Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

Stars	User	Rating
6	Barthalen	19 _10th
About as disappointing as I am to my parents.
5	INDYATMN	73 _33rd
So far this gore-hound horror franchise, if nothing else, seems to be one of the most ambitious. Not in terms of budget but story. They always seem to be trying to do something different. This story has particularly large pretentions trying to cover how Cenobites first arrived & their "destruction" w/in a reincarnation scenario over 3 periods in time. Unfortunately there's a meaty story, but the execution is lacking. It also seems to have cut out (for running time?) scenes that might have helped
5	Paxton	55 _28th
Hellraiser 4 has this amazing concept of putting Pinhead in space. I don't know who thinks it's amazing but whatever. I could be swayed to get behind that premise but this film offers it up and snatches it away so that over 45 minutes of flashbacks can lull you to sleep before the space premise rears its ugly head again. Adam Scott has never looked better than as a 1990's version of an 18th century dandy.
4	doctor7	10 _5th
It's really bad and no real surprise Yagher wanted to give "Alan Smithee" the credit. I'd love to hear the moron pitching this movie. "Guys, seriously guys, check this. Pinhead? Awesome. Space? Also awesome. Pinhead IN space? Fucking bananas awesome!" No sir, not awesome. Stupid.
4	nilkynarfy	2 _2nd
Adam Scott paid his rent on time, but it would be years until he could live without a roommate.
4	Mentaculus	37 _12th
[Workprint Cut] The unofficial, fan-based attempt to reedit the footage into an intent director Alan Smithee* and the studio would disapprove of proves the old adage, You can't shine shit, but sometimes you can make a helluva sculpture. I've now determined Hellraiser has always had intentions loftier than its budgets, and a 3-century familial battle with cenobites ending IN SPACE qualifies as the loftiest. Curiously, the film's original structure looks like The Fountain: to space and back again.
4	BillyShears	55 _27th
Pinhead holding a family hostage because he forgot he is a being from another dimension. The more Hellraiser story they come up with the worse it gets. I really hate Pinhead, but not as much as the child actor in this, total goober, just go endure the shining mini series to witness real hell(raiser).
3	joseywales	37 _13th
Pinhead in SPAAAAAAAACE!
3	DesertPunk	27 _4th
Before Jason X, there was Hellraiser: Bloodline. Ugh. Just typing that sentence made a Fangoria magazine spontaneously appear on my desk.
2	Groovy_Souls	10 _3rd
Hellraiser: Bloodline is the Jason X (the Leprechaun 4, if you will) of the Hellraiser franchise. The shitty, horror/sci-fi mix that producers try to pass off as a legitimate entry. That being said, Hellraiser Bloodlines is devoid of the fun of the other 2 films mentioned. It's script is atrocious, its plot a mockery of Pinhead, its director probably on crack; this film is devoid of almost any and all goodness.
1	irvinejump	75 _72nd
A rounding off of the franchise, explaining how Hellraisers started and a neat twist to the ending
1	Luna6ix	81 _77th
The first of many horror series to look to the stars for a setting. Unlike the series that followed in its footsteps this one uses the space timeline as a tool to further the story, and in the end closes the entire story arc while leaving room for sequels that take place in between. I don't get the universal hate for this, I might be biased, but I friggin' love Hellraiser movies and this one is no where near the depth that its peers sequels dove to.
1	jodamico	20 _1st
Oh lawd.
1	glumpy_99	46 _8th
Yes, it's HELLRAISER IN SPACE - low budget and choppy series entry (ominously credited to Smithee) attempts a backstory for Pinhead and his cenobites - awkwardly structured using multiple flashbacks, undoubtedly inserted to try and improve coherency, but they just manage to make things even more confusing. A complete lack of tension and scares is the real killer, though Vargas' amateurish performance doesn't help matters. Watchable and not unbearable, but pretty dire. Oddly abrupt ending.
1	Merv_Taylor	70 _33rd
Decent ideas here and there
1	Yiannos	33 _2nd
Pinhead in space, but unfortunately not for long. Essentially a 60 minute prologue with 20 minutes of actual story development, Bloodline spends too much time scrambling chronology in order to explore the history of the box and its relationship to the central players, resulting in a conspicuous lack of forward movement. Logistical problems aside, it isn't particularly interesting, and the film eventually topples under the weight of its narrative ambitions, which are entirely pointless.

Average Percentile 23.23% from 556 Ratings