The “Hellraiser” franchise ran out of good ideas a long time ago but “Hellworld” demonstrates a real low as it moves the series into cyberspace. There seemed to be a real craze in the 2000s for horror films featuring the internet or videogames so we got “Halloween: Resurrection”, “Stay Alive” and this.

Videogame enthusiasts playing a MMORPG based on the “Hellraiser” mythology get invited to a party at a mansion for fans of the game. Soon, the line between myths and legends becomes blurred and the body count begins to rise. Like some of the other “Hellraiser” films, it makes no real sense so just don’t even bother trying to understand the plot.

Most of the characters are real dull and the performances are bad. Chelsea (Katheryn Winnick “The Dark Tower”) is okay. A young Henry Cavill (“Man Of Steel”) appears and he’s terrible. It’s really hard to care at all about what’s happening when I don’t have any interest in most of the characters. Lance Henriksen (“Aliens”, “Pumpkinhead”) is easily the best part of the whole movie but he doesn’t get enough time to shine. Doug Bradley (“Hellraiser”) is back one last time as Pinhead yet only appears for a few minutes.

I really was perplexed by the idea to have this film revolved around a MMORPG because we never even get to see any gameplay from it. It’s completely unnecessary, they may as well have made it a gathering of literature fans that read the original “Hellraiser” novel. Lance Henriksen and Doug Bradley are both good but don’t get anywhere near enough to do. The plot is all over the place and it’s just stupid beyond belief. The special effects are also rather unimpressive. Also, the filmmakers don’t make very good use of the mansion setting. Only devout fans of “Hellraiser” need check this one out.