Hellraiser: Inferno (2000) (V)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Scott Derrickson

Writers:

Clive Barker (characters)
Paul Harris Boardman (written by) ...

Release Date:

3 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

The Terrifying New Chapter In The "Hellraiser" Legacy!

Plot:

A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer". |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Detective | Cocaine | Severed Finger | Police Investigation

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Craig Sheffer	...	Det. Joseph Thorne
Nicholas Turturro	...	Det. Tony Nenonen
James Remar	...	Dr. Paul Gregory
Doug Bradley	...	Pinhead
Nicholas Sadler	...	Bernie
Noelle Evans	...	Melanie Thorne
Lindsay Taylor	...	Chloe
Matt George	...	Leon Gaultier
Michael Shamus Wiles	...	Mr. Parmagi
Sasha Barrese	...	Daphne Sharp
Kathryn Joosten	...	Mother
Jessica Elliot	...	Young Joseph's Mother
Carmen Argenziano	...	Captain
Christopher Neiman	...	Pathologist
Christopher Kriesa	...	Older Detective

Also Known As:

Hellraiser V (USA) (working title)
Hellraiser V: Inferno (USA) (working title)
Inferno (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, language, sexuality and drug use.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 (cut) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:R | Germany:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #37483) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-18

Company:

Dimension Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Thorne looks at the coke sniffer, it changes position between shots.

Quotes:

Pinhead: Welcome... to Hell.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Tracey Fragments (2007)

Soundtrack:

Drifting Too Far from the Shore

A nerve-wracking experience, it messes with your mind.

I saw this film alone in a "house container" in the middle of the night, during my 24H shift as the radio Duty Officer in a UN military camp in Eastern Africa. Maybe that's why it made such an impression on me, partly, anyway!

Whatever the unusual setting for viewing it, it must be said I'm a long time fan of Clive Barker and his universe(s), and that that of course helped in gearing up my imagination. In my opinion, the special Barker trademark, namely a mood of overwhelming and insanity-inducing Biblical horror, translates well to the screen in this film. The protagonist, played by Sheffer, remembered from another Barker movie, Nightbreed, is caught in a web that seems impossible to escape. Even though he's a real dumb b*****d, you just can't help feel a little sorry for him; the way he is manipulated by gruesome, hellish powers is almost too much. No way he can experience what he does without loosing his mind!

The acting isn't anything special, but I tell you, if you are capable of living yourself just a bit into the story, you'll feel like I did: That movie has warped my fragile little mind!

Advice: see it alone, tired, just before you are going to sleep, and with your senses alert to begin with - and you'll be ready to continue the roller coaster ride in troubled dreams afterwards. Disturbing! 7 out of 10.