How to watch the Hellraiser films in order
There are 10 Hellraiser films, about 13.5 hours in total. The first was released in 1987, the latest in 2018. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
Hellraiser is a British horror film franchise is based on the novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. The films continually features the Cenobite Pinhead. The series’ storyline focuses on a puzzle box that opens a gateway to the Hell-like realm of the Cenobites, an order of formerly human monsters who harvest human souls to torture in sadomasochistic experiments.
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Hellraiser (1987)
11 Sep 1987 · 93 min
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
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Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
23 Dec 1988 · 97 min
Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard. Kirsty is undeterred and, with the help of a fellow patient, heads to Hell for a rescue.
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Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
11 Sep 1992 · 93 min
Pinhead is set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of Cenobitic kin.
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Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
8 Mar 1996 · 86 min
Three generations of the same family deal with the consequences of unleashing the forces of hell.
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Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
31 Oct 2000 · 100 min
A detective solves the puzzle box that releases the diabolical demon, Pinhead. As those around him begin to meet tragic fates, he sets out to conquer the horrifying villain.
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Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)
15 Oct 2002
After a car crash, a shady stockbroker suffers from amnesia. This leaves him in a hazy limbo of sex and murder. But, as in a predestined journey, he takes the bait and follows the marked-out clues all the way to Pinhead.
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Hellraiser: Deader (2005)
7 Jun 2005 · 89 min
When a tough-as-nails reporter is lead to a mysterious cult and the evil Pinhead, any moment could be her last.
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Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)
6 Sep 2005 · 95 min
When five hardcore Internet gamers are invited to a special party thrown by the website Hellworld, they endure a night of unspeakable terror.
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Hellraiser: Revelations (2011)
18 Oct 2011 · 75 min
Two friends in Mexico discover the Lament Configuration and unleash Pinhead, but one decides to try to survive by swapping himself with someone else. Once they go missing, family members go in search of them, but find Pinhead instead.
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Hellraiser: Judgment (2018)
13 Feb 2018 · 81 min
Three detectives trying to stop a diabolical serial killer are sucked into a maze of otherworldly horror, where hellish denizens including the Auditor, the Assessor, and the Jury await to pass judgment.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.