Hellraiser: Hellseeker

Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Home video poster for Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Directed by	Rick Bota
Produced by	Michael Leahy Rob Schmidt
Written by	Carl V. Dupré Tim Day
Based on	characters by Clive Barker
Starring	Doug Bradley Ashley Laurence Dean Winters William S. Taylor Michael Rogers Rachel Hayward Trevor White
Music by	Stephen Edwards
Cinematography	John Drake
Edited by	Anthony Adler Lisa Mozden
Distributed by	Dimension Home Video Miramax Films
Release dates	October 15, 2002 (2002-10-15)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.000.000 (estimated)

Hellraiser: Hellseeker is the sixth film in the Hellraiser series, directed by Rick Bota. It also features the return of Kirsty Cotton, the heroine from the first film and its sequel. Also, while not officially part of the production team, Clive Barker had cursory input on the film and some uncredited influence on the third act, specifically. Hellseeker was the last Hellraiser film to have any involvement from Barker, uncredited or otherwise.

The film was filmed in 2001 in Vancouver, British Columbia and released straight to video in the United States on October 15, 2002.

Plot

Trevor Gooden (Dean Winters) survives a car accident that apparently kills his wife Kirsty Cotton-Gooden (Ashley Laurence) when their car plunges off a bridge into the river below. Trevor manages to escape with his life, but even though police divers find both car doors open there is no sign of Kirsty.

One month later, Trevor wakes up in a hospital and realizes that his wife is missing, but because of a head injury his memory is uncertain and he cannot distinguish between fantasy and reality. Trevor finds himself the prime suspect in a murder case, and has two homicide detectives on his tail. Many strange events befall him, until the Cenobite Pinhead shows him reality. The reality is that Kirsty is in fact still alive. Trevor learns that in reality he was never a good guy. He cheated on his wife with many other women, and tried to get rid of Kirsty by making her reopen the Lament Configuration. She does, but before being taken, she strikes one last deal with Pinhead: she offers to give him five souls in exchange for hers. She kills three of Trevor's mistresses and one of Trevor's friends, who was conspiring to kill her for her fortune.

Trevor is in shock by the revelation and takes off the covers on the operating table, believing it to be Kirsty. The person on the table is not Kirsty, but is in fact him. He is the fifth soul and this entire time he has been in Hell living in limbo. Trying to rediscover his past and piece his life back together was his punishment for his disloyalty to his wife and his inability to accept who he truly was. It seems that she has pinned all of the murders on Trevor and shot Trevor through the head, leading him to crash the car into the river. The film ends with Kirsty walking away from the crime scene with the Lament Configuration in hand.

Cast

• Doug Bradley as Pinhead / Merchant (as Charles Stead)
• Ashley Laurence as Kirsty Cotton-Gooden
• Dean Winters as Trevor Gooden
• William S. Taylor as Det. Mike Lange
• Michael Rogers as Detective Givens
• Rachel Hayward as Dr. Allison Dormer
• Trevor White as Bret
• Sarah-Jane Redmond as Gwen Stevens
• Jody Thompson as Tawny
• Kaaren de Zilva as Sage
• Dale Wilson as Chief Surgeon / Surgeon Cenobite
• Ken Camroux as Dr. Ambrose
• Brenda McDonald as Angular Nurse

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews, but audiences praised the film for the return of Ashley Laurence as Kirsty Cotton. Fans often list Hellseeker as among the better Hellraiser sequels.

External links

• Official website

• Hellraiser: Hellseeker at IMDb
• Hellraiser: Hellseeker at AllMovie