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My thoughts about Hellraiser 2022
So I decided to watch this movie since most people told me that it's good. And they were right - it was indeed a good movie! And also, it was filmed in my home city!
I really liked the further exploration of the lore behind the Puzzlebox and the mechanisms by which it functions in this movie were super cool. The main antagonist was again a rich fucker lead by desire, but I believe that part was executed very poorly.
The effects were quite good and I was very glad that they used both the practical effects and the CGI. I loved the way they used that old smexy Hellraiser theme in a modern light. The acting was good as well!
Now, as much as I loved the new Cenobite designs, it should be clear that the Cenobites in this movie lack the kinky aspect. Like, sure, they are all for pain and they love to torture people and they are all sexy and strange, but they absolutely lack the perverse desire part that they had in the original. Maybe I'm the stupid one, but to me, Cenobites have always represented some kind of perverse forbidden pleasure. To me at least, they are sex demons, or, more precisely, demons of desire. And in 2022. remake we don't really have that much of it.
We have two very lame, very basic straight sex scenes, we have a dude who likes to throw orgy parties, but we never see his desires and the Cenobites just don't play pleasure and pain indivisible card, they just cause immense suffering. I don't know why all that feels so wrong to me lol.
Spoilers for the ending here:
The ending of this movie confirmed to me a theory I had for a while now: "We have such sights to show you" means "We're going to turn you into a Cenobite". Seriously, hear me out. Julia says that to dr Channard and then he gets thrown in the transformation chamber and becomes a Cenobite. The Hell Priestess says the same thing to asshole rich guy and he gets turned into a Cenobite. And I 100% believe that when Pinhead said that to Kirsty in the OG Hellraiser that he meant that. I mean, let's be real, Kirsty would be a great Cenobite.
Oh, yes, I really disliked the way the main girl, Riley, was able to escape the Cenobites. I honestly expected much more lol, but she just told them like "Nah, I don't want to do anything with you" and Hell Priestess was like "Ok, cool, sorry that we were chasing you for weeks and killed 5 people to get you lol". I would have honestly preferred if Riley became a Cenobite, not the rich fucker, but oh well.
Honestly, it's hilarious to me that this movie expanded the lore so much and yet it took so much charm away from the Cenobites. Like, those new designs were so elaborate and beautiful, but WHERE IS THE LEATHER!? Where is the kinky shit!? They all acted more or less just like generic horror monsters and idk, it just didn't feel like they were Cenobites. I mean, the rich asshole's villa had a protective cage and they couldn't enter, like wtf is that? And Chatterer and one other Cenobite were literally just used as monsters to chase our protagonists and get killed in kind of dumb ways. And, like, even the torture scenes weren't that creative. Idk, I'm mad because this movie had so much potential and creativity and I liked it a lot, but idk, there was definitely something missing and to me, that was the kinky desire aspect of the Cenobites.
Anyways it's 2:21 AM and I need sleep, so take this review with a pinch of salt lol. The movie gets a solid 7/10 from me.
I knew I shouldn't have watched the remake. Now I made this and I have to live with the fact that I made this.
Hellraiser (2022) directed by David Bruckner
Hellraiser, 2022, dir. David Bruckner
Hellraiser, 2022
Dir. David Bruckner
Starring Jamie Clayton as Pinhead
Odessa A'zion as Riley
Jamie Clayton as Pinhead, aka The High Priestess of Hell, in Hellraiser 2022
Oh! A recent picture of Goran getting his award from Ekran Magazine!! Well, congrats Mr. Visnjic, well deserved!
Credit to: https://www.pressreader.com/magazines/m/vecernji-list-hrvatska-ekran
Credit to: https://www.vecernji.hr/showbiz/video-goran-visnjic-najveca-snaga-ruze-je-sto-je-prva-i-originalna-1750428 and @battleshipgarcy for this video and the link!
"Good evening everyone, a big greeting from rainy England. Just to let you know that Ruza has arrived, they tried to stop her at the customs, but it didn't work. They couldn't stop her from coming. I would like to thank Večernji list for this wonderful prize, a wonderful statue And I would especially like to thank the audience because this award is still an award from the audience and that's why it has a really special place in my heart. It's the audience that applauds in theaters, fills cinemas, concerts. We are artists without an audience, incomplete and so thank you to the audience, thank you Večernje list. And you, my dear colleagues, have a great time tonight, enjoy yourself. Greetings!" Goran said in the video.
Gallery Update
Good Evening! Just a little post to inform you that the new Gallery is up on Goran Visnjic Daily and it can be access at https://goranvisnjic.org/gallery
Most of the pictures and stills I'm uploading are HQ. Sometimes it's hard to get my hands on some of his movies, but whenever I can get them in Blurays, it's way better for Screencaps. - Done with screencaping Hellraiser :P
New Stills and behind the scenes pictures from "General" have been added!
New stills and behind the scenes pictures from "Red Widow" have been added as well, let me know what you think of the new gallery! Don't forget, there's more to come in the following weeks!
Hellraiser 2022 Sequel?
Good Morning! I've just read online that a sequel to Hellraiser 2022 could be happening!! I'd love that so much! I grew up watching horror movies with my brother and cousins, so we could say that horror movies is a genre I appreciate a lot ❤
It would mean as well the possibility of seeing Roland Voight as a Cenobite!!! Of course it's not yet confirmed, but the article below is quite interesting!
