David Day Horror Movie Talk Sep 23, 2025 7/10

The re-imagined Cenobites are off putting and sometimes horrifying, which is fabulous. Jamie Clayton as The Priest aka lady pinhead is something to behold, and strangely sexless as a character.

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Grant Watson Fiction Machine Jun 23, 2024 6/10

It may be the third-best Hellraiser movie, but you really have to have seen fifth-through-eleventh best to know what a relief that is.

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Federico Furzan Movie-Blogger.com Nov 27, 2023 3.5/5

In David Bruckner’s 2022 renditionof Hellraiser, things change. He has no intention of remaking the same film and goes with his own screenwriters to helm a modern version of a tale that isn’t easy to dig into.

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Lee Zumpe Tampa Bay Newspapers Oct 26, 2023

Thouigh it may not tear your soul apart, it certainly has some grisly sights to show you.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Oct 10, 2023

It’s dripping in suspense and terror, and finally brings some mystique to the Cenobites once again.

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Jorge Loser Espinof Jul 6, 2023 4/5

The game of alliances, sacrifices, betrayals, and blood tributes places this new Hellraiser within the slasher status of some of its predecessors... [Full review in Spanish]

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Peter Bell Vague Visages Jun 5, 2023

Overall, the Hellraiser franchise is a transfixing art installation, one that is enjoyable for its abstract frights and chills...

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Annie Banks Chuck Load of Comics Feb 23, 2023 7/10

Hellraiser aims to reconcile the saga's series of sequels falling flat by revisiting the hallmarks of what made the original such a success.

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Jenn Adams Bloody Disgusting Feb 18, 2023 A+

On the surface, Bruckner’s new vision of the story bears only symbolic resemblance to Barker’s original novella The Hellbound Heart, but upon closer examination there are several thematic connections lurking just beneath the skin.

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Drew Gregory Autostraddle Feb 9, 2023

What works most about the new Hellraiser are its leads. Odessa A’zion’s performance makes up for a lot of what the script lacks.

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Brett Callwood LA Weekly/Village Voice Dec 24, 2022

From the gore effects to the plot to the general scares, this movie is inferior to the 35 year old original in every way. And this Priest deserves better.

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Pete Vonder Haar Houston Press Dec 15, 2022 2.5/5

There's none of the weird carnality of the earlier movies, little of the definitive gore that defined the series, and not nearly enough of the imagination shown by Bruckner, Piotrowski, and Collins in their previous feature, <i>The Night House</i>.

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Simon Miraudo Movie Squad (RTRFM 92.1) Nov 24, 2022 2.5/5

As a society we must stop kink-shaming the Hell Priest, Pinhead, but as a critic I have some complaints with their latest movie.

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Nestor Bentancor Nestor Cine Desde Hollywood Nov 9, 2022

A mediocre entry in the horror saga that comes alive only when the menstruous entities take center stage. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Kim Newman Empire Magazine Nov 8, 2022 2/5

The elaborate new Cenobite designs owe as much to Guillermo del Toro’s bioclockwork as Barker’s S&M body mods, but yet again the emissaries of Hell stand around being philosophically evil rather than doing much of anything.

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Steve Murray ArtsATL Nov 8, 2022

The new Hellraiser is grisly meat-and-potatoes, but it still has a flavor that lets you know Bruckner is behind the camera.

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Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast Nov 3, 2022 3.5/5

Not quite a revelation, but David Bruckner's Hellraiser breathes enough new life into this long-thought-dead franchise thanks to a thrilling third act and an imposing performance from Jamie Clayton.

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Jonathan DeHaan Nightmare on Film Street Nov 2, 2022 7.5/10

A gory, grotesque sideshow of torture and torment with a rogues' gallery of monstrous creations made for lifelong fans of the franchise and a perfect entry point into the Hellraiser world for anyone just hearing the name Pinhead for the first time.

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Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene Oct 28, 2022

There is great joy to be found in actual effort being put into the Hellraiser series again, and let’s view this as a promising first step toward a new kind of unspeakable.

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Samantha Allen them. Oct 27, 2022

It’s the nightmarish imagery more than the narrative that has made Hellraiser one of the most iconic and enduring horror films of all time.

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