Apatros Review Ep-0061: Hellraiser VII: Deader [2005]

AR-0061: The middle part of the "Rick Bota Trilogy" of bad DTV [direct-to-video] sequels for the Hellraiser franchise that were made by Neo Art & Logic, an offshoot studio of Dimension Films that were employed to make cheap sequels for the DTV market, this shot-in-the-dregs-of-Eastern-Europe piece of junk has a masochistic underground tabloid journalist investigate a mysterious cult comprised of zombie masochists led by a member of the family who invented the Lament Configuration [the iconic puzzle box] and who is trying to start a turf war with the Cenobites. Let's just say Pinhead ain't too happy with this going down so he puts his own counter plan into action and that involves using the reporter as a pawn...

Not entirely an awful film [it is seriously bad, make no mistake] with an interesting spin on things, but ultimately it is still obvious that the script is just a non-Hellraiser script modified to feature the Cenobites in it and as such it proves sorely inappropriate for this franchise.

My Grade: D [Bad]

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