“Hellraiser: Judgement” is a completely despicable film that is nothing more than an exercise in sadism, ugliness and excess. I found this film so repulsive artistically that I actually turned it off. I never abandon films but it was so clear that the makers of this had no interest in making something entertaining.

“Hellraiser: Judgement” has a minimalist plot involving police officer Sean Carter (Damon Carney “Logan”, “The Lone Ranger”) as he searches for a serial killer that is responsible for some of the grizzliest murders possible. What Carter will eventually find may be more horrifying than he could have imagined. What that means is an excuse for the filmmakers to be as disgusting and disgraceful as possible.

The acting is bad from pretty much everybody. Paul T. Taylor (“Sin City”, “Super”) plays Pinhead but he is no Doug Bradley (“Hellraiser”). There are various other horrible monsters including the Auditor and the Assessor. The Assessor is a fat man that vomits and drinks the tears of children. He’s probably the worst but they are all just vile but not remotely engaging. The Cenobites in the early films were gruesome but still fun to watch. Here, everyone and everything is just so unbelievably unpleasant.

In “Hellraiser: Judgement”, we find a woman with a dog sewn inside her, we see nude women splashed with blood, skin sliced off in graphic detail and so many other ugly sights. I know it seems odd to complain about the gore in a “Hellraiser” film but it feels so uninspired. There are many great films with lots of violence including horror films such as “Event Horizon” but this film is just unspeakably bad. It’s on par with some of the worst movies I’ve seen. Much like Hell itself, there is no morsel of hope to be found in “Hellraiser: Judgement”.