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Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

1992
Fantasy, Horror
1h 37m
An investigative reporter must send the newly unbound Pinhead and his legions back to Hell (imdb)

Directed by:

Anthony Hickox

Screenwriter:

Peter Atkins, Clive Barker, Tony Randel

Starring:

Doug Bradley, Kevin Bernhardt, Lawrence Mortorff, Terry Farrell, Sharon Hill, Paula Marshall, Peter Atkins, Sharon Ceccatti, Ken Carpenter, Sharon Percival, Philip Hyland, Brent Bolthouse

Franchise:

Hellraiser

Genres:

Fantasy, Horror

AKA:

Hellraiser 3

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

1992
Fantasy, Horror
1h 37m
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billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 22 Oct 2013
50
21st
"HELLLL RAAAAISER raising hell that helll RAAAAAISER raisin some hell HELL RAISER"
Rated 22 Oct 2013
mentaculusMentaculus
Rated 11 Jan 2017
5
0th
It only takes two scenes before it's clear this is low-rent entertainment - taking a highbrow horror conceit and turning the Puzzle Box into a Big Mac box (literally) for the consumption of the masses. This was confirmed by unnecessary CGI, an uncomfortably emotional Pinhead, and a cenobite DJ spitting killer CDs. I shit you not.
Rated 11 Jan 2017
barthalenBarthalen
Rated 28 Aug 2011
23
12th
Gets rid of the disturbing, making-you-feel-uncomfortable moments and trades them in for ridiculous developments and terrible characters. Oh, and I guess Pinhead is now both a statue and a senseless killing machine? Ugh.
Rated 28 Aug 2011
nilkynarfynilkynarfy
Rated 29 Mar 2007
20
13th
Uninteresting in every possible way a movie about a demonic man with pins sticking out of his face can be.
Rated 29 Mar 2007
picklemanPickle_Man
Rated 06 Apr 2019
35
7th
The acting is laughably bad, as is the writing, but the FX are decent at least. Almost entirely abandons the mythos that the last two movies created.
Rated 06 Apr 2019
michaelsykesmichaelsykes
Rated 06 Apr 2014
60
30th
It's a nice bit of fun after the relentlessly bleak Hellraiser II (though admittedly not as good)
Rated 06 Apr 2014
easydiffeasydiff
Rated 19 Jul 2011
1
0th
Quite honestly the most insanely bad thing ever. It's the worst, most simultaneously cheap-looking and mindlessly-blockbustery of the Hellraisers. And NYC has apparently only 9 residents, which is interesting.
Rated 19 Jul 2011
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 10 Oct 2010
23
6th
Was this the one with the CD player cenobite? lol
Rated 10 Oct 2010
joseywalesjoseywales
Rated 04 Jan 2007
56
28th
How can you hate on the cenobites in this one?
Rated 04 Jan 2007
abunchofcatsABUNCHOFCATS
Rated 23 Jun 2023
60
15th
Worth it for the CD player Cenobite.
Rated 23 Jun 2023
sammetalSamMetal
Rated 21 Apr 2023
7
6th
Comes off as porn for psychos.
Rated 21 Apr 2023
honestthiefHonest_Thief
Rated 27 Mar 2022
2
13th
lol well, at least they tried i guess
Rated 27 Mar 2022
braddad68braddad68
Rated 15 Dec 2021
88
36th
I liked this one. Kind of an origin story for "Pinhead".
Rated 15 Dec 2021
hadleyreisHadleyreis
Rated 29 Oct 2021
41
17th
I'm looking for a pretty woman
Rated 29 Oct 2021
iamdwgIamdwg
Rated 10 Aug 2021
79
60th
Better than the 2nd by a clear mile. It strived to do something different while still holding onto the things that make it Hellraiser in the first place. I love the personality split for Pinhead and the last shot of the film. Some great stuff there
Rated 10 Aug 2021
lawlaw
Rated 13 Jun 2021
40
23rd
The art / night world is a great setting for a Hellraiser tale but they cocked it up. The story's weak and the special effects team aren't up to the task. Why they decided to give Pinhead a backstory and redemption arc ... This entry loses its erotic, creepy edge toward the end and goes fully bombastic. At one point, the protagonist runs through a street full of dangers and I couldn't help but imagine a Looney Tunes backing track. There's so much wrong with this movie but it's still watchable.
