And 35 years later, that is not enough for the reboot to surpass the original, as we🧾 get to the credits feeling like we've seen all that before. That is the main reason why Barker's Hellraiser remains🧾 the definitive Cenobite film.

The new Hellraiser reboot has some fun ideas, but the characters are so dumb that they're not🧾 the only ones forced to suffer. The original Hellraiser explored the outer limits of pleasure and pain in fascinating, grotesque🧾 ways.