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  • Actors: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Kenneth Cranham
  • Directors: Clive Barker, Tony Randel, Anthony Hickox
  • Format: Box set, Full Screen, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Cinema Club
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Aug 2002
  • Run Time: 277 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006G9XH
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,794 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The first three entries in the Clive Barker-originated series are presented in Hellraiser: The Collector's Edition, a box set which includes Barker's 1986 original, and the first two sequels, Tony Randel's Hellbound and Anthony Hickox's Hell on Earth. Watching the films run together, you can see the process whereby a twisted original vision from the British writer-director is gradually hammered out into the stuff of an American direct-to-video franchise. Even the first film suffers slightly as a story written to take place in London is rendered puzzling by the decision to dub minor players with American accents, and by the time of the third film there is only the odd flash of s&m imagery to distinguish the series from the Elm Street or any other franchise.

Along the way, there are a few great and many good things: the nasty little family drama of the first film, played by Andrew Robinson and Clare Higgins, as a marriage is literally torn apart by the bloody, skinless brother-lover in the attic, and the still-striking look of the series' major demons, the Cenobites. Part II is a mess, but has a certain grand dementia and Part III at least gives the films' poster boy, Doug Bradley's Pinhead, centre screen as he bids to become the Freddy Krueger of the body-piercing set.

On the DVD: Hellraiser: The Collector's Edition presents parts I and II in anamorphic widescreen, while III is cramped at 4:3 full-screen: the transfers are okay if not sumptuous, a little soft if aptly gloomy. Region 1 releases have director and crew commentaries and retrospective documentaries that are sadly not included here--though completists note: this edition boasts on-set cast and director interviews (five minutes apiece for I and II) which are not on the American set. I and II also have trailers (and II has a printable stills gallery and a pointless extra which consists of extracts from the film grouped together as "sub-plots"), but III is strictly no-frills. --Kim Newman



Video Description

DVD Special Features
Hellraiser
Aspect Ratio 16:9 Anamorphic
Dolby Surround
Theatrical Trailers
Interviews
Running Time: 90 minutes approx

Hellbound – Hellraiser II
Aspect Ration 16:9 Anamorphic
Dolby Stereo
Theatrical Trailers
Interviews
Sub-Plots
Photo Library
Running Time: 90 minutes approx

Hellraiser III – Hell On Earth
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
English Stereo
Running Time: 97 minutes approx

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The first 3 hellraiser movies.....hmmmm, 25 Aug 2002
By A Customer
Hellraiser is a horror classic, introducing the films' concept, and mainly the Villain, Pinhead. The series is dark, gory, and sometimes, very good. The acting is what you can expect form 80s horror films, but gladly, what you also expect (and get) is loads of gory, scary bits.

The picture quality is not that great however, neither is the sound. It appears that they have been very lazy on the transfer, as it is quite grany and shaky.

The extras also are not that great, as all we are offered are some interviews ( only a few minutes worth) and trailers.

BUT, the fact that these three films are available in one package [...] is great, and if your prepared to put up with the picture and sound, it is a great package.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The law of diminishing returns is proved once again., 10 Dec 2003
By J. Reynolds "jonnyboymach4" (London) - See all my reviews
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Let me begin by saying that this is a decent pack, and well worth having in your collection.

However, I don't reccomend that you watch the films in chronological order. Watch them like this: 3,1 and 2 - or else by the time you have watched the amiguous beauty and horror of the first film degenerate into the hackneyed American slasher fodder of the 3rd it's long stopped being frightening, and become a mail studded cliche. In fact, there are moments in number 3 (Joey crying out to her dead father, the line from the camera-headed cenobite: "are you ready for your close-up" etc.) that make you cringe.

Pinhead gets centre stage in the final installment, which is a double edged sword in my opinion. Doug Bradley is talented and nasty enough to pull it off, but you can't help but feeling that the de-mystification of Pinhead as made him much less scary than the previous installments, where it was merely the threat of his appearance that caused your stomach to churn.

The first 2 are classics however - and feel like 2 halves of the same story. Claire Higgins is just on the good side of proper B-movie-ish, as is Ashley Lawrence. The effects are dated, and yet charming for anyone a little disappointed with the sterility of modern CGI.

And there are some truly horrible moments: the distusting re-birth of frank in film 1, or Doctor Channard being transformed into a cenobite by some barely disguised phallus shaped objects: ". . . and to think he hesitated . . ."

So watch number 3 first, laugh or cringe, and then afterwards remind yourself how great the first 2 films were.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars First three Hellraisers in one package..., 23 Aug 2002
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There arent too many "clasic" horror films that still seem to have the power to scare after fifteen years passage but I would have to argue that Hellraiser is one of them. Stylish isnt a word often associated with the eighties (well, not as mach as mullets and feather cuts), but despite one or two rather dated wardrobe department crimes, this film still oozes just as much style as it does blood and can still gleefully scare the living daylights out of those who havn't seen it before or don't know what to expect. Franks reanimation is still as terrifying and spellbinding to watch now as it was on its release.
Hellraiser 2 continues the story but takes the setting to the Hellish lair of the cenobites. Again, as with the first film, I remember the feeling of real dread I felt the first time I saw this, it still is visually nightmarish. Certainly the plot is looser and the storyline less clear than the first film, gaining the gloriously straight playing Kenneth Cranham as the deranged psychiatrist, but even if for the Escher-like images of Hell in the Cenobites Labyrinth, this has to be seen by all serious horror buffs and be warned - it is not for the faint hearted!
But then something seems to go slightly amiss in Hellraiser three. Style and imagination all seem to take a back seat as the setting changes from evoking a british feel to that of a blatant attempt at moody americanism. The actors (with the exception of Doug Bradley of course), all appear to be downgraded to "TV movie of the week" status and the imagery which was so powerful in the first two movies begins to feel tired and basically it just doesnt scare anymore! The film does have its moments - the scene in the hospital near the beginning of the film hints at the feeling of horror and dread so often felt int the first two, but I felt despondent that Pinhead was just too close to becoming the perforated Freddy Kreuger in his dialogue and reliance on ineffective dramatics. Clive Barker is an immense talent - it would have been intriguing to see what the three films would have been like had he stuck to the franchise and bestowed his imagination and influence into the third as much as he so obviously did in the first two, however as the third film closes with the obligatory "rock" theme (Motorhead of course!)I couldn't help but imagine Clives own fear and dread of what was to come in HR4!
This three pack contains interviews with the cast and directors, including Clive Barker which are illuminating if rather short, and also includes a behind the scenes feature which although devoid of commentary, shows how a lot of the special effects looked without the aid of specialist lenses and effects - many of them appearing endearingly ludicrous in the cold light of video!
Even with the slightly flawed HR3 - this is essential viewing for all fans of the darker side of cinema.
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