This wasn\’t on Amazon Prime that I can see, had to find it on alternative streaming sites, so it was a cross between VHS and DVD in quality, which I think actually gave it more charm. Adding to that charm is something that I\’ve noticed elsewhere: big stars getting roles in the 3rd or 4th part of a horror franchise, (Leonardo DiCaprio got his start in \”Critters 3\”!). In this case it\’s Terry Farrell, who I know so well from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! I don\’t think she has any relation go Glenda Farrell, but it\’s funny that last name keep popping up in my movies lately.
There\’s a ton to unpack here in the third Hellraiser film, I honestly think this is the best of them so far, with all sorts of unintended humor, like when the heart monitor is flatlining at a hospital all dramatically… after a guy\’s head exploded! Then right after that, Farrell\’s character says \”tight stories not tight skirts\” then the next scene is her in a thin nearly see through shirt and skirt at the \”boiler room\” looking for the owner of the club.
It actually wasn\’t until about 30 minutes into the film during a scene in which a street urchin is burning breakfast that I realized the reporter was played by Terry Farrell, I think that\’s the first time she let her hair down and looked more like the woman I\’m familiar with. If you\’re a recovering smoker, this is not going to be a fun ride for you, as absolutely everyone is smoking through the film, I think there\’s only a few scenes where someone isn\’t lighting up a cigarette. I have nothing against smoking in movies, but it was just super obvious that absolutely no one was compensated at all to smoke all these smokes. Nope, definitely not.
I also enjoyed the ending of this one much more than the previous two. The puzzle box ends up buried under a building in it\’s foundation and now the building is decorated like the cube! It\’s a great way to suggest that there\’s an opening for sequels and an obvious dig at corporate culture.
\”Demons aren\’t real, they\’re parables, metaphors\” … \”Yeah? Then what the fuck is that?!?\”