I admit that this isn't a film I enjoyed but I ended up disliking it a lot less than most people. I can't say it's a guilty pleasure because I still didn't enjoy it, but I enjoyed it a lot more than most people? This is notable in being the movie in the series where Pinhead gets the most kills. I think it technically has one of the highest kill counts in any slasher movie. Pinhead initially appears without his henchman but they do come later. In the first couple of movies, most of the kills were done by other characters oddly enough. It actually was pretty creative.The main problem is that it is hard to take some of this stuff seriously. It doesn't really get entertaining until the last third or so. It's hard to take seriously a lot of the goofy special effects but to be fair, some of them do work. I don't like how it tries to look like some artsy film when it's often an excuse to show disgusting stuff. This was gross even by the standards of the other movies. There is some good dialogue, especially when the priest says there are no demons and they are just parables and metaphors. **1/2

So again I watch this film for the 2nd time in 3 years & again, only remember little bits & pieces due to the lack of interest. Though this one was slightly better than the first 2 it still didn't have an interesting enough of a story despite the change from the first 2 films.This film focuses on a art collector who buys a statue with the Lament Configuration on it along with Pinhead himself. The film focuses on Pinhead & his orgins along with the cenobites in the previous installment as they're revealed to be all human or once before they were transformed. It focuses on how pinhead was once a sgt. in the air force back in the 1920's before he came across the Puzzle Box & was turned evil. He himself asks to be freed from the evil or at least for it to be destroyed.I found the film to be quite decent & had some gory bloody visuals as always. I furthermore, liked the ending climaxed scene with the normal humans who were cenobites walking down the street terrorising everybody! That was great being honest & aside form a few gorgeous actresses here & there. It was more action packed & had a bit more going for it. Though sadly it still wasn't iconic enough.I'd give this film a 5.5 out of 10, it was like I said slightly better then the first 2 installments. But just not enough for it to be totally iconic.

I guess they must get Mtv down in Hell, huh? Because without doubt, if there's any way to describe director Anthony Hickox's "Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth", it's this: This is the 90's alt-rock, music video variation of the franchise. It's practically oozing of all things early 90's. Over-stylized, kinetic visuals where the cameras zoom and flow about like an over-caffeinated bird. Odd transitional fashion trends that feel like the dying throes of the 80's. Amusingly dated optical and early digital effects that would look out of place just a couple years later. So much grunge. Jaded punk- rock mindsets of rebellion against "conformity." And on-the-nose visuals and commentary that seem jarringly out-of-place.Yes, this is certainly a "Hellraiser" from the early 90's.Some time after the events of the previous film, the mysterious "Pillar of Souls" is purchased by spoiled-brat nighclub owner J.P. Monroe (Kevin Bernhardt), who soon enough realizes that it houses the eternal evil of the demonic cenobite Pinhead, once again portrayed with delightful depravity by Doug Bradley. As Pinhead manipulates Monroe to bring him sacrifices so that he may be freed, reporter Joey Summerskill (Terry Farrell) begins to piece together the backstory of Pinhead, realizing that his soul has been fractured into two pieces... the evil and unrestrained Pinhead and the much more sympathetic British Army Captain Elliot Spencer. And thus, Summerskill must go on a dark and twisted journey to stop the now-freed Pinhead, and reunite the two halves of his spirit in order to restore balance and stop him.Written by Peter Atkins and Tony Randel, the script is a bit of a tangled swarm of notions and ideas that on paper may sound fascinating and hard-hitting, but don't come together as any sort-of cohesive whole. At times, the narrative is lost in what feels like a swirling storm of half-baked sequences, where story and character development takes a backseat to action-oriented set-pieces and buckets of blood. You really do get the feeling that somewhere behind-the-scenes was a producer standing over the two, forcibly making them eject key sequences from the script and demanding the insertion of new scenes specifically modeled after music-videos and video-game advertisements... all in a desperate attempt to appeal to the youth demographic who might have found the previous films "boring." I really can't imagine it happening any other way, especially after their much strong, earlier work on the second film in the series. And it all comes down to a story that feels like it was created to sell soundtrack albums and novelty t-shirts for High School students first... and to tell a compelling story second.Director Anthony Hickox seems a bit in over-his-head here. While I'm not overly familiar with his previous work, his guidance of scenes and character feels a bit too "off." Like he's easily distracted. This is especially true of the slower and more deliberate sequences of dialog and character development, which feel very disjointed and sloppy. I can't help but get the feeling he's afraid of losing his audience, so he instructed everyone to over-emphasize their words and move in big, broad motions. It's frankly bizarre at times. One of the more amusing sequences being a key scene where Pinhead is first revealed to Monroe, which feels both boring and over-the-top all at once. Only later in the film when things really start to go crazy does he start to get a handle on things and seem more confident in his visual choices... but he's still far too blatant for his own good, lending to a feeling of disconnect from the intended horror. It's too much like you're watching a low-budget action-picture... it stops being scary when every scene has the camera zoom or turn to a dutch-tilt or end with a quippy one-liner from our villain.Outside of that, the rest of the production really is a disappointing mess. Outside of Bradley, the performances are all uniformly bland, with far too much over acting and smart-alec dialog for you to really care. The new music cues by Randy Miller are very forgettable, with only the returning themes composed by Christopher Young standing out. The editing is jarring and gives you a sense of whiplash, as it's cut with lightning faces pacing- again in an attempt to make this a "Hellraiser" for the Mtv crowd. And even the cinematography seems a bit uninspired. It's just... sub-par in essentially every way conceivable.Still, all of that being said, I can't help but feel this is still worth watching for series fans. It may sound paradoxical after all of my droning complaints above. But there's just such a fun and frenetic sense of entertainment value on display that I can't completely dismiss the movie. It's bad... Oh, it's bad! But it's bad in that way that you'll still have a big grin on your face while you scoff and roll your eyes over how stupid it all is. And I think a lot of that has to do with the delightfully dated quality it has as an early-90's release. It's never boring. The aesthetic style and camera-work can be a lot of fun to watch. You'll certainly get a lot of laughs from the misplaced humor and wildly over-the-top characters and gore effects. And there are a select handful of scenes that do work in their own silly, demented ways. It's not the high art of Clive Barker's iconic original. Nor is it the twisted labyrinthine puzzle that was "Hellbound: Hellraiser II." No, this is just plain-old "dumb fun." Filler fluff that's good for a gasp and a laugh on a slow, rainy day when you don't have to go to work and wanna just veg-out watching some visual junk-food. It gets the job done."Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth" easily earns its score of 3 out of 10. It's a bad movie. Quite bad, actually. But it's a fun bad movie.

