Hellraiser: Deader (2005) (V)

Réalisateur:

Rick Bota

Scénaristes:

Clive Barker (characters)
Benjamin Carr (written by) ...

Date de sortie:

7 juin 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horreur | Mystère | Thriller

Accroche:

The Latest. Most Terrifying Evil.

Intrigue:

A journalist uncovers an underground group who can bring back the dead and slowly becomes drawn into their world.

Plot Keywords:

Journalist | Romania | Suicide | Severed Hand | Shot In The Head

Avis des utilisateurs:

It could have been great ...

Ensemble

Kari Wuhrer	...	Amy Klein
Paul Rhys	...	Winter
Simon Kunz	...	Charles Richmond
Marc Warren	...	Joey
Georgina Rylance	...	Marla
Doug Bradley	...	Pinhead
Ionut Chermenski	...	Group Leader (as Ionut Chermenschi)
Hugh Jorgin	...	The Arrogant Reporter
Linda Marlowe	...	Betty
Madalina Constantin	...	Anna
Ioana Abur	...	Katia
Constantin Barbulescu	...	The Landlord (as Costi Barbulescu)
Daniel Chirea	...	Amy's Father
Maria Pintea	...	Young Amy
Mircea Constantinescu	...	Subway Cop #1

Autre(s) titre(s):

Hellraiser VII: Deader (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence, sexual content, language and some drug use.

Durée:

88 min

Pays:

USA | Romania

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Classification:

Netherlands:16 | Germany:18 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Australia:MA (2008) | USA:R

Lieux de tournage:

Bucharest, Romania

Société:

Dimension Films

Anecdotes:

Filmed back to back with Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005) (V)

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: When Amy unlocks the gate she only unlocks the lock without removing the lock itself and gets right through with a push even though we can see the chains wrapped around it multiple times. After she walks through, we can see that there are now no chains or lock on the gate at all.

Guillemet:

Pinhead: Dreams are fleeting. Only nightmares last forever!

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur Demons to Others: The Making of 'Hellraiser: Prophecy' (2007)

Bande son:

Thirty

It could have been great ...

HELLRAISER: DEADER is pretty good, especially in the first half which has two of the more intense and creepy scenes I have seen in a DTV flick in a while. I'm talking, of course, about the first videotape and when Amy explores the abandoned house.

Where DEADER fails is when it tries to tie into the HELLRAISER mythology. As has been well publicized, DEADER started out as an original screenplay by Neal Marshall Stevens that Dimension Films bought for no less than 1 million dollars. Then they lost faith in it and let it collect dust before hiring Tim Day to do a rewrite and turn it into a HELLRAISER sequel. I don't blame the guy, because he probably did the best he could, given such a ridiculous task. But it's a shame that DEADER did end up like this. Without the 30 seconds worth of Pinhead at the end this could have been a minor genre masterpiece. As it stands, it's just a bizarre, schizophrenic film with some outstanding moments, some scenes that really work and some that really don't. Once again, shame on Dimension Films for wasting this opportunity.

In addition to original screenwriter Stevens, director Rick Bota also deserves some praise. He's made a good looking and often tense film that is never less than competent. Hopefully he'll be able to break free from his current job at Dimension eventually. The guy has talent.