Review: Hellraiser: Judgment
By William Pattison
For Horror Bob’s Blog
Gore and scares everybody! For my review this time I have
the latest film in the Hellraiser franchise, Hellraiser: Judgment.
Hellraiser:
Judgment tells the story of police detectives Sean Carter (Damon Carney), his
brother David Carter (Randy Wayne) , and Christine Egerton (Alexandra Harris).
They are on the trail to capture a serial killer who is called The Preceptor.
Unfortunately during the investigation Sean finds himself going through a new
portal to Hell and having his life auditor by the minion of hell known as The
Auditor. It seems Hell has found that the Lemarchant boxes are outmoded and are
now inviting the wicked to come to their hell house for judgment. But when the
Assessor and the judges are overwhelmed by Sean’s sins the Auditor must consult
with the hell priest Pinhead. It is then they are approached by an Angel from
Heaven who demands that Sean be released. The Auditor goes to check on Sean
only to find that he has escaped and has taken one of the Lemarchant boxes the
Auditor had on display. So, will Sean and his associates solve the mystery of
The Preceptor or will Sean fall for the trap that is The Lemarchant Box?
I have
to say that Hellraiser: Judgment was the most enjoyable Hellraiser outing I’ve
seen since the Hellraiser anthology, Hellraiser: Bloodline. Director Gary J
Tunnicliffe (who also plays The Auditor) weaves a wonderful twist filled tale
of brutality, judgment, and madness. He corrects the mistakes he made in his
last Hellraiser outing, Hellraiser: Revelations, and brought back the Cenobytes
as well as expanded the hell started by Clive Barker with a bunch of
interesting new minions of hell including The Auditor, The Assessor,The
Cleaners, The Judges, and The Surgeon. Also he brings us a new reimagined
Pinhead played by Paul T Taylor, who brilliantly takes over for Doug Bradley.
And Tunnicliffe further expands the Hellraiser world with the Angel Jophiel,
played by Helen Grace Donald. Also, Nightmare on Elm Street actress Heather
Langencamp makes an appearance as a creepy landlady.
The only bad part of this film is
that it was made on a small budget and you can tell. But this is still far
better than the last five films which is unfortunate for a once groundbreaking
horror franchise.
Keep on Creepin’,Horror Bob’s Blog…
