In this sequel to Hellraiser, Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) receives a message from her father, written in blood on a wall, asking her to free him from hell. Obsessed Doctor Channard also wants to open the gates of hell, and an autistic puzzle-solving girl is the solution for both of them. But opening that gate is
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Pin Head (Doug Bradley) returns, without the powers or restraints of hell, to cause mayhem. Only the puzzle box can stop him. TV reporter Joey (Terry Farrell) has the box, and a dream connection to Pin Head’s human half. If only she can trick the human bound monster and send him back to hell… Well,
Hellraiser IV/Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
This is the story of the Lament Configuration, the puzzle box that opens the gate to hell, and the family that made it, tracing events from the 18th century when the first box was made and the demon Angelique appeared, through modern times, to the final confrontation in 2127. Quick Review: A return to the
Hellraiser V/Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
Corrupt cop Joseph Thorne (Craig Sheffer) investigates a series of murders that seem to be connected to him. Soon, he is seeing monsters and it is no longer clear what is real. Quick Review: Hellraiser V? Pin Head has less then five minutes of screen time and could easily have been pulled from this film that
Hellraiser VI/Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)
Kirsty (Ashley Laurence), who confronted Pinhead (Doug Bradley) and his demonic Cenobites in the first two Hellraiser film, returns briefly, now with a husband, Trevor (Dean Winters), only to disappear when the car they are in plunges into a river. The police suspect Trevor of killing his wife, and Trevor has no idea what happened, particularly
Hideaway (1995)
Hatch Harrison (Jeff Goldblum) is “resuscitated” after he died in a car accident by Dr. Jonas Nyebern (Alfred Molina). This miracle has unforeseen side effects as Hatch can now see through the eyes of Vassago (Jeremy Sisto), a murderer who is hunting Regina (Alicia Silverstone), Hatch’s teenage daughter. Finally, someone has merged Eyes of Laura
The Hideous Sun Demon (1959)
Gil McKenna (Robert Clarke), an alcoholic research scientist, is exposed to a new kind of radiation that causes him to change into a scaled creature whenever he’s struck by sunlight. Ann Russell (Patricia Manning), a colleague with more than a scientific interest in Gil, tries to find a cure. The overly-emotional Gil spends his time drinking and
The High and the Mighty (1954)
In this parody of disaster movies… What? It’s not a parody? This is serious? OK. In this deeply deeply serious disaster film, a plane-full of eccentrics (Jan Sterling, Sidney Blackmer, David Brian, Claire Trevor) make excessively long speeches, sometimes accompanied by flashbacks, detailing far more of their personal lives than other passengers or the audience
Highlander (1986)
Highlander III: The Final Dimension (1994)
Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert), an immortal swordsman who can only die if he is beheaded, thought he was the last of his kind, however, the psychotic Kane (Mario Van Peebles) had been trapped in a cave for four hundred years. Now free, Kane plans to kill MacLeod, who must protect his adopted son, as well
The Hitcher (1986)
Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) picks up a murderous hitchhiker, John Ryder (Rutger Hauer), on a cross country drive. While he manages to toss him out of the car, the hitchhiker follows him, killing people and pinning it on Halsey. Only Nash (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a roadside waitress, believes him. There’s a reason why short films exist. Sometimes,
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Saved from the destruction of Earth by hitchhiking with his friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def), who is secretly an alien, Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) finds himself on a stolen spaceship with the dim-witted, two-headed Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell), an astrophysicist girl from Earth, Trillian (Zooey Deschanel), and a depressed robot. Together, they seek the question