rarely see a movie that deviate so much from the original premise and still remain ( more or less ) acceptable bloodline be a rather short ( which be a good thing in this case ) escapade that focus on the mysterious hellraiser box . who want it to be make and how it cast a spell on the entire bloodline of the man who eventually create it . be introduce to 3 generation of the merchant family ( all play by bruce ramsey ) while one in 18th century paris and one in the present day and the last one in a future galaxy far and far away opinion on this storyline may differ a lot either you think it very idiotic and far fetch or original and dared . the initial atmosphere and setting by clive barker have completely vanish and yet the morbid surround remains and several sequence be still very creepy and unsettling . hellraiser represent bloodline contain quite a lot of exquisite slaughtering and the charismatic presence of pinhead ( doug bradley ) still be an extra horror value . pinhead accompany by a pet puppy this time still know how to kill too bad he talk too much and his vicious speech tend to get boring quickly . best aspect in this production be the newly introduce ` cenobite and the occult parisian portrait . giant turn offs be the weak script and the absence of the typical macabre humor and the lack of reference to barker initial masterpiece . although not highly memorable itself and bloodline stand a the last watchable hellraiser film . after this sequel and the series go downhill completely . so far and 2 more sequel come out ( 2 more be still in process ) and neither of those be worth see . hellraiser representbloodline suffer from a lot of production difficulty and the director eventually prefer to be credit a alan smithee meaning he doesn not want to be remember a the director of it . who could blame him .