Hellbound: Hellraiser II
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →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.
Our read · Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Hellbound
What watching it is actually like.
“You want Clive Barker's puzzle-box hell expanded into lurid psychiatric nightmare logic.”
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