Great Film overall

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

An investigative reporter must send the newly unbound Pinhead and his legions back to Hell. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is definitely far better than most of it's really dumb sequels that followed but it's also nowhere near as good as the great 2 first films and despite some pretty good visuals and make up as anyone would expect from this series? The storyline was just not that great and pretty damn disappointing to say the least plus i was kind of disappointed that the girl from the first 2 did no return but then again? Why turn her into Laurie Strode? (5/10)

The third movie in the "Hellraiser" franchise got mostly bad reviews from the fans, but I think this is totally undeserved. It is different from the first two, but not the worse. What's more, to me it's better than the first one. The story is more complex and rounded, effects are better, there are several really memorable scenes, and Pinhead got a bigger portion of the screen-time than in the past, which allowed Doug Bradley to shine. The movie, of course, has its drawbacks, such as a meaningless slaughter in the nightclub, that conflicts with the rules set in the previous films, but I think that on the beam scale quality side heavily outweighs the one with flaws.7,5/10

I'm a fan of the Hellraiser II. I've seen it many times. But last time I saw it, last year, it lost its impact. I haven't seen the first in many years, but I remember it as a decent film. I do not consider Hellraiser II as a masterpiece, but it must be seen. My rating for that is a B rating for a B movie, 7 stars. #III in comparison is garbage. And the only reason to see it is if you need to see all the Hellraiser movies. If you're a fan of the II, you will probably hate it. You might as well just see II and call it a day.Here's the main problem. The story sucks. A female reporter sees a death in a hospital by way of chains ripping a person apart. Now, she's the only person investigating this. Where are the cops, and the hospital personnel who witnessed the chains suspended in air ripping the victim apart. By the way, the fx were OK, but much better done in Scanners, or Hellraiser II. Then the reporter speaks to the victim's girlfriend and has a clue to go to the, wait for it, THE BOILER ROOM, a rock/trip club owned by a rich dirtbag who happened to kill his parents for money. Maybe they could have shown a scene of this fool killing his parents, that may have been interesting. Reporter goes to the Boiler and some stupid dialogue and acting follows. In a dream sequence we find out that the reporter lost her father, she never knew, in Vietnam. This bit of ungenius writing comes in handy later as a deception device for Mr. Pinhead. So, I'm not going to go into every little detail of this mess. But the script sucks. If you have a bad script, it can only be saved by the acting, music, and directing. Every element of this film is equal in quality. Everything here is just plain simple mediocre crap. The Pinhead dialogue/one liners are interesting for the first time or two, but gets to be a blabbering nonsense. All the actors are mediocre, except for the cameraman, he sucked. The fx were OK, here and there, but then towards the end we get a bunch of cars exploding and ridiculous nonsense, which adds nothing. The only other thing that saves this movie from complete disaster is Motorhead has a tune or two on it. The film is watchable, but do not expect any thought provoking ideas or even an entertaining film. A few pieces of dialogue from Pinhead, a few fx scenes, a few interesting twists, does not make a movie. These are just elements. The only way I made it through this is by playing some guitar while watching.I got this in a DVD collection, 6 movies for $5, Hellraiser III to VIII. I will only recommend this if you want to see all Hellraiser films. Otherwise watch the first and second and call it a day.Rating D, 3 stars.

Hellraiser III starts with a new cast. Joey (Terry Farrell) is a reporter trying to get her break when she stumbles upon the aftermath of an attack from one of the cubes that keeps serving as the catalyst to all the films. Joey befriends Terri (Paula Marshall), the woman who brought in the victim of the cube, a typical punk girl on the surface, but Joey knows there is more going on. Meanwhile, Terri's ex-boyfriend, and owner of the nightclub The Boiler Room, J.P. Monroe (Kevin Barnhardt) acquires a totem that houses the body of Pinhead (Doug Bradley), a body that becomes reanimated after coming into contact with blood.The film boasts another interesting set of female characters. Joey and Terri are two women in very different places who are still able to connect. Joey's confidence and drive contrasts Terri's aimless direction in life and the feeling that she's an undesirable and incompetent.Terry Farrell was a couple years away from fame and the lust of sci-fi nerds everywhere thanks to her role in Star Trek: Deep Space NineIn spite of these flaws, the film does have a few serious merits. The visuals and direction are a good step up from Hellbound and there are a number of compelling sequences from a cinematic perspective