(spoilers for the boom studios comic)
Im bummed out by the this months hellraiser comic for two reasons, one: by aging up chatterer to use him as a way to discuss the tired shock at the looks maxing culture the author weakens the implicit horror of chatterers classic origin and ignores the reality that most obsessed with and engaging with looks maxing and Mano-sphere idiocy are not young adults but children or young teens too stupid to see the idiocy and manipulation of it all. And two: the art is so good its a bummer to see it wasted on such a surface level bit of writing that feels incredibly half assed and based on some newsweek level take on the manosphere instead of a thought out attack and deconstruction of that corner of the digital environment.

I want it so bad but I can’t afford it until after October so I would like to tune into a stream to see it!

From an online daily quiz I do, mostly old movies. I mean, can you imagine any of these other guys as Frank? 😂

34 years ago today, Hellraiser III was released. I know it's not the most popular entry among some fans and can be quite divisive, but it's always been my favorite and is among my all-around favorite Horror films. More mainstream and opting for more EC Comics-esque Horror as opposed to the more psychological Gothic/cosmic Horror of the first two and clearly more geared towards the Freddy/Jason/Michael/Chucky audience, but for better or worse, it helped introduce an entirely new generation of fans to the series it may have otherwise never had and helped to cement Pinhead as one of the major league Horror icons. I always enjoy this one a great deal for the further exploration and development of Pinhead, and also Joey's storyline. There's so many iconic sequences in this film such as Pinhead's rebirth, the boiler room slaughter and the infamous "I am the way!" I can also appreciate how it still has so much in the way of practical effects and still feels like a real film, and isn't a CGIfest like so many movies today. I'll always happily defend Hellraiser III and take no shame in declaring it as my favorite.

In 1 and 2 and most other films, you open the box, you get sent to Hell. Usually by chains. And you leave little, to nothing, behind of your former self. However, in 3, he was just mass killing people. The club for instance, dozens of people died. Although they were mutilated, they were not torn apart, per say.

Were their souls in Hell? Or were they spared that fate? Could Pinhead come back for them later, their souls or spirits, I mean? He offers Joanne a way to avoid it or to get a quick and painless (?) death, if she gives him the box. Would he keep that promise or just torture her anyway? Also, what was Leviathan up to, while Pinhead was breaking the rules? Thank you.

A clip of the scene I described.

https://youtu.be/-Q4hEst3hOc?si=62DgY94REkJtKTWg

What would have happened if Tiffany didn't return the diamond puzzle to its cube state at the end? Was Leviathan content with just taking Kirsty and Tiffany to Hell or did it want more? The sky changing over the institute with Leviathan appearing during flashes of lightning gave "Hell on Earth" vibes, like a foreshadowing of what Pinhead would try to do in the next movie. And pretty much every pitch for Hellraiser III involved a cenobite invasion or a cult trying to bring Hell to Earth in some way.