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992) is my second favorite in the trilogy of Hellraisers. I know this film get's a lot of hate, I know it is not a classic, but I seriously love this movie to death, I never thought it was that bad. In my opinion Hellraiser III is very decent third good sequel that it is actually a real horror flick and it is not a fantasy like was the second movie. I still love this movie mainly because of actress Terry Farrell which she did of one her best acting performances as the main heroine reporter Joanne 'Joey' Summerskill. Terry Farrel did a TERRIFIC job as the main heroine in this film that I love to death. The film was filmed in New York which you can see the twin towers from here, we finally see Pinhead the leader of the Cenobites been an evil monster like he is, unlike he was a friend to Kirsty (Ashley Laurence). He wanted to destroyed the world and I loved that, I love that they show what the new Cenobites can do, they were killing people. I love the flashbacks and dreams sequences on a Vietnam war. I love Doug Bradley playing to characters one as Pinhead and the second one as Captain Elliot Spencer that reveals the story to Joey (Terry Farrell) to what happened with him. I also love that Ashley Laurence has a special appearance in here in a video cameo.Plot: An investigative reporter must send the newly unbound Pinhead and his legions back to Hell.They should have ended the series with the trilogy, by this film, I don't care about the next sequels, I don't care about the Bloodline movie. I think Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is the last decent film in the franchise that I Love, I will definitely never watch Hellraiser: Bloodline or any other Hellraiser movies I will only stick with this film.About the plot a reporter Joey Summerskill becomes a witness in a hospital of unusual death of a young man. So she try's to get a story behind it, so she finds the girl Terri (Paula Marshall) and she try's to help's her out, but the owner and her ex boyfriend J.P. Monroe (Kevin Bernhardt) rules her back in to his dark world, while try to sacrifice her, to the Pinhead statue, but that backfires at him. I love that Pinhead get's resurrected and he get's his army of cenobites back on this world. Joey is the only one that can defeats him and she does. I disagree with all the haters about this film, it is a great horror flick and it does have a happy ending. For the 90's this movie worked for me. Loads of excitement are gore all around. And a good story to boot. Doug Bradley was great playing both roles, and Pinhead was definitely a bad ass in this flick. I love Terry Farrell as the lead heroine in this flick.I think the speed of it is better than the others, and has a slasher feel. Pinhead lost to a cenobite in the second one, so it loses points for that to me. They made Pinhead into more of a monster here. It works. With the split and all it makes sense. The acting from all the cast is decent, the special effects are good and they aren't terribly. The story ark is good and the a action on the end of the movie is fantastic. I love that Joey runs in to a church while Pinhead was chasing her it was fantastic, when Pinhead re encounters a priest. This movie is really different horror film from the first two but it is still a decent! Director Anthony Hickox did a solid job as the director, he shot the camera perfectly. The Boiler Room Club massacre was also a great horror shot scene that I liked and I still love what the movie shows what other Cenobites can do, like they were using CD's for a blades and were cutting people awesome. I also love the night scenes when the final battle was showed.Overall: This movie isn't the best or a classic like the first two were, but it is a solid and decent film to watch worth of a time. It is not boring it fast paced and well acted. I love this movie and mostly I love Terry Farrell in this flick I love her. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth get's a solid 10 by me.Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is a 1992 American-Canadian horror film and third installment in the Hellraiser series, directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Doug Bradley, Terry Farrell, Paula Marshall, and Kevin Bernhardt.10/10 Grade: Bad Ass Seal Of Approval Studio: Dimension Films Starring: Doug Bradley, Terry Farrell, Paula Marshall, Kevin Bernhardt Director: Anthony Hickox Producers: Christopher Figg, Lawrence Mortorff, Clive Barker Screenplay: Peter Atkins, Tony Randel Based on characters by Clive Barker Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 33 Mins. Budget: $5,000,000 Box Office: $12,525,537