tolodannangalad
And i used to think that hellraiser: revelations was terrible.
Platypuschow
This Hellraiser themed fanfilm tells the story of Lucifer trying to get the Cenobites to join a holy war. To do this he tricks a young girl to open the puzzle box, but things aren't as they seem.The film is around 20 minutes long which is plenty of time to tell a story, and it does kind of. Sadly the story is incomplete and left open ended.Being a fan film as you'd imagine it's not had much money going into it, and that is where the film makers made their error. Don't swing above your weight, if you don't have the budget for something then don't do it!For this reason the film looks terrible, the audio is weak and it all feels shoddy.I have nothing against fan made, I have nothing against low budget, I just have something against poorly made films and that's what this is.The Good:It's shortFantastic song on the closing creditsThe Bad:Dreadful narrationLooks beyond amateurishSFX are terribleThings I Learnt From This Short:The creators clearly didn't notice that the female cenobites brain hat had slipped
Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de)
It is certainly true that you have to start somewhere as a filmmaker, but please, if you do, then don't start where Jonathan S. Kui did. "Hellraiser: Prophecy" is the writer and director's first effort and this one here runs for slightly over 20 minutes. Unfortunately, almost all the production values are very weak in this one and I am really taking hard into account here that Kui has not made another film before this one. Sadly he made more afterward, including a really bad sequel to this already bad first "Hellraiser" film. The title character would certainly not be amused if he had to watch this one here. Sucks to see that Kui has not stepped his game up apparently in the year since this was made, or at least not between 2006 and 2009 when the second short film about Hellraiser came out. Anyway, I certainly have no interest in a possible third film or in Kui's other work. Not recommended.
Oljy
Okay, maybe it is a fan film, but still just horrible. You get bad acting in all cheap flicks and this is no exception. So that isn't really the issue. This is bad because the authors clearly have no idea of movie making.Juvenile script, no effective lighting, lousy camera-work and the scenes are way too long and just boring. And the agonising thing lasts for 22 long minutes. If you're going to make an amateur movie, it would be nice to learn some basics about visual storytelling and montage before shooting something this long.I suggest that instead of wasting your time on this, watch any b-(or c-)movie from the 40's. At least those won't bore you to death.
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