Hellraiser IV: Bloodline Review

Hellraiser IV: Bloodline came out in 1996 and was directed by the ever-erect Alan Smithee !!. We have used science (and possibly the box cover) to determine that this movie fits perfectly into the "Cenobyte Horror" genre.

During the time we had our polls open, 1 incompetent viewers just like you weighed in on Hellraiser IV: Bloodline. 1 of 'em thought it was great! 0 thought it was shit. Takes all kinds.

This is a Dave and Jim's B-Movie Review. This review was written some time between 1996 and 2001. Once you've sucked the marrow from this one, you can head back to the full list to pick another review for savoring. Do it again and again.

Dave's Review

Here is a nice example of why all movie studio executives should die. This movie was clearly butchered in the editing room. The only cut scenes I know about for sure were pictured in an old issue of Cinescape magazine of mine. But I suspect much material was removed from this movie to keep it short.

Dave broke it down like so: Technology: 7 Action: 7 Nudity: 4 Coolness: 10 Badguys: 7 Gore: 8 Shock: 7 Dialog: 6 Post-Nuke?: N Music: 6 Plot: 7 Length: Short Overall: 8

Jim's Review

A much better movie than Hellraiser 3 ever could dream of being. I kind of felt almost like it was 2 movies crushed into a single movie. It is kind of cool, but I long for the days of Hellraiser, and Hellraiser II with the original Cinobytes instead of these Cinobytes of the week that the last two movies have come up with. If you have seen the first two or three and you are craving more of Pinhead, this will work as a fix, but it is just not as cool as the first two.

Jim broke it down like so: Technology: 6 Action: 5 Nudity: 3 Coolness: 8 Badguys: 9 Gore: 7 Shock: 5 Dialog: 5 Post-Nuke?: N Music: 8 Plot: 6 Length: Short Overall: 11