OK, so we have the director for Hellraiser II, which my first viewing was great. Subsequent viewing, it was still good, but tons of plot issues, but not a great movie, however, professional. Then we have a cast of pro actors: Garrett Morris – SNL, Peter DeLuis (Dom's son), Ami Dolenz (Monkee's daughter), Karen Black. So, what went wrong. First, the script is utter garbage, it's all over the place, we have two towns, one is infected by Vampires, the other a house with Black and her daughter imprisoned by a freak Priest. Then we have the dialogue and the actors, true to form amateur acting here. All the actors involved should be on a campaign to eliminate this movie from any human eyes/ears. Morris is just plain sad here as a wino/vampire killer. DeLuis has no charisma and the nonsense that comes out of this man's mouth is just sad. Karen Black vampire makeup and acting is trash. Best acting came from Dolenz but that's not saying much.
The cinematography is just aim and shoot. There's a couple of crane shots, one near the beginning and one at the very end, just simple aim and shoot. Nothing here. Editing is trash. Makeup is stupid.
It looks like they were trying to make a comedy horror. The only comedy here is that the film itself is a joke. You may laugh a few times at the film. There are a few seconds of horror when the girls first jump into the water in the church. Only a few seconds.
So, they had a budget to hire some "pro" actors, and burn a few cars and have some stunt met burning and flying through the air. How about spending some of it on something called a WRITER? Even with bad acting, the story/dialogue/plot could have saved this mess.
The only people that should watch this are film and psychological students. Then read the reviews. Then try to understand how a film fails and not to repeat and find ways to succeed. Then try to understand our modern society and how we got here, where anyone can even enjoy such garbage. Am I being harsh? Yes! Because there are talented people that don't even get a chance because the world is polluted by this nonsense.
Rating F, 1 star. Zero redeeming quality.
The cinematography is just aim and shoot. There's a couple of crane shots, one near the beginning and one at the very end, just simple aim and shoot. Nothing here. Editing is trash. Makeup is stupid.
It looks like they were trying to make a comedy horror. The only comedy here is that the film itself is a joke. You may laugh a few times at the film. There are a few seconds of horror when the girls first jump into the water in the church. Only a few seconds.
So, they had a budget to hire some "pro" actors, and burn a few cars and have some stunt met burning and flying through the air. How about spending some of it on something called a WRITER? Even with bad acting, the story/dialogue/plot could have saved this mess.
The only people that should watch this are film and psychological students. Then read the reviews. Then try to understand how a film fails and not to repeat and find ways to succeed. Then try to understand our modern society and how we got here, where anyone can even enjoy such garbage. Am I being harsh? Yes! Because there are talented people that don't even get a chance because the world is polluted by this nonsense.
Rating F, 1 star. Zero redeeming quality.