lil late, but i actually rewatched house with my partner... the day it was posted here somehow? funny. anyway it's just so beautiful. As someone said it's one that people mistakenly think is "so bad it's good", because it's playful and outgoing enough to be itself in the entirety of its process. The camera and framing tricks would read as cheap and unnecessary if they didn't inform everything that happens. I really can't understate how much i love that film
and also because we're getting that slander again, Hellraiser does have more than one good sequel. I will maintain that hellraiser: bloodline (4) is hellraiser to the bone, and also just an extremely good watch on its own. The space and bloodline concepts reflect bad when pressed against the series opening, but it's a delight watching it unravel, and the film is so throughly enveloped with the lore and the puzzle box. I honestly can't even see what's wrong with the film. So many people just seem to be against the space bookend by concept alone, and admittedly pinhead is a little flat for half of it. idk, I need a lot of convincing.
and inferno (5) is actually kind of stunning. It's neo-noir, jacob's ladder by way of lost highway, grit realness. I think it gets flak because it really truly is not a hellraiser film, but in the end i think it's incorporation of the puzzle box and pinhead make it one of the strongest in terms of the metaphorical strength of hell. As a sequel or not it's a success
and also because we're getting that slander again, Hellraiser does have more than one good sequel. I will maintain that hellraiser: bloodline (4) is hellraiser to the bone, and also just an extremely good watch on its own. The space and bloodline concepts reflect bad when pressed against the series opening, but it's a delight watching it unravel, and the film is so throughly enveloped with the lore and the puzzle box. I honestly can't even see what's wrong with the film. So many people just seem to be against the space bookend by concept alone, and admittedly pinhead is a little flat for half of it. idk, I need a lot of convincing.
and inferno (5) is actually kind of stunning. It's neo-noir, jacob's ladder by way of lost highway, grit realness. I think it gets flak because it really truly is not a hellraiser film, but in the end i think it's incorporation of the puzzle box and pinhead make it one of the strongest in terms of the metaphorical strength of hell. As a sequel or not it's a success