Hellbound: Hellraiser II

"Time to play."

1988 1h 37m EN

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Synopsis

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Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard. Kirsty is undeterred and, with the help of a fellow patient, heads to Hell for a rescue.

“Time to play.”

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Cast

Ashley Laurence
Kirsty Cotton
Clare Higgins
Julia Cotton
Kenneth Cranham
Dr. Philip Channard / Channard Cenobite
Imogen Boorman
Tiffany
William Hope
Kyle MacRae
Sean Chapman
Frank Cotton
Doug Bradley
Pinhead
Barbie Wilde
Female Cenobite

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tony Randel
Writers: Peter Atkins, Clive Barker, Floyd Hughes
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Hellraiser Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tony Randel, shot by Robin Vidgeon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christopher Young. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard Marden shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tony Randel directs. Robin Vidgeon behind the camera. Christopher Young scores. Richard Marden cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.
338 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Part of the "Hellraiser Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Tony Randel, shot by Robin Vidgeon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Christopher Young. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Richard Marden shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Ashley Laurence and Clare Higgins and Kenneth Cranham carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Time to play.".
11IMDB entry: tt0095294 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 22 themes, including "based on novel or book", "pain", "hell", "seduction".
13Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robin Vidgeon
Original score: Christopher Young
Editing: Richard Marden
Production design: Michael Buchanan
Costume design: Jane Wildgoose
Makeup / hair: Aileen Seaton
Sound: Otto Snel
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,000,000
Box office: $12,090,735
Return: 403% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

Part of

Hellraiser Collection

Hellraiser is a British horror film franchise is based on the novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. The films continually features the Cenobite Pinhead. The series’ storyline focuses on a puzzle box that opens a gateway to the Hell-like realm of the Cenobites, an order of formerly human monsters who harvest human souls to torture in sadomasochistic experiments.

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JPV8522019-09-20
★ 7/10
Pretty out there (in a good way) sequel that doesn't make a whole lot of sense but still was an entertaining supernatural horror flick, the kind of horror I'm generally not a fan of. Kind of surprising Ashley Laurence didn't go on to bigger things (her last movie was 2008). 3.5/5
kevin20192024-08-09
★ 5/10
"Hellbound: Hellraiser II" is watchable enough even though it very quickly slides down the steep slope into becoming a messy shambles. It is really nothing more than a tour through the diseased imagination of Clive Barker - it is hard to believe somebody out there actually thought this was a good basis for a film instead of seeking out some description of psychiatric treatment for the poor soul - and its major handicap is that the special effects just aren't up to the challenge of supporting his thoroughly twisted and uniquely original vision. There is also a desperately heavy reliance on copious amounts of blood and gore just for the hell of it and when you add in the fact that sadly a good portion of it is also totally forgettable what you're left with is nothing more than a modest gore fest of desperately limited impact.