#10

Hellraiser: Judgement

     There's a serial killer called The Preceptor running around doing 10 Commandment murders (cliche!!!). 2 detectives (eh...brothers) are on the case but little do they know that Pinhead and The Auditor are also involved.

This is the Auditor. He's a bit of a bureaucrat, but I like him.

      Pinhead and the Auditor join together in order to create a more efficient way of  'harvesting souls' (I guess souls are Hell's currency) because the Lament Configuration was becoming obsolete. The case is taking it's toll on the 2 detectives and a 3rd is brought in to lighten the load. After several more horrific murders, Detective Brother #1 is kidnapped and subjected to an inquisition by the Auditor. The judgment has a negative reaction and somehow he escapes.

You can always count on a gas mask to crank up the creep level

     After some running around, detecting, and misc filler, it's revealed that Detective Brother #1 IS the Preceptor and Detective Brother #2 has been screwing #1's wife. However, #1's wife has been habitually cheating on him and after meeting the Auditor, he decides to throw both his wife and #2 to Pinhead in exchange for his freedom. Sadly, Pinhead and A-dawg remind #1 that doesn't work that way and his soul is as doomed as his wife and #2.  'Heaven' intervenes by sending Jophiel to set #1 free....just in time to get blown away by #3. Jophiel is pissed because Pinhead planned on this and completely out-smarted her. Then he tears her apart which is against the rules and Pinhead is sent back to the land of the living to walk the Earth as a puny mortal man. I started rooting for Pinhead after the 2nd movie so this was a bit of a disappointment.

And with that, I'm once again up to date on all the Hellraiser films.

Tuesday: Down to the final 3...