Hellraiser
Hulu | Release Date (Streaming): October 7, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
12
Negative:
2
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60
Screen RantAlex HarrisonOct 7, 2022
Though it risks a slip into fully formulaic territory at times, the new movie is building to a far more interesting endgame than it appears to be, in which all the fleshing out of Cenobite lore and mechanics actually amounts to something quite profound. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeOct 7, 2022
It doesn’t always work, and at times it really really doesn’t, but it feels confident and unfettered in a way that so many horror films don’t these days. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOct 6, 2022
As an ambitious allegory for the chaos and torment of addiction, Hellraiser works mainly because of A’zion, who gives her scattered character a deeply human desperation. Read full review
58
ColliderAlyse WaxOct 6, 2022
Ultimately, the new Hellraiser isn’t entirely bad. It’s just bland. Forgettable. And in the world of horror films, isn’t that worse than being bad? Read full review
55
Paste MagazineJesse HassengerOct 5, 2022
One point in favor of Bruckner’s new Hellraiser is that it takes some time before it feels truly lost. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayOct 7, 2022
For all the flayed flesh and impaled skin in the picture, this Hellraiser isn’t sharp enough. Read full review
50
VarietyOwen GleibermanOct 5, 2022
The new Hellraiser works as metaphor, as flesh-annihilating spectacle. Yet it doesn’t work as a story. Read full review
42
The Film StageEthan VestbyOct 7, 2022
A chief problem with Hellraiser is that we never feel its lead’s dark past. Read full review
42
The PlaylistAndrew CrumpOct 4, 2022
It’s impossible to watch Bruckner’s adaptation without comparing it to Barker’s. Barker tapped into the darkest locus of human desire and expressed it on screen as shocking carnal violence. Bruckner sands down that perverted, forbidden lust into an accessible blueprint: Setup, kill, exposition, repeat. Read full review
40
EmpireKim NewmanNov 7, 2022
Not a write-off, but more like a respectful homage than a 2020s update in the manner of Candyman (2021). Perhaps a little disrespect would have been truer to the Clive Barker/Pinhead spirit, which is curiously muted in this outing. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneyOct 12, 2022
We get a reboot that takes no risks and steers away from the uncomfortable sexual jolts of its predecessor. This movie doesn’t raise hell. Honestly, it barely raises heck. Read full review
40
CNNBrian LowryOct 6, 2022
Hellraiser is obviously operating within fairly well-defined parameters, and leveraging 35 years of screen history, delivers on the most basic level in terms of special effects and gore, without – the “reimagining” claim notwithstanding – bringing much freshness to the formula. Read full review
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