Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Movie, 2002, The original series, Set in Kirsty