Hellraiser VII: Deader [Blu-ray]

In my opinion, this is the best horror series ever made. It's dark, witty and sure delves into the human mind, psyche and investigates the grotesqueries of human nature. Everybody knows we are born evil and the series show that not only are we born evil, we also become more and more evil when we do not limit ourselves to an ordinary life.HELLRAISER 1 portrays the life of a depraved individual and how it affects his relatives.HELLRAISER 2 is about a mundane brain surgeon who believes death is the 4th dimension and spares no expense to see what there is beyond this so-called real world.HELLRAISER 3 is about a demon who is free to roam the earth and wreak havoc.HELLRAISER 4 is about the eternal battle between good VS evil that plagues a cursed family through generations because they made the box that opens the gates of hell.From pts. 1 through 4 there's gore galore,graphic violence and plenty of taboo subjects, such as bondage - S&M.HELLRAISER 5 is about a corrupt police officer who seeks the ENGINEER - a faceless serial killer from HELL.HELLRAISER 6 is about troubled Kristy (the cute girl from HELLRAISER 1)and her braindamaged husband who are involved in a riddle.HELLRAISER 7 (this one) is about a sect who worships the DEVIL (aka LEVIATHAN - the LORD OF THE LABYRINTH) and a journalist who investigates mysterious and bizarre incidents.HELLRAISER 8 is about the INTERNET,which is used by the devil to seduce and kill whoever visits HELLWORLD - the website.From pts.5 through 8 , gore is minimal,so is graphic violence.The atmosphere ,though, is still dark, and all HELLRAISER elements are present here - HUMAN BEINGS ARE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING TO PLEASE THEMSELVES.Parts 1, 5,6,7 & 8 are like the HELLRAISER graphic novels published a decade ago. The CENOBITES are not the stars of the show - they just happen to be there and enrich the stories.There are different CENOBITES for different occasions.Parts 2, 3 & 4 are more centered (but not that much - except part 3)on PINHEAD,and once again NEW DIFFERENT CENOBITES turn up,because like one of the HELLRAISER comic books stated,different CENOBITES are required for different types of jobs.All CENOBITES are bizarre metal, leather & flesh reconfigurations.I like other horror series out there, but none is as visually rich,enigmatic and captivating as HELLRAISER - it's like a puzzle that offers different answers .PINHEAD is forever, so is this series, regardless of what some wannabe critics and pseudo intellectuals or frustrated script writers & lousy movie directors say. I already bought from AMAZON parts 7 & 8 and I am drooling for more ... HELLRAISER !!!!!!

This is a turf war with Pinhead being on the outer fringes. The Deaders have somehow impinged on the world of the Cenobites and Pinhead, and this illustrates their struggle, and only minimally does the role of Pinhead actually drive the narrative.Probably the most surprising character element is the identity of the leader of the DEADERS... it is a male descendant of Le Marchant ( the maker of the original Puzzle box),The film is a high toned horror film, with some great supernatural scenes, but the Pinhead components are almost an afterthought; but, as you will discover, the original script had some superb horror elements as sub-plots, and these were pared back so that the Hellraiser components could be forced in to the film. It is clear from Bota's comments in the making of featurette that budget drives most of the changes.The Disc extras are brilliant. Many extra features, 2 sets of commentaries, even a short "gag" reel, with some rather strange mistake moments by Doug Bradley. The FX guy does make the comment that the work in HELLWORLD, the next film, is more "Gnarly" so, given that it seems that the FX guy is a bigger Hellraiser fan than the director, I think we can expect some better Pinhead elements... however, expecting one thing, and having it delivered are two different events. Especially since the Director Rick Bota, reveals in his commentary that after a 25 day shoot for DEADER, they began shooting HELLWORLD virtually immediately after they completed DEADER. Just how did the director see the DEADER project through ? If it is the DIMENSION execs are behind this, then someone should give them a wakeup call. I honestly hope that PINHEAD and the Cenobites, plus the superb FX of the first few films are present in HELLWORLD, but like a darn fool, I'll buy it mainly because of Doug Bradley's consistently good work. If Joel Soisson can do the magic with PROPHECY that on the HELLRAISER films, then I would hope he gets the gig. And they wonder why Theatre release films tend to tank so much.

My current crop of Hellraiser sequels comes to an end (I think there's one I haven't seen yet, I didn't know there were so many of them!), while for the most part they haven't been very good films they have provided some entertainment and had some interesting ideas. This seventh sequel turned out to be more of the same.The story concerns a young reporter who is presented with a story about a suicidal cult that seemingly has the power to bring their members back to life. She follows up on the story and digs herself deeper into a world of pleasure and pain and more than a little madness mixed in.When watching these I've adopted a two tiered approach, is this a good Hellraiser film? If that fails then is this at least a decent horror film? It manages to be ok on both counts, on the Hellraiser angle it does mix the cenobite mythos well into the story, although I would have liked to have seen more about them, although in fairness that might have spoiled the reveal.As a horror film it also ranks as ok, the horror is a blend of the usual gore, but with some nice psychological twists. There's an interesting blend of characters, but apart from the reporter you don't really get to the know them and for me that's the film's biggest weakness. It all feels a bit superficial, there's plenty of opportunity here, but it rushes it's way through. For example the hell train was a fun idea that's only really used in passing.And that sums the film up really, it has some nice ideas, but doesn't follow up on them, it does do enough to make it reasonably entertaining, but not enough to make it stand out.

Sadly they keep churning out these tud sequels and I really do mean TUD!Low budget rubbish. Pinhead's not in it for very long at all - BOOOO!I bought it for £4.00 and I watched it, yawned and now it's gone in the car boot box.Don't waste your money. Just stick with the first three and buy the steelbook uncut box set. Genius!

Hellraiser deader DVD arrived on time and in excellent condition

A watchable (unlike later films in the franchise) reprise of Pinhead et al. The story is contrived to say the least but it does just about to hang together and its quite entertaining with few if any scares. Worth a buy if on special offer ....

Simple analogy... Pinhead released some guy from hell to collect souls after they open the box and deliver them too him but instead the guy basically brings them back to life and starts his own army of zombies and finally Pinhead comes for him.