Minor grisly fun, but don't expect the movie to linger when it's over.
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01/11/08
Hellraiser (1987)
61 %
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Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 17
Rotten:11
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 12 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Clive Barker's feature directing debut graphically depicts the tale of a man and wife who move into an old house and discover a hideous creature--the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover--hiding upstairs. Having lost... [More]
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Top Critic
[Writer/Director Clive] Barker's dazzling debut as a director creates such an atmosphere of dread that the astonishing visual set pieces simply detonate in a chain reaction of cumulative intensity.
02/09/06
A maquiagem é interessante, mas o roteiro é ridículo; as atuações, risíveis; a direção, medíocre; e os efeitos visuais, datados.
01/14/04
Impressive debut film from Barker, though not quite the breakthrough film it was touted as being.
09/11/03
Twisted and grotesque, but merely baby-steps compared with Hellbound: Hellraiser II.
07/10/03
Against the odds, Barker produced a unique, imaginative, if not somewhat stomach-churning, work that has since earned aplace in the annals of horror cinema.
09/17/02
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