Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

Directed by

Tony Randel

Genre

fantasy film, horror film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 1,257 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Kirsty Cotton is put in a psychiatric hospital after surviving a terrifying encounter with the Cenobites. The hospital's doctor becomes obsessed with the puzzle box that summons these beings and uses it to bring them into our world.

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What happens

Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a 1988 supernatural horror film directed by Tony Randel and starring Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence and Kenneth Cranham. It is the second film in the Hellraiser franchise, and draws heavily upon its precursor, Hellraiser, which was released a year before with much of the same cast and crew. Laurence reprises her role as Kirsty Cotton, who is admitted into a psychiatric hospital after the events of the first film. There, the head doctor (Cranham) unleashes the Cenobites, a group of sadomasochistic beings from another dimension. Clive Barker, who wrote and directed the first Hellraiser film, wrote the story of Hellraiser II and served as executive producer. Hellraiser II is an international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, and was screened at the Toronto Festival of Festivals on 9 September 1988, with mixed reviews upon release. It grossed $12.1 million at the box office and was followed by Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth in 1992. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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