Though the script for ''Hellbound'' is related to the Barker story, the film drops its plot whenever a fake-looking monster walks on the screen. Ogling strange creatures is the film's true reason for being.

| Oct 4, 2018

This follow-up is faster and campier than its mostly somber predecessor, but the basic grim tenets of British horror author Clive Barker's supernatural worldview are still intact.

| Oct 4, 2018

It's probably a stretch to surmise that, just as the first film's subtext dealt with health fears, the sequel mines its dread from the horror of malpractice.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 20, 2009

A maggotty carnival of mayhem, mutation and dismemberment, awash in blood and recommended only for those who thrive on such junk.

| Mar 26, 2009

Simply performs cosmetic surgery on the original.

| Feb 9, 2006

It is simply a series of ugly and bloody episodes strung together one after another like a demo tape by a perverted special-effects man.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Even if you discount the cliche's, there are enough bizarre and shocking effects here to satisfy all but the most demanding genre fans.

| Jan 1, 2000