Kevin Enfield It's the best companion piece to the Hellraiser series you could possibly ask for. Buy it at whatever price they're asking for! There's just so much involvement here that it can be almost exhaustive.I recommend chunking this up- not because it's boring, but because it can be so much information that it's best swallowed in smaller pieces. I know that if you're anything like me, that's a fool's request and you'll binge-watch the whole thing and that's fine.. but know that everything about Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II is examined in such great detail. Remember when practical effects were king, before this CGI stuff? Oh yeah, it's here,it covers it all, everything. There's really nothing more I can say about this documentary. It's just exhaustive, pulls no punches, and offers tons of new material and insight. This review can be summed up fairly quickly- do you like the Hellraiser films? Buy this now.

Bella Andrews An epic documentary charting the making of the 'Hellraiser' series from the 1987 original through to Hellbound Hellraiser II , 'Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound Hellraiser II ' is essential for any collector. I can't imagine any fan of the franchise coming away disappointed. I'm not one of those people by any stretch of the imagination (although I've seen them all more than once and I do have a morbid fascination with horror sequels) and I really enjoyed it.At nine hours in length it's about as exhaustive as you could ask for, featuring interviews with just about every key creative figure from each film, a list too long to bother typing out (notable absences include Ashley lawrence and Clive Barker but there's so much information here they aren't really missed, they use archival footage of them both). Along the way there's production art, storyboards, behind the scenes photos and deleted scenes, snippets of scripts, and candid interviews that reveal the struggles involved in bringing the films to life.To my mind, the first film is a Masterpiece , the second one is terrific, and the third and fourth are interestin films. What struck me about this movie was that no matter how the final product turned out, everyone involved went in with the best of intentions and put their all into each film. The interviews are at their best when the writer Pete Atkins and director Tony Randall talk about their struggles to realise their vision, and especially when they're honest about what went wrong.The most engaging section for me by far was the part that details 'Hellbound Hellraiser II 'The deleted Dr pinhead scene and the reconstruction of chatterer It's a great idea that comments on the state of the series at the time and sounds a lot more interesting than what made it to the screen.Despite its length the movie is never boring, although once we get into the home stretch I did start to flag a bit (I watched it in one sitting, which may have been a mistake). , but on the level of a making-of-the-movie doc this is clearly a labour of love, it's pretty impressive stuff.

bazmitch23 I saw this documentary online.Now, I don't know how long this whole doc actually lasts for, but the video I watched lasted for 4 and a half hours. And it only covered the first film. Four hours focusing on ONE film. Whose stupid idea was that?The Nightmare on Elm Street documentary "Never Sleep Again" was 4 hours long. But that doc worked because they covered all 8 films. Most documentaries about the making of films should last for either an hour or two. But 4 hours is just unacceptable. Who'd want to sit through all that?This is why we have a little thing called EDITING for the love of Frank! (yeah, that was a pun!)The 30 minute documentary on the "Hellraiser" DVD was good because it was short and simple. Here, we have a 10 minute focus on Clive Barker and "what a real genius" he is. We have another 10 minute focus on how great Andrew Robinson is, another 10 minutes explaining how great Claire Higgins is, another 10 on how great Ashley Laurence is and another 10 explaining how great Doug Bradley....... UGH!!! I DON'T CARE! I HATE ASSKISSING!And the pacing of this doc is so slow and there's barely any behind the scenes footage, so it is mostly people talking, which makes it even more mind numbingly boring.However, there are some interesting things I have learned from this doc:.Doug Bradley was really nervous when he said the line "We want the man who did this" because it was his first day.. Clive Barker called the goop "Elephant cum".. Condoms were used for the latex in the special effects make up. Technicians got strange looks from the shop keepers when buying boxes of condoms.. Clive Barker is obsessed with skinless bodies. He is scared of them and can write them so well. He probably gets off on them.. For Skinless Frank, Clive Barker and Bob Keen went see an autopsy. The body was being skinned alive and Bob vomited. Clive was disappointed because he thought it look like bacon strips put on him.. Tony Randel directed some scenes in the first film, such as the reshoot of the Cenobites in the hospital and the shot of Frank's heart pumping under the floorboards. I think he also directed the resurrection of Frank.. And the actress playing the female Cenobite (who was Clive Barker's cousin, by the way) hated being in the make up so much, she turned down Hellraiser 2.But as for the rest of the doc, yawn!And to think I was going to order this from the net. And be bored out of my mind? I don't think so.I'm beginning why Clive Barker and Ashley Laurence didn't take part in this doc. They knew it was gonna suck!The South Bank special on Clive Barker and Ashley Laurence's interview on the Blu-ray are better than this!

RikStewart This is without a doubt THE best documentary on Hellraiser and it's first sequel, Hellbound:Hellraiser II. An extremely thorough and exhaustive collection of interviews with pretty much everybody involved in the creation of these two masterpieces on Horror cinema, the only real exceptions being Clive Barker himself (I believe due to illness) and Ashley Lawrence, who portrayed Kirtsy Cotton in the films, but due to the sheer amount of information and anecdotes from the large number of talking heads on offer here, their absence is barely noticeable. Spread out over 3 DVD's, with the first two dedicated to Hellraiser and Hellbound respectively, and the third disc being crammed with extra features, which include mini documentaries on Clive Barker, Channard, The Cenobites, the unused music of Coil and much more.Fans of other excellent documentaries of this type, such as More Brains!:A Return to the Living Dead (from the same writer), Crystal Lake Memories:The Complete History of Friday the 13th and Never Sleep Again:The Elm Street Legacy will certainly enjoy this, I'm sure.Highly recommended for fans of the Hellraiser franchise