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Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Doug Bradley in Hellbound: Hellraiser II.
Doug Bradley in Hellbound: Hellraiser II. Screenshot: New World Pictures

Direct sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II came out a year after 1987’s Hellraiser and follows that film’s teenage survivor, Kirsty (Ashley Laurence), now in a psychiatric hospital dealing with the aftermath of her close brush with Pinhead and his buddies from the Cenobite dimension. Of course, once you summon an eager race of sadomasochistic beings, they prove incredibly difficult to shoo away, especially when everyone around you (Kirsty’s doctor, her suddenly resurrected stepmother, etc.) is deeply entangled in their world. “Time to play” is the perfectly sinister tagline for this one. No, it is not time! Nor will it ever be time! Creepy-good movie though.