HELLRAISER:
HELLSEEKER
The
worst of the Hellraiser sequels up to this point in the series,
Hellseeker follows a bland protagonist named Trevor (husband of
Kirsty) who is seemingly under investigation by the police for the
murder of his wife and some other women. Trevor suffers from
frequent intense headaches and loses the ability to distinguish
reality from hallucination. He spends time in his cubicle at work
(where he's supposed to crunch numbers but apparently never actually
gets anything done), riding on a bus, at his apartment, and receiving
acupuncture treatments. In the film's final scenes, the viewer
learns what's actually been going on via a twist ending that
transforms the Kirsty character from the likeable and sympathetic
young woman she was at the start of this series into a cold-blooded
killer.
I've
got a single Blu-ray disc that includes Hellseeker along with three
other Hellraiser films, and the back of the case describes the plot
of this film as follows: “Pinhead and his legion return to unleash
Hell on Earth but standing in the way is Kirsty – the only person
who has defeated Pinhead in the past.” This is blatant false
advertising. Kirsty and Pinhead barely appear in Hellseeker, and
Kirsty certainly does not stand in Pinhead's way. Rather, she
strikes a bargain with him. Unless you're a Hellraiser completist,
don't waste 88 minutes sitting through this crap.
