Plot
Riley is a troubled young woman struggling to stay sober and find her place in the world. Trying to make some money she finds herself in possession of a mysterious puzzle box that demands sacrifice and promise great rewards.
Review
Visually the movie is fantastic. The shots are dock and moody and the effects are brutal. The new cenobites are glorious. The new Priest (Pinhead) and the Gasp are disturbing, but beautiful at the same time. Jamie Clayton has done the Hell Priest right and I believe I read Doug Bradley gave her his blessing. An excellent creative choice for these new cenobites was replacing the black leather with the demon's own skin. The other cenobites are disturbing too.
The non-demonic cast also did a great job. Odessa A'zion's Riley is a interesting lead. Her troubled past and issues made her more interesting to me, than the original's Kirsty. While the supporting cast could have been fleshed out a bit more, they did seem like real people and not solely just fodder.
One thing this Hellraiser movie has going for it, is the puzzle box is more complex. As the story progress, it takes on different configurations. One of my issues with the original is that it all just seemed to simple to do.
This will seem blasphemous, but I actually enjoyed this film better than the original. The story is well crafted, the visuals and sound are excellent, and the cast do a phenomenal job.
While I think you can get some excellent gaming inspiration from this one, I don't know that I'd want to give physical stats to the cenobites. While they delight in the sensations of the flesh, they seem more like forces than physical beings.
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I can see how someone might like this one better than the original, and I might as well if this one had a scene and line as perverse and powerful as "Jesus wept". So this one, imho, comes in a close second place.
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