And 35 years later, that is not enough for the reboot to surpass the original, as we get to the credits feeling like we've seen all that before. That is the main reason why Barker's Hellraiser remains the definitive Cenobite film.

The new Hellraiser reboot has some fun ideas, but the characters are so dumb that they're not the only ones forced to suffer. The original Hellraiser explored the outer limits of pleasure and pain in fascinating, grotesque ways.