Rated 13 Jun 2021
esperhartEsperHart
Rated 15 Mar 2021
80
26th
https://esperwatchesfilms.tumblr.com/post/645747072328499200/hellraiser-iii-hell-on-earth-1992
Rated 15 Mar 2021
overratedoverrated
Rated 13 Jul 2020
23
14th
If you're not an OCD completionist like me, stop with the Hellraiser franchise after this. 3 is a big step down from the first two films but is still watchable in a ridiculous sense, something that cannot be said for anything that follows.
Rated 13 Jul 2020
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 03 Nov 2018
76
51st
Less of a repulsive freak show than the previous entries, this feels more modestly budgeted (with accordingly modest aspirations) but is far more cleverly staged and executed, with a more coherent storyline than usual, and undercut by a winningly absurd (even silly) sense of humour; highlighted by the tongue-in-cheek nightclub massacre. No great stretches required from the performers, though Farrell is a likable heroine.
Rated 03 Nov 2018
ytadelYtadel
Rated 28 Oct 2018
2
14th
I am just not that into this series, although the club massacre scene was amusing.
Rated 28 Oct 2018
cetincelikcetincelik
Rated 30 Dec 2017
55
29th
2022'de #IzlediğimFilmler ; 260. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992) İlk 2 film kadar olmasa da yine de kendini izlettiren bir düşük bütçe korku filmi.
Rated 30 Dec 2017
fancymikeFancyMike
Rated 17 Nov 2017
3
23rd
Quite a bit more fun than I remembered. Maybe that's just me and my mindset for it this time though, because while the script feels like it's motioning towards the campy-horror-franchise-sequel everything on-screen is presented completely seriously. Even if the lines aren't great I like Doug Bradley having more dialog and screen-time. Quite a drop off from the first two but I enjoyed it this time, and it's still much better than any that came after.
Rated 17 Nov 2017
groovysoulsGroovy_Souls
Rated 03 Jan 2017
20
7th
Hellraiser 3 is a mockery of Clive Barker, Pinhead, and the Cenobites. It features annoyingly absurd characters with shallow motivations and no satisfying story. The major sin, however, is the treatment of Pinhead. This movie ruined Pinhead as a controlled killer. He's scareless, like Freddy Kreuger in later Nightmares.
Rated 03 Jan 2017
mrarnmrarn
Rated 30 Dec 2015
20
1st
Just got done watching the movie and I can't remember a thing about it. Very forgettable.
Rated 30 Dec 2015
desertpunkDesertPunk
Rated 13 Dec 2015
36
7th
Hellraiser III: Courtesy Flush
Rated 13 Dec 2015
backwardsuitbackwardsuit
Rated 12 Nov 2014
36
5th
Hellraiser The Cartoon.
Rated 12 Nov 2014
yiannosYiannos
Rated 24 Oct 2014
50
26th
Pinhead officially turns into a Freddy Krueger type figure in this instalment, and like the second film it ramps up the silliness to an absurd degree, but at least the story is relatively focused this time, which makes it more watchable. The acting is crappy, but that just comes with the territory. The film looks good and there is plenty of gore to satisfy fans with low expectations and standards. The mythology behind the box evidently goes a long way.
Rated 24 Oct 2014
indyatmnINDYATMN
Rated 21 Aug 2014
76
46th
Fans keep saying this franchise "follows its set of rules" but I have yet to see one of these that didn't have me thinking "But wait, I thought..." at LEAST once. This does add to each sequel's unpredictability, which is the franchise's strong suit. Unlike slasher films, each sequel, so far, has delivered a significantly different & more expansive take on the Hell/Pinhead mythos. This one feels more conventional w/ its overt Good Vs Evil narrative & at times like ur watching a humorless Freddy.
Rated 21 Aug 2014
zipsterZipster
Rated 11 Aug 2014
65
8th
troothTrooth
Rated 31 Aug 2012
39
11th
