Hellraiser (1987)

Man.....I'm not gonna lie. I don't see what the big deal about this movie is. Some scenes are decent and gory. None are really scary though! None of this movie scared me, and I watched it by myself at night. I love horror movie, BUT I truly don't see why this one is a classic! To me it was uneventful and lacked suspense. Only reason I gave it this many stars was bc of Kirsty. At least she was something to look at!

I saw this when it came out and I was 15. I remember it being highly original for it's time and a very refreshing change from the usual horror fare. Though probably not understanding everything about it at 15, there was enough to keep me intrigued. Now 30 years later I watch it and feel a little disappointed. It still is a highly original film and concept, but it just feels a little dated. The script is pretty bad and contrived, and the acting is pretty poor all round. Frank's voice even sounds badly dubbed. The whole cenobyte thing is still quite creepy and interesting to watch but generally the rest of the film is so so.

I have to say, it could be because I only watched this now when there are already better effects, but I have to admit I found the movie to be ... boring. It wasn't particularly bad, but it didn't scare me. I mean, it certainly killed time but I wouldn't watch it again if I had the choice. I found the story line to be uninteresting. Every time there was an interaction between the woman and her dead/undead/zombie/demon lover I was staring at the screen and shaking my head. The demons did not really do much and the girl, the daughter, was just kinda there.

The original hellraiser is one of those movies that i actually didn't really like at first, but absolutely loved it after a re-watch. This is not a very fast paced horror movie, but also not too slow at the same time. I really think that the pacing is perfect in this movie. There is always something happening, but also not too much at the same time, so it doesn't confuse you. The acting in the movie is good. It's definitely not perfect, but i think the acting is still good and no one annoys me in any way. I also like almost all of the characters. There some characters in the movie that you're not supposed to like, so i don't like them. But the good thing is that they're not annoying, they're just.... kind of evil. But let's talk about one the best things about this amazing movie - the effects. Hellraiser has amazing gore effects. It looks really real and it looks better than most CGI in modern horror movies. And also this movie has one of the most memorable and iconic villains in horror - pinhead. Doug Bradley's performance is really good. Yeah i know i said that the acting is just good, but i think that Bradley is the only one who's really good. Overall, i can't describe how much i love this movie and i cannot believe that i didn't like it at first. It is one of my favorite horror movies of all time and i'll have to give it a 10 out of 10. check it out it you haven't already.