BGH The New Class: #TweetWithBGH Hellraiser V: Inferno

This was a rough week for the BGH: New Class and our Hellraiser live tweeting. With Evan called away for undoubtedly greener pastures, Sophie and I buckled down (with the very welcome help of some BGH friends) for one of the franchise’s most painfully bizarre entries yet. Hellraiser V: Inferno relocates to Denver, where a sleazy detective with no shortage of personal demons must solve a series of brutal murders that inexplicably link his acquaintances and loved ones with a familiar, dangerous puzzle box. What followed was a cinematic disaster, and appropriate all-out Twitter mayhem. In the beginning, there was hope:

Then, some questionable production choices:

Sophie and I tried to give credit to some creepy cenobites (Ben disagreed):

But soon enough, we started to lose faith

Then came…. the sleazy Ice Cream Truck...

….and the Cowboy Bar...

...and that’s when our attention really started to wane

Finally--Finally!!!--Pinhead makes an appearance, but it’s too late

We had feelings about the ending:

To top it off, Sophie said what we were all thinking:

Next week #TweetWithBGH will be taking a break so the gang can hang out at Horror Hound! Catch us in two weeks for Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker.

Spencer

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A loophole in his parents' "anti-scary movie, pro-literacy" policy meant that Spencer had read Stephen King's entire body of work by the time he was in middle school. He soon discovered the horror and B-movie offerings on late night cable TV and was hooked for life. He currently lives, works, and writes in North Carolina.