I can see how it would be hard to build a series out of what the first two movies set up, so it's understandable that this is an awkward sequel. Understandable, but still awkward. Pinhead's motivations throughout the whole movie are never really clear, just that he's evil and he wants to torture and/or kill everyone in the world I guess. He's practically like the djinn in Wishmaster in this movie, but just killing a bunch of people instead of having the whole wish-granting twist.
Rated 31 Aug 2012
amerigoamerigo
Rated 07 Aug 2012
67
15th
As opposed to the surreal psycho-terror of Clive Barker we're faced with your ordinary horror pulp meets an angry screaming Pinhead. I do hope in the next Hellraiser, they'll introduce a Heaven--then angels can do battle with Pinhead and all will be C-movie horror schlock instead of truly disturbing art.
Rated 07 Aug 2012
mervtaylorMerv_Taylor
Rated 15 Jun 2012
74
38th
Doug Bradley is awesome, at least
Rated 15 Jun 2012
ahamel7896ahamel7896
Rated 21 May 2012
3
6th
Fucking terrible. A mockery of the first two films.
Rated 21 May 2012
paxtonPaxton
Rated 17 Apr 2012
68
57th
Sometimes there's no good reason for liking a movie that just isn't very good. I could never explain why but this and Graveyard Shift fall into that category.
Rated 17 Apr 2012
coheedCoheed
Rated 21 Feb 2012
30
5th
After the eventually pointless first sequel, this is redundant to the point it's not worth having a deeper review on - one of many sequels in existence that was cobbled together sloppily for commerce only. When your biggest ideas include a Cenobite who throws CDs like razor-sharp Frisbees, who belongs to a parody not a sequel to a serious first film, and can't even make that work the whole product falls to pieces.
Rated 21 Feb 2012
jordandcfcJordanDcFc
Rated 30 Nov 2011
32
7th
Why?
Rated 30 Nov 2011
princemuchaoprincemuchao
Rated 11 Nov 2011
59
30th
We get lots of Pinhead and some great imagery in the church and elsewhere, but he becomes a completely different character here, as if he realized that he was competing with Freddy all of the sudden. Even though there is more killing, the gore is for the most part poorly done and outright silly in places. The new cenobites are unimaginative designs - the writer just looked around his house for things to embed in people's faces. There is no "cube keeper" in this one, which made me sad.
Rated 11 Nov 2011
spokowapSpokoWap
Rated 04 Nov 2011
55
23rd
Wyjatkowo krwawa i brutalna odslona Hellraisera. Seria zatracila swoj pierwotny klimat, ale wciaz oglada sie to milo.
Rated 04 Nov 2011
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 24 Jul 2011
79
70th
the characters are simply horrible, and acting is about as bad. in spite of it's failings in pretty much every aspect this still churns out the scary moments, cheap thrills, and great gore that you would expect from barker based films. pinhead's always been one of my favorite villains, but sadly he doesn't have the screen time to reciprocate my appreciation.
Rated 24 Jul 2011
kingofjewkingofjew
Rated 09 Nov 2010
66
18th
Im only giving this a 66 because 1 ima horror fan and 2 i love hellraiser but this is still not a great movie, bad script, cheesy one liners and reasonably bad acting make this one of the lesser hellraiser films. Still some decent bits, For the fans.
Rated 09 Nov 2010
flatlandsFlatlands
Rated 23 Oct 2010
50
6th
A rather insipid progression of the hellraiser series. As inconsistent as II, with baddies being crowbarred in and then back out of a frankly dull film
Rated 23 Oct 2010
eric_janeric-jan
Rated 03 Oct 2010
60
13th
The story totally sucked. They should have stayed on the same path they were on making the first 2 hellraisers. There were some interesting scenes and overal not a bad gore movie (although I hate a movie without a 'story' you can follow).
Rated 03 Oct 2010
davidblastDavidBlast
Rated 25 Nov 2009
35
20th
This is the most enjoyable of the sequels. It has explosions and some marvelously silly new cenobites.
Rated 25 Nov 2009
