Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988)

My rating - 7.5/10

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After surving the onslaught of the Cenobites in the first Hellraiser movie a disturbed Kirsty is taken to an institute where she's put in the care of Dr Channard. He's obbsessed with the occult and is secretly looking for a gateway to hell. After getting information from Kirsty about what she encountered he finds a way to bring back Julia and the Cenobites soon follow looking for her.

A great sequel that many consider to be better than the original. Ashley Laurence is back as Kirsty and gives another good performance, and Clare Higgins and Doug Bradley both return as Julia and Pinhead. We get some good back story about the Cenobites in this one too showing how they became the way they are. The gore effects are just as brutal and gross, if not more so than the first movie with some genuinely disturbing moments showing a mental patient cutting off his flesh as he tries to get rid of the bugs he thinks he sees.

The Cenobits are also as creepy and brutal as they were in the first movie with Pinhead getting a bit more screen time. Another movie that's definitely not for the squeamish, but if you have a strong stomach then this is well worth checking out.

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