Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5491 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-09-27
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 284 minutes

Special Features
HELLRAISER • UNCUT – 93 mins approx • 1.85:1 • Stereo 2.0 • Optional 5.1 • DTS • Subtitles for the Hard of Hearing • Audio Commentary with Director Clive Barker, Star Ashley Laurence and moderated by Writer Peter Atkins • Audio Commentary with Director Clive Barker • Hellraiser: Resurrection Featurette • Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser • On-Set interview with Director Clive Barker • Hellraiser Merchandising Promo • 4 Theatrical Trailers • 5 TV Spots • Storyboard • Script DVD-ROM • Stills Gallery HELLBOUND - HELLRAISER II • UNCUT – 98 mins approx • 1.85:1 • Stereo 2.0 • Optional 5.1 • DTS • Subtitles for the Hard of Hearing • Audio Commentary with Director Tony Randel, Star Ashley Laurence and Peter Atkins • Second Audio Commentary with Director Tony Randel and Peter Atkins • Hellbound: Lost in the Labyrinth Featurette • Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser II • On-Set interview with Director Clive Barker • On-Set interviews with Clive Barker, Tony Randel, Claire Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Imogen Boorman and Kenneth Crantham • Behind the Scenes Montage • 4 Theatrical Trailers • 2 TV Spots • Stills Gallery • Script DVD-ROM

HELLRAISER III - HELL ON EARTH • tbc mins approx • 16x9 Anamorphic • Stereo 2.0 • Optional 5.1 • DTS • Subtitles for the Hard of Hearing • Audio Commentary with Director Anthony Hickox and Star Doug Bradley • Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser III • Raising Hell on Earth – Interview with Director Anthony Hickox • Theatrical Trailer • EPK/Featurette

BONUS DISC • 75 mins approx • Short Film – Salome • Short Film – The Forbidden • Biographies

Synopsis
This horror collection presents the first three HELLRAISER films, based on characters created by Clive Barker. See individual titles for more details.
HELLRAISER - Barker's feature directing debut graphically depicts the tale of a couple (Andrew Robinson and Clare Higgins) who move into an old house and discover a hideous creature--the man's half-brother (Sean Chapman), who is also the woman's former lover--hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons called the Cenobites, he is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him human sacrifices to complete his body...but the Cenobites won't be happy about this. The film is one of the best horror offerings of the 1980s, based on Barker's novel THE HELLBOUND HEART.
HELLRAISER II: HELLBOUND - Beginning just hours after the original HELLRAISER ended, HELLBOUND finds young Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) waking up in a mental institution because she insisted on describing her parents' murderers to the authorities as pain-loving demons from hell. Unfortunately, she has been placed in the car of Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham), who has devoted his life to solving the Lament Configuration, the key to the doorway of hell, and now, with Kirsty, he believes he has found another key. Resuscitating the skinless corpse of her stepmother, Julia (Clare Higgins), Dr. Channard succeeds in opening a doorway to hell, one that Julia, Channard, Kristy, and her mute friend, Tiffany (Imogen Boorman), all travel through.
HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH - TV journalist Joey (Terry Farrell) gets drawn into the world of the supernatural while investigating a mysterious death. She discovers that a strange sculpture housed at a sleazy night club was responsible. The evil Cenobite, Pinhead (Doug Bradley), is released from the sculpture by a human sacrifice and proceeds to wreak havoc.

Customer Reviews

Why no Bloodline?
This is a great treat for Hellraiser fans.

Containing the first three films in the saga, "Hellraiser", "Hellbound - Hellraiser II" and "Hellraiser III - Hell on Earth", each movie comes with numerous extras, such as interviews with creator Clive Barker and Pinhead actor Doug Bradley, plus theatrical trailers and tv spots.

Each disc has a stylish selection menu and the box art is very nice, with a small booklet insert containing a brief history of the films.

The picture and sound quality for each film is also superb. To anyone who brought the previous DVD releases, especially of the first film, which had very poor picture quality, the image is now crystal clear.

The only gripe I have is why was the fourth film "Hellraiser - Bloodline" not included? The first four films all have a link somewhere in the film to eachother.

Hellbound is set right after Hellraiser, Hell on Earth has a cameo appearance of Kirsty via a videotape of her time at the mental institution from Hellbound, and then Bloodline has the strange puzzlebox building in it seen at the end of Hell on Earth.

The next few films, Inferno, Hellseeker, Deader and Hellworld could then be placed in a 'volume 2' package.

Still, this is the best presentation of the first three Hellraiser films to date, so I suggest you start your collection on DVD from here.

Cult Nostalgia Value Pack
I loved the first Hellraiser when it first came out in 1987.
On repeated viewings it's flaws became all the more apparent, but because of it's cult appeal and personal nostalgia value it has remained a grotesque favourite of mine.
Now whereas I appreciate the fact that films 2 and 3 are indeed splendidly uncut, the first film doesn't seem any different from my video edition.
During the 'story so far' section at the beginning of Hellbound, and the international trailer as well, we get to see the uncut destruction of Frank. But it isn't like this in the first film. Mind you this is just a niggle in what is otherwise a good box set, and considering I managed to obtain it for a very small price from elsewhere (sorry Amazon) it is still worth owning.
I won't bother going into the stories of each film but will give my ratings for each of them and a brief explanation as to why -

Hellraiser - 3.5 out of 5 / Flawed horror classic.

Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 - 3 out of 5 /
As sequels go, bold and bloody but still flawed.

Hellraiser 3: Hell On Earth - 1.5 out of 5 /
Pinhead goes mainstream and becomes a wise cracking goof ball. Inventive stuff nevertheless.

The extras on all three of the first discs are not bad on the goodies front, but particularly illuminating are Clive Barker's opinions, and the cast and crew interviews.

The 4th disc has Barker's first two experimental films (Salome & The Forbidden) - 2 out of 5 /
Love em or hate em first time efforts are worth viewing but do not exactly beg for repeated viewings. Still quite interesting.
A full screen presentation of Hell On Earth is also included.
If you're not a fan, this is still worth investigating.

If their's a new wave i'll be the first in line
oh.......MY......GOD!!!!!! this is truely the best set of films known to the human race. It has the best acting i have ever seen with a kick ass soundtrack that will blow you'r pants of! Dole dave's performance in this film is mind-blowing and the special effects created by jungle jim shuagnessey are top quality! Why he wasn't hired by pete jackson for T.L.O.T.R is above me(what a fool!!). Anyway make sure you buy this set, cause if you don,t then pennywise will come and get you with the help of amy McIver.