Director Anthony Hickox tried to put us
to sleep for an hour, and then pushed the OVERDRIVE button as
everything got more awesome than the Lego Movie. We had
Cenobites shooting rockets out of their eyes, killer CDs out of their
chests, and one of the best club scenes I've ever seen. Storywise,
Pinhead got banished to Hell but that's never exactly stopped him
before, has it?
Based off the last movie, I was already
pumped for this one. But then my personal overdrive button got
pressed when I saw it's an Alan Smithee movie! For those who don't
know, Smithee isn't a real person but instead is a pseudonym used by
a director when he or she does NOT want their name attached to a
movie. This is usually because of a dispute with the studio or some
such reason, bottom line is the director is ASHAMED to be associated
with the film.
So what happened with Hellraiser:
Bloodline? The film was directed by Kevin Yagher, who is one
of the most famous special effects wizards alive. He created Freddy
Krueger, Chucky, and the Crypt Keeper, as well as doing the effects
for movies as varied as Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure to
Face/Off to Adaption. Despite his pedigree of knowing
his shit, the studio clashed with him constantly over the direction
of the movie and what should happen in it. He finally had enough and
walked off the set before it was even done, Dimension Films bringing
in Joe Chappelle to salvage the whole thing. Chappelle was one year
removed from helming the DISASTEROUS Halloween 6: The Curse Of
Michael Myers, but that's a story and a review for another day.
