Episodes
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
46 - Amityville Emanuelle (5/8/2023)
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Two overlong franchises full of knock offs and spin offs finally hook up. Is it super hot and steamy, like a good coffee, or is it exhausting and tepid, like a bad coffee? Does it spend much time on either franchise? Both? The answers will very likely not surprise you!
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
45 - Ghosts of Amityville (11/22/2022)
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
And we're back to our core franchise. What was waiting for us? A family quarantine project. Yes, it's a narrative, but it's also another home video that got distribution by name dropping Amityville. Seriously, if anyone out there is an aspiring film maker, you can get distribution.
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
B11 - Hellraiser XI - (9/28/2022)
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
Finally we wrap things up with the Hulu reboot, which calls back to the franchise in several ways while completely reimagining in others. Will there be more? We have no way to know, because one year in most franchises is a bare minimum gap, but we've come to expect several a year from our flagship franchise, which we return to next time. But for now, let's just enjoy a little more time in Hell before our suffering really returns.
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
B10 - Hellraiser X: Judgement (2/3/2018)
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
It definitely feels like this franchise has had more endings that others. And here's another, the last of the Gary Tunnicliffe era, before the big budget relaunch by Hulu, which does completely close out this season for now. With one of the smallest budgets in the franchise, it relies on lore, ideas, thematic explorations, and yet another corrupt cop mystery.
Friday Oct 13, 2023
B09 - Hellraiser IX: Revelations (10/18/2011)
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
This week we watch the first of the series to not feature Doug Bradley. An entry produced primarily to retain the rights, and filmed on what would be a shoestring budget if you weren't for some reason watching every Amityville movie. But hey, as they say, just finishing a movie is an accomplishment, especially when there's the chance from the get go it might never get released.
Not known at the time of recording, let us also say goodbye to Anthony Hickox, director of Hellraiser III, as well as Waxwork I & 2, Sundown, and plenty of other fun flicks.
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
B08 - Hellraiser VIII: Hellworld (9/6/2005)
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
This week we wave farewell to one of the longest running villain performers in horror history, Doug Bradley as Pinhead, the HellPriest, the Cold One, the Pontifex, the Lead Cenobite, Captain Elliott Spencer. Eight movies in a row, always giving his best no matter how the rest of the project is going. Also a nice guy, if you see him at a convention. This one feature a rave house party, internet puzzles, a human sized Henry Cavill, and other very early 2000s stuff.
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
B07 - Hellraiser VII: Deader (6/7/2005)
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Seven entries into a franchise, you expect most of the characters will have died. So what's scarier than that? DEADER! Because once you're dead, and still exist, that's at least comforting, because you aren't cast into nothingness. But what happens if THAT ends? At least that's one way to scare an audience. The makers of this movie had other ideas. We discuss.
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
B06 - Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker (10/15/2002)
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
This week we take in a Hellraiser that wasn't written originally for the franchise. Do they make the puzzle pieces fit? Do they try and solve the puzzle box by just peeling the stickers off?
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
B05 - Hellraiser V: Inferno (10/3/2000)
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
To misquote the Clash, "Straight to video, boy..."
While a lot of franchises come apart as they lose theatrical release, this entry has aged well. Initially its distance from all previous films and the minimal involvement of Pinhead left fans cold, but in recent years it's been getting more respect for telling a different story in this universe. We still pull it apart like Frank, though.
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
B04 - Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (3/8/1996)
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
The end of the theatrical releases, and the last time Clive and his team were as hands on. They take us to the beginnings of the puzzle box all the way into space and the conclusion of its saga. Far enough in the future we'll have plenty of room for seven more sequels to go.