\”Hellraiser III Hell on Earth\” Review


Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth: Directed by Anthony Hickox. With Kevin Bernhardt, Lawrence Mortorff, Terry Farrell, Ken Carpenter. An investigative reporter must send the newly unbound Pinhead and his legions back to Hell.

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?!?\”

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