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Cliver Barkers original Hellraiser should really be seen as its own film, separate from the ridiculous franchise it spawned. The Faustian themes of pleasure and pain having no distinction is really interesting, particularly when it relates to the female lead having an affair and living to regret it. The murders she needs to commit by having more affairs are analogous to trying to erase the painful memory by reliving it over and over, instead making the memory more apparent. The Cenobites are understated and therefore hold a majestic centrepiece to the movie. I just really wished they'd not resorted to the yellow graphics when destroying the cenobites at the end. When Bud Fox is watching Hellraiser in Wall St, it hammers the movie home as a cult classic, to be enjoyed if you're stressed late at night.
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