Hellraiser 4K 2022 Ultra HD 2160p

A reboot of the Hellraiser franchise. A young woman is forced to confront the demonic Pinhead and his minions after her brother disappears.

User Review

I was really looking forward to it, I love the franchise. Or rather, I love the fifth part, and I respect the third and fourth for the backstories of Pinhead and the Crying Configuration.

‘The Verdict’ wasn't bad, in my opinion, but they went a little overboard with the toilet antiseptics (Pinchead looked a lot like Bradley, by the way).

So, I consider the new film to be a very loose reboot of the first two parts. Some people won't like the character of Riley, but I liked her. Odessa Adlon plays her quite organically, sometimes a little drawn out, but in my opinion, that's not her fault, but the director's.

Pinhead is well done, I think, looking androgynous and behaving like a cunning bitch rather than a maniac killer. The other Cenobites are so mysterious that we are not treated to close-ups of them. Oh well.

The plot is quite simple, slightly convoluted in places, and it seems that Pinhead has a grudge against Voyt and openly sympathizes with Riley (Kirsty, for example, had to work hard to get the deal done). But overall, I think the film is quite worthy as a reboot of the first two parts. It's just as simple, with zero suspense, not thought-provoking, and without an oppressive atmosphere. There are no screamers. The main character, who played flawlessly, is the toy master's box.

That's why I mention the duckling syndrome. If Barker's films are “masterpieces” and ‘canon’ for the viewer, then don't waste your time.

If the viewer often uses the word “little story” when watching modern films, then it's not worth wasting your time either. Yes, it's a little story, yes, Pinhead is played by a woman born a man, yes, there is a same-sex couple in the film. Does that bother you? Watch something else.

The sounds of the box and the Voyt mechanism are cool. The music is clearly written with soul and respect for Barker's canonical films.

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (60.4 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10+
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1

Info Audio

#English: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
#English: Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos 5.1
#German: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)

Info Subtitles

English SDH, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French (Parisian), German, German SDH, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (Iberian), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin American), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian.