Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Hellraiser: Hellseeker

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.