Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- nightmarish
- visceral
- campy
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics generally found the sequel visually inventive and grisly but weakened by thin plotting, excessive effects, and narrative incoherence.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Cenobite transformations and the newly damned are presented through prominent grisly practical effects.
Dr. Channard has spent years seeking the doorway to Hell, while the puzzle box enables access to it.
The plot explicitly centers on power struggles among the newly damned and the Cenobites.
The Cenobites frame pleasure and pain as intertwined intense sensations, with sexual imagery and seduction among the stated motifs.
Films like Hellbound: Hellraiser II, and why
Hellraiser
shares grotesque supernatural horror, elaborate creature design, and a descent into a hostile otherworld
Event Horizon
shares surreal hellish imagery, body horror, and psychologically disturbing supernatural mythology
The Company of Wolves
shares elaborate practical effects, occult fantasy, and graphic transformation horror
Movie Details
- Director
- Tony Randel
- Release Date
- 1988-12-23
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (1304)
Cast
- Ashley Laurence
- Clare Higgins
- Kenneth Cranham
- Imogen Boorman
- William Hope
- Sean Chapman
- Doug Bradley
- Barbie Wilde
- Simon Bamford
- Nicholas Vince
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Hellbound: Hellraiser II about?
- Kirsty Cotton enters a grotesque supernatural labyrinth to rescue her father from a doctor whose obsession with Hell unleashes rival forces among the damned.
- What is Hellbound: Hellraiser II like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Hellbound: Hellraiser II as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Hellbound: Hellraiser II violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Hellbound: Hellraiser II as graphic.
- What did critics think of Hellbound: Hellraiser II?
- Critics generally found the sequel visually inventive and grisly but weakened by thin plotting, excessive effects, and narrative incoherence.
- Which films are like Hellbound: Hellraiser II?
- Films with a similar feel include Hellraiser, Event Horizon, and The Company of Wolves.
- How long is Hellbound: Hellraiser II?
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch Hellbound: Hellraiser II?
- In United States, Hellbound: Hellraiser II streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
