STILL GRUESOME

1980s saw the rapid expansion of b-movie production, especially when it came to horrors.

Clive Barker’s story about the escapee from hell and its effort to revive himself certainly comes as one of the more bloody ones, fueled by some revolutionary special effects and solid acting (Higgins).

The script will also be one of the more innovative ones, although the ending and the introduction to the entire franchise is something we already saw many times before.

„Hellraiser” is still a gruesome horror, even by today’s standards.

HELLRAISER – 7/10

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SOME SERIOUS EXORCISM

Movies dealing with exorcism are rarely considered anywhere near of being serious when it comes to plot, twist and outcome. Unless they are being rendered by the Koreans.

„The Wailing” will start pretty casual, on the very brink of parody, but things are about to get pretty messy and scary as the twisting script unwinds. There will be no mercy, no happy end and no safe closures to this battle of the spirits in a God forsaken Korean village, following the well lit Korean path of no compromises.

„The Wailing” makes the entire subject of exorcism more than watchable.

THE WAILING – 6/10

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