Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Anthony Hickox

Writers:

Clive Barker (characters)
Peter Atkins (story) ...

Release Date:

11 September 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

What began in Hell, will end on Earth.

Plot:

An investigative reporter must send the newly unbound Pinhead and his legions back to Hell.

Plot Keywords:

Pinhead | Hell | Reporter | Blood | Chain

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Kevin Bernhardt	...	J.P. Monroe
Lawrence Mortorff	...	Bum
Terry Farrell	...	Joanne 'Joey' Summerskill
Ken Carpenter	...	Daniel 'Doc' Fisher / Camerahead Cenobite
Sharon Ceccatti	...	Blond Nurse (as Sharon Hill)
Paula Marshall	...	Terri
Robert C. Treveiler	...	Paramedic 1
Chris Frederick	...	Paramedic 2
Lawrence Kuppin	...	Derelict
Sharon Percival	...	Brittany Virtue
Philip Hyland	...	Brad
David Young	...	Bill the Bouncer
Brent Bolthouse	...	CD the DJ
Peter Atkins	...	Rick the Barman / Barbie Cenobite
Paul Vincent Coleman	...	Soldier 1

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and sexuality, and for language.

Runtime:

93 min | USA:97 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Netherlands:16 | Sweden:15 (Video rating) | Australia:R | Germany:18 | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

High Point, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Fifth Avenue Entertainment

Trivia:

The original American poster campaign did not feature Pinhead, as officials believed the character to be "too scary" for American children.

Goofs:

Continuity: Pinhead makes the silver cross melt in the priest's hand, and the priests hand then becomes a bloody stump. But in following shots the priests hand is very much intact.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Bum: [referring to the Pillar of Souls] You want it?
J.P. Monroe: [laughs] Is it yours?
Bum: No. Not mine. Yours.
J.P. Monroe: How much you want for it?
Bum: Whatever you think it's worth.
[receives money]
Bum: Exactly the figure I had in mind. Take pleasure in it.

Movie Connections:

Features Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)

Soundtrack:

Divine Thing

Hell used to be a better place

I liked the first two Hellraiser movies, they had good ideas and good scary visual, but I did not like Hellraiser III. I think it was made at the beginning of the CGI (Computer Generated Graphics) effects "fashion", but CGI was not yet prepared for a horror movie, at least not with their budget :) Props, make-up and even stop-motion would do a better job.

Oh! And (sadly) there were the new kinds of cenobites. I did not watch this sequel to see what new cenobite would came up, I was expecting a good and clever horror movie like the other ones, but instead I got lame cenobites, bad CGI effects, badly used cliches and a weak story. Sometimes it seemed they were making a bad parody. I even did not want to see the following movies, afraid that they would make dislike the whole series.