adonis98-743-186503 Kirsty is brought to an institution after the death of her family, where the occult-obsessive head resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites once again. Hellbound: Hellraiser II was suprisingly not only better than what i was expecting but also better than the original film plus can we just admit the fact that this movie was very freaky and creepy? I mean the scene where the Cenobites die and turn into their human forms or that guy cuts himself and then Julia appears with no flesh? Were just spooky to say the least and definitely a great sequel. (7.5/10)

Smoreni Zmaj Nightmare of the king of horror continues. Hellbound is direct sequel to Hellraiser and, in my opinion, it's a bit better than the original. Opinions are divided about which one is better, but it is certain that the sequel is more complex, bloodier and, thanks to the success of the original, it had a much bigger budget. While in the first movie Cenobites introduced a hint of horror to our world, this time we join them on their field. Morbidly imaginative display of Hell that will forever be carved into your memory. One of the best horrors of all time, which, in my opinion, belongs to the domain of general culture.8/10

Ilikehorrormovies This film have a lot of creative deaths and shows the origin of Pinhead. The story is strong including the cast. The acting is great like really great. I'm glad I own this film. Pinhead looks good from the first, the terrors is really great. Honestly I don't know what movie is better the first one or the second one. This film is good.

MaximumMadness On the whole, Clive Barker's "Hellraiser" has become one of the more head-scratching film franchises in recent memory, thanks to the wild and crazed range in quality of the films themselves. What once started as perhaps the most promising and rewarding new franchises quickly took a nose-dive in quality with the bizarrely dated and amusingly cheesy third and fourth entries. And since then, starting with the admittedly very decent fifth film, all future follow-ups skipped theaters and hit the shelves as direct-to-video releases... being plagued with lowered budgets and lowered expectations with each new chapter. But before it's all too soon downfall into near-oblivion, there was one very fascinating and completely fulfilling follow-up in the series that took audiences by storm and showed just what a properly-realized sequel was capable of. And that of course was "Hellbound: Hellraiser II."Directed by Tony Randall from a screenplay by Peter Atkins and a story treatment by series creator Barker, "Hellbound" is a curiously strong horror sequel that builds on the foundation of the original, further developing previously established characters and concepts in a near-ideal fashion and fleshing out the backstory in startling new ways. Barker's original, while relatively self-contained, did plant some questions in the backs of viewer's minds regarding the rules and history of the devilish world he built, and "Hellbound" expands on these in a wonderfully organic fashion. And though it may never quite match the ferocious originality of that first film, it comes darned close and stands tall as a very good sequel to an iconic original.Set almost immediately after the heart-stopping finale of "Hellraiser", we pick up with protagonist Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence) as she is admitted into a mental institution due to the trauma she experienced. Soon haunted by visions of her father's skinned and agonized remains, she deduces that he is stuck in Hell, and that she must try and find a way to save him. At the same time, Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham), the devious head of the hospital has secretly acquired the mattress upon which Kirsty's step-mother Julia (Clare Higgins) died, and brings her back through a disturbing sacrifice of blood. Obsessed with the puzzle-box and the cenobites, Channard is seduced by Julia, who manipulates him into using one of his patients- the brilliant but mute puzzle-solver Tiffany (Imogen Boorman)- to open the gateway to Hell once again. And thus, the stage is set, as all of our characters enter Hell itself for their own reasons...The film is a bold exercise in atmosphere and pure dread, with wonderfully disturbing visual direction and some strong and well- established characters. Randel's direction is remarkable, and his keen eye for composition and flow helps create and ever- rising sense of tension and fear, which perfectly compliments the tight yet larger-scoped script by Atkins. From the dreaded return of the cenobites (lead of course by the brilliant Doug Bradley as "Pinhead") to the disturbing realization of Hell itself, the film is constantly upping the ante when it comes to pure horror. It's also even occasionally surprises with moments of true emotional and a few of the twists and turns it takes come completely unexpected in the best of ways.The cast is just wonderful. Ashley Laurence grows tremendously as a performer this time around and does a very decent job as a likable protagonist. Clare Higgins is as devious and deadly as ever, and seems to be having an absolute blast chewing the scenery in her villainous role. Kenneth Cranham and Imogen Boorman round out our human cast nicely in their supporting roles, both doing great jobs with the material. And as always, the cenobites are played to perfection. Doug Bradley is an absolute joy as the pure evil that is Pinhead, and it's nice to see him given an expanded role, especially one that even offers glimpses of the man Pinhead was before he journeyed into Hell.While the film does occasionally suffer a misstep here and there due to some problems with the wonky pacing and some questionable scenes that felt like they were thrown in without much thought or deliberation, I find "Hellbound" to be a completely entertaining, engrossing and atmospherically frightening follow-up in the best of ways. It's not a perfect film, and it can be a bit uneven, but it does a great job continuing the story so deliciously crafted by Barker in the original, and it emerges as one of my personal favorite horror sequels as a result.And so, I give "Hellbound: Hellraiser II" a very good 8 out of 10 as a fan of horror.