Hellraiser + Hellbound: Hellraiser II = One Movie?

I just did a double feature of it today...& I had wondered the same thing(what it would be like) a while ago but after re-watching them today I realize it doesn't really work. Unless a story is pre-planned I prefer to watch each installment of a franchise on their own terms. Some come across better that way & make continuity errors seem less annoying. If you were to cut the two together I would leave out the house burning down bit. It's strangely back in shape at the beginning of #2. I would also suggest removing the exposition scenes in hellbound when Kirsty recounts the events that led to the destruction of her family.

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i think one of the best things a sequel can do is seem like a continuation of the first film, to the point where whenever you think of one, you think of the other. Now not all good sequels do that. Aliens is a great movie but it is tonally and stylistically very different than Alien. Last Crusade and Temple of Doom were both terrific films and terrific follow ups to Raiders of the Lost Ark but they don’t all feel like one long story, rather it just seems like Indy going on three different adventures. Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, both great films but very, very different.
But with the best sequels, one film just flows right into the next. Think of Godfather and Godfather part II, they were even combined into one film for the Godfather saga that aired on TV. Other sequels I also think do it well. Like the Star Wars Trilogy. Superman and Superman II (which makes sense since they were made at the same time). Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III Search for Spock always seemed like one long movie to me (plus the only really good Star Trek films. Also of all the ten original Stark Trek films 2 and 3 were the only ones that told a continuous story). Halloween and Halloween 2 also seemed like one long movie. Helped by the fact that the second one started immediately after the first one. And that’s what Hellraiser and Hellbound Hellraiser II does. To me it just seems like one long story. Showing how Kirsty Cotton met the cenobites, escaped them and how Pinhead was introduced and ultimately destroyed and hopefully gained some semblance of his humanity back. And similar to the Halloween series I think it would have been much better if they both ended after two. With both series they were able to tell a complete story with two films. Everything else after was crap.




i told you not to stop the boat. Now lets go. Apocaylpse Now

I try to imagine the series stops after the Bloodlines, cause the rest are pure garbage.

Hey Guys, unless someone has already beaten me to it I actually attempted a fan edit combining the first two Hellraisers. If you have any interest checking it out, here's the link for "Hellraiser: Lament". https://vimeo.com/198456008

yes part 2 continues the story. they are the best of the bunch and the most creative with the crazy gore / demon fx.

Although the second one is clearly a very direct sequel I still see them as separate films and not as two parts of the same movie. Someone in this topic mentioned watching them as a double feature and I would definitely agree that that is a very good way of watching them. Both movies are only around an hour and a half long so there can be a nice little break in the middle.

I like them as a double feature or over two nights. But yea the 2nd one really does great and moving the story along and expanding on some of the lore