Hellraiser: Judgment

Three detectives trying to stop a diabolical serial killer are sucked into a maze of otherworldly horror, where hellish denizens including the Auditor, the Assessor, and the Jury await to pass judgment.

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Film Cast:

  • Detective Sean Carter: Damon Carney
  • Detective David Carter: Randy Wayne
  • Pinhead: Paul T. Taylor
  • Detective Christine Egerton: Alexandra Harris
  • The Auditor: Gary J. Tunnicliffe
  • Alison Carter: Rheagan Wallace
  • The Assessor: John Gulager
  • Jophiel: Helena Grace Donald
  • Landlady: Heather Langenkamp
  • The Chatterer: Mike J. Regan
  • Bar Patron: Cate Jones
  • The Vagrant: Tony Payne
  • Hodges: John Walpole
  • Crystal Lanning: Grace Montie
  • Carl Watkins: Jeff Fenter
  • Cleaner: Molly Nikki Anderson

Film Crew:

  • Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein
  • Makeup Effects Designer: Mike J. Regan
  • Characters: Clive Barker
  • Producer: Michael Leahy
  • Makeup Effects Designer: Gary J. Tunnicliffe
  • Special Effects Makeup Artist: Mike Measimer
  • Editor: Michael Griffin
  • Music: Deron Johnson
  • Foley Artist: Vicki Vandegrift
  • Sound Mixer: Jason Gaya
  • Colorist: Andrew Balis
  • Key Makeup Artist: Adrienne Lynn
  • ADR Mixer: Travis MacKay
  • Supervising Sound Editor: Derek McGinley
  • Still Photographer: Zachary Burns
  • Production Design: Brent David Mannon
  • Foley Mixer: Micaela Cain
  • Foley Editor: Benjamin Gieschen
  • Special Effects Makeup Artist: Crystal Nardico
  • Assistant Sound Editor: Taylor Westerfield
  • ADR Mixer: Roy Machado
  • Assistant Sound Editor: James Parnell
  • Digital Intermediate: Aaron Peak
  • Additional Editor: Travis Graalman
  • Leadman: Bezhan Nazari
  • Casting Assistant: Tiffany Feese
  • Assistant Makeup Artist: Toni Marlo
  • Assistant Hairstylist: Shelly D’Apolito
  • Director of Photography: Samuel Calvin
  • Stunt Coordinator: Kent Shelton
  • Art Direction: Sam Howeth
  • Set Decoration: Jennifer Herbel
  • Costume Design: Jenava Burguiere
  • Costume Design: Jack Odell
  • Production Supervisor: Ellie Rose
  • Digital Imaging Technician: Matthew Gardocki
  • ADR Editor: Kristen Hirlinger
  • Sound Effects Editor: Kendall Credi
  • Special Effects Makeup Artist: Gary Pawlowski
  • Second Second Assistant Director: Laron M. Chapman
  • Casting: Chris Freihofer
  • Second Unit Director of Photography: Stacy Mize
  • Boom Operator: Dylan Shelby
  • Second Assistant Director: Jeff Weiss
  • Assistant Makeup Artist: Sharon Tabb
  • Sound Mixer: Brian Gililland
  • Accountant: Tory Ayers
  • Electrician: Titus Fox
  • Set Costumer: David Bruster
  • First Assistant Director: Ty Dickson
  • First Assistant Camera: Philip Byrd
  • ADR Coordinator: Kasey Destache
  • Best Boy Electric: Liz Drew
  • Gaffer: Matt Bauske
  • Key Hair Stylist: Jenny Hausam
  • Special Effects Makeup Artist: Britney Regan
  • Construction Foreman: Shane Ballou
  • Property Master: Cassie Kay Smith
  • Drone Operator: Richard Rowe
  • Grip: Austin Davis Gill
  • Key Grip: Kyle Keegan
  • Second Assistant Camera: Ian Finneran
  • Second Assistant Camera: Caleb Wall
  • Casting Assistant: Chantél Italia Johnson
  • Assistant Sound Editor: Nathaniel Grady-Reitan
  • Additional Editor: Neil Evans
  • Script Supervisor: Pepper Reed
  • Production Coordinator: Hannah Marchant
  • Second Second Assistant Director: Lorraine K. Comfort
  • Post Production Consulting: Shea Sinclair

Movie Reviews:

  • Sheldon Nylander: Well, it’s better than “Revelations,” I will grant that. Taking a note from “Hellraiser: Inferno,” we once again are following a cop and his partner(s) as they track a sadistic killer whose killing follow the Ten Commandments (name the film this brings to mind in ten, nine, eight, …), all while the Cenobites seem to be doing…something in the background (seriously, I’m not sure what they’re really up to; it starts at the beginning of the film with a discussion about how antiquated the Lament Configuration is and how outdated they seem to be with increasingly debauched pleasures and pains readily available; I don’t know, it never seems to really go anywhere). Or we would be following them if we weren’t already pretty much near the end of an investigation that had been going on for a while.
  • The really bizarre thing is that, for the tenth movie in the series, you can actually see the potential for a decent and interesting film here. But they drop the ball hard, and it’s a potential that they fail to realize on an epic scale.
  • The main problem here, and I can’t believe I’m about to say this, is that the film needed to be longer. More hints at the ultimate solution to the mystery needed to be dropped, enough so that when looking back, the audience could say, “Yeah, how did I miss that?” rather than “Did I miss something?” It also results in a real lack of characterization, although I have to admit that it’s not entire for want of trying.
  • I like that there are hints at a bigger picture, even if they do fly in the face of established Hellraiser lore. For the first time, we see an actual angelic counterpart to the demonic Cenobites, although the problem here is that the Cenobites were never really established as demons, per se. It’s also got a twist ending that’s bizarre even by Hellraiser standards, and might have worked if Pinhead in particular were given more of a character in this film. Instead, the ending is entirely dependent on knowledge of him from previous films, but let’s be honest here, no one who isn’t familiar with the previous films will see this one.
  • Again, it’s not phoned in like the previous Hellraiser film (I can’t believe I also have to give credit for the film actually looking like it was filmed with a professional camera and not an iPhone like “Revelations”), but it’s still so sloppy that it falls over itself trying to tell a bigger tale than I think they were ready for, and instead comes off as derivative and vastly disappointing.

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