It may be the third-best Hellraiser movie, but you really have to have seen fifth-through-eleventh best to know what a relief that is.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 23, 2024

In David Bruckner’s 2022 renditionof Hellraiser, things change. He has no intention of remaking the same film and goes with his own screenwriters to helm a modern version of a tale that isn’t easy to dig into.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 27, 2023

Thouigh it may not tear your soul apart, it certainly has some grisly sights to show you.

| Oct 26, 2023

It’s dripping in suspense and terror, and finally brings some mystique to the Cenobites once again.

| Oct 10, 2023

The game of alliances, sacrifices, betrayals, and blood tributes places this new Hellraiser within the slasher status of some of its predecessors... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 6, 2023

Overall, the Hellraiser franchise is a transfixing art installation, one that is enjoyable for its abstract frights and chills...

| Jun 5, 2023

Hellraiser aims to reconcile the saga's series of sequels falling flat by revisiting the hallmarks of what made the original such a success.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 23, 2023

On the surface, Bruckner’s new vision of the story bears only symbolic resemblance to Barker’s original novella The Hellbound Heart, but upon closer examination there are several thematic connections lurking just beneath the skin.

| Original Score: A+ | Feb 18, 2023

What works most about the new Hellraiser are its leads. Odessa A’zion’s performance makes up for a lot of what the script lacks.

| Feb 9, 2023

From the gore effects to the plot to the general scares, this movie is inferior to the 35 year old original in every way. And this Priest deserves better.

| Dec 24, 2022

There's none of the weird carnality of the earlier movies, little of the definitive gore that defined the series, and not nearly enough of the imagination shown by Bruckner, Piotrowski, and Collins in their previous feature, <i>The Night House</i>.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 15, 2022

As a society we must stop kink-shaming the Hell Priest, Pinhead, but as a critic I have some complaints with their latest movie.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 24, 2022

A mediocre entry in the horror saga that comes alive only when the menstruous entities take center stage. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Nov 9, 2022

The elaborate new Cenobite designs owe as much to Guillermo del Toro’s bioclockwork as Barker’s S&M body mods, but yet again the emissaries of Hell stand around being philosophically evil rather than doing much of anything.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 8, 2022

The new Hellraiser is grisly meat-and-potatoes, but it still has a flavor that lets you know Bruckner is behind the camera.

| Nov 8, 2022

Not quite a revelation, but David Bruckner's Hellraiser breathes enough new life into this long-thought-dead franchise thanks to a thrilling third act and an imposing performance from Jamie Clayton.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 3, 2022

A gory, grotesque sideshow of torture and torment with a rogues' gallery of monstrous creations made for lifelong fans of the franchise and a perfect entry point into the Hellraiser world for anyone just hearing the name Pinhead for the first time.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Nov 2, 2022

There is great joy to be found in actual effort being put into the Hellraiser series again, and let’s view this as a promising first step toward a new kind of unspeakable.

| Oct 28, 2022

It’s the nightmarish imagery more than the narrative that has made Hellraiser one of the most iconic and enduring horror films of all time.

| Oct 27, 2022

While it's missing the queerness and sexuality of Barker's source material, this new interpretation teases a fascinating mythology in its ties to Hellbound: Hellraiser 2. Clayton's Priest is a standout who needs/deserves more screen time.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 20, 2022