frederikaFrederikA
Rated 13 Oct 2009
35
11th
Compared with the scores of hellishly terrible horror-sequels, this was actually quite enjoyable.
Rated 13 Oct 2009
pompousasspompousass
Rated 26 May 2009
0
12th
Cub reporter (and intrepid Gothic heroine) is hankering after a hot story when she witnesses a man explode on a hospital gurney, with electrified chains standing straight out from his body. Surely there must be a story there. Not much of a one, as it turns out, but a lot more explosions and mayhem and sticky-icky. Paula Marshall has some nice moments as a throwback to a Sixties go-go dancer.
Rated 26 May 2009
joojooJooJoo
Rated 16 May 2009
3
32nd
The cheese factor has been added, but it's not that bad yet.
Rated 16 May 2009
empiremagempiremag
Rated 19 Apr 2009
3
40th
"For all the blasphemies and British accent, Pinhead is just a sub-Freddy goon, and the ambiguities and perversities Barker is so fond of have been neatly tidied-up. This is the sort of picture teenagers in malls in Akron, Ohio might understand - a good horror sequel, and that's all."
Rated 19 Apr 2009
moviesinhellmoviesinhell
Rated 16 Apr 2009
75
54th
This forgoes much of II's sinister surrealism but provides Pinhead with far more of a showcase. What the pic lacks in plot invention is more than compensated for by lots of colorful carnage, completely with some effectively revolting FX work (courtesy of Bob Keen). Especially impressive are a club-set slaughterfest with a mega body count and a scene that sees a Pinhead victim instantly filleted before our very eyes.
Rated 16 Apr 2009
thundercloudThundercloud
Rated 09 Feb 2009
99
76th
great movie
Rated 09 Feb 2009
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 27 Jun 2008
71
79th
good movie
Rated 27 Jun 2008
jarmannJarmann
Rated 13 Apr 2008
72
46th
Very cheesy, but so is the rest of the series. You can see, however that the whole thing is starting to thin in thie third movie. Still entertaining though.
Rated 13 Apr 2008
muutanetmuutanet
Rated 06 Feb 2008
34
25th
Pins go down.
Rated 06 Feb 2008
cubalCubal
Rated 16 Jan 2008
23
11th
Like the vast majority of horror movie series, Hellraiser is at this point starting to decline. Taking the controlled pinnhead and tuning him into a sort of infernal standup comedian with a tendency to kill pretty much anyone he feels like killing in between 10 and 20 seconds. The plot is somewhat more coherent than the second one, but alas, the feel of Hellraiser 1 is gone.
Rated 16 Jan 2008
doctor7doctor7
Rated 09 Oct 2007
7
3rd
While Hellraiser wasn't exactly a masterpiece and Hellraiser 2 wasn't terribly amazing either (although compared to the first film it's a good sequel) this film is just bad. The rules set in the first two films, which is what made them somewhat enjoyable for me, are broken. Pinhead is now your typical super natural demon. Not to mention there are so many simply awkward scenes where our heroine runs around or pauses while someone or something looks menacingly at her. Very poor.
Rated 09 Oct 2007
dustydDustyd
Rated 16 Sep 2007
50
22nd
decent but silly sequel
Rated 16 Sep 2007
stflyst_fly
Rated 22 Aug 2007
85
86th
Excellent
Rated 22 Aug 2007
askailAskail
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
5th
I'm confused, why did the quality drop like this after the first two?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
1st
Very poor.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
54th
Quite enjoyable really. It's really cute that much of this movie goes on in Hell, and it works.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
stainStain
Rated 30 Mar 2007
50
33rd
Pinhead gets turned into a clown. Time to drop out of this series. There are several more Hellraiser movies after this, but you know what's born every minute
Rated 30 Mar 2007
istayawayistayaway
Rated 24 Jan 2007
85
64th
Pinhead = God
Rated 24 Jan 2007

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