)
carnosaurfan103 1 year ago
Tiffany! Kirsti?!
JohnWFern 1 year ago
Hellbound is by far the best horror sequel....ever. "SO CMON! GIVE ME UR BEST SHOT SNOW WHITE!"
Ayumiscar 1 year ago
Hellraiser II has good visuals, some good ideas and some good acting, but the script is awful.
Ryanyarb24 2 years ago
The acting was uneven. Some characters did ok, but line reading was quite stilted and C-grade for many. I thought the underlying story was good, but the screenplay based on it was pretty bad. It needed a lot of work.
ianwestc 1 year ago
Does Ebert even get horror? This is one of the better sequels in mainstream scary films.
theyetidude 2 years ago 23
A true horror movie actually scares through atmosphere and suspense. You fear what is behind that blowing curtain. When you find yourself looking forward to the next grotesque image of human mutilation and even laughing on some cases, that isn't horror. You may as well be watching Adult Swim and be getting more coherent entertainment.
admittingsword 2 years ago 2
Yes, Romero never used 'grotesque imagery' in his films. Your defininition of horror is somewhat limited. Make-up and gore are half the fun - see a Tom Savini directed Tales From the Darkside episode to see an example of horror combining all aspects.
theyetidude 2 years ago
@admittingsword
Word.
textthing 1 year ago
@theyetidude lmao!
someloser190 2 years ago
@theyetidude
Honestly, that's not saying much.
textthing 1 year ago
@theyetidude I don't think Ebert or Siskel know what the fuck they are talking about
carnosaurfan103 1 year ago 2
@theyetidude Yeah, he does. He expects far more from Horror tho than just simple hack and slash. The best horror movies are analogies or metaphors for the human condition, or even the unknown, which is the most scary. Take The Fly for example. The movie is an analogy for Cancer/AIDS, and the complete destruction of the victim from inside out by something which has taken hold of the host, and is slowly destroying it from within. Ebert also found the first Candyman movie very good, and intriguing
yellowcougar18 1 year ago
@yellowcougar18
"Just hack and slash"? Have you even seen Hellraiser? Do you know the storyline? Can people make the intellectual distinction between the presence of gore to cover up a lack of a storyline and the presence of gore as part of the premise of a story line?
I think one could criticize the sequel because it brought nothing new to the table, but to criticize the first movie along the same lines would just be ignorance.
imblessedso 9 months ago
@imblessedso Yes, they can. I never criticsed the first movie, I criticised this one, which was just hack and slash. Halloween is hack and slash too, but the movie rocks. The Thing is hack and slash too (gore, blood and guts) but again, there is alot to be found there. There's more going on underneath the gore than one thinks, and the power it carries is inherent in the imagery.
Like I said, Ebert liked Candyman, and the imagery is magnificent too. Hellraiser too. HR has aged better too.
yellowcougar18 9 months ago
@yellowcougar18 I say Hellraiser has agend better than Candyman, in my opinion. Some of the Candyman makeup and lighting/ style is rather dated.
Still pretty Good. Tony Todd could read a phonebook and make it interesting.
yellowcougar18 9 months ago
@imblessedso That's why the first Hellraiser was great. Hellbound is fucking awful.
LumpyAdams 9 months ago
@LumpyAdams No, you. I personally think this is more terrifying and better paced than the first.
Clay3613 9 months ago
@theyetidude That's the problem with these guys, they DON'T understand horror. The horror movies of the 80s catered to heterosexual males and their girlfriends. Since Siskel and Ebert are clearly not interested in anything heterosexual, they hate these movies. If you don't believe me, pick up Ebert's book "Your Movie Sucks." Every review mentions semen, whether it has anything to do with the movie being reviewed or not...
igottabigwon 1 year ago
@igottabigwon a very mature comeback (sarcasm) actually ebert was a ladies man despite his age, and this movie is PRETTY bad and I love horror but honestly evil dead, friday the 13th, jaws, halloween, excorsist, psycho, silence of the lambs, nightmare on elm st., scream, saw, texas chainsaw massacre, eraserhead, and candyman are all better than hellraiser 1 and 2.
wejw14 1 year ago
@wejw14
Scream was complete crap, and Evil dead is....well a novelty movie, I can't knock it, but I wouldn't put it in competition with any other classic horror flick
imblessedso 9 months ago
@theyetidude He loved John Carpenter's Halloween. He doesn't necessarily hate horror, he just hates horror movies where a masked killer murders scantily clad teens (which happen to be about 90% of all horror movies ever made)
MooNTHELooN77 1 year ago
@MooNTHELooN77
Uhh that doesn't happen in Hellraiser, and it DOES happen in Halloween movies.
Also, Hellraiser actually has an imaginative plot, unlike Halloween where the plot is: a guy named Michael Myers goes crazy one day and starts killing people wearing a William Shatner mask.
imblessedso 9 months ago
@theyetidude you're joking, right? hellbound is a terrible movie, and has next to nothing to do with the first movie, which was a great movie.
sagerbj86 8 months ago
you can say the same about eraserhead,ebert.But its hellraiser,and it won.
Carthsting 2 years ago
Ebert was funny in this review. F/X 2 is still my favorite though.
Panorama1981 2 years ago 4
Same here but man I hate even the original Hellraiser
SeanConnery9000 2 years ago
I think the ending was disrespectful to some of the characters, which really screwed up the movie concept as a whole.
robotpanda77 2 years ago
wow. so nice to see siskel again. youtube is great. thanks for posting this.
lokeydaniel 2 years ago
I just watched this movie and I have to agree with the dude in the glasses... I watched the first one yesterday and I thought it was ok but this one, I didn't get a shit. Everything was totaly random and just awkwardly ridiculus at times.
Svartluder 2 years ago
Same here.
I get the concept of Hellraiser & SAW, it's just that I don't give a damn about who lives or dies that makes it overall unwatchable.
I have to care or find it interesting if I'm to review the movie
SeanConnery9000 2 years ago
Woah Woah another retard alert. You want to waste time with simply grammatical errors then fine allow me to fix the problem for your very very small brain here is the correct sentence "Hellraiser II ( that means the number 2 are we still following?) was something just thrown together to cash in on the first movie and you know what it shows."
xcb15 2 years ago
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xcb15 2 years ago
This is a very inaccurate review of Hellraiser II. Yes, if you didn't see the first one, than the second one won't make a lot of sense, but this was a good film. Evil rubix cube?
Thujone21 2 years ago
I love this movie. it's crazy surreal and really gory but i can see why they didn't like it though
brenchen 2 years ago 26
@brenchen Yeah they were never much for more slasher horror gory movies, however they did both really like the original Halloween.
moviehypno23 1 year ago
this movie is sooo bad ... sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad
JCooltrane83 2 years ago
It's so bad, it's awesome. Blood, bodies getting ripped apart, this girl Julie running around without her skin, fucking overkill.
Headbanger142 2 years ago
It's not really overkill when you consider what the cenobites are and what they do. I'll never understand this mindset that lots of gore automatically makes a movie bad.
LeadCeno 2 years ago
omg lol i saw hellraiser when i was like 12 or 13 it was awful no story or plot it was just blood and stupidity im a huge horror fan i love 80's horror films but even 2 this day when i see a clip from the hellraiser movies i just cant get over how stupid they r.
Cropsy25 2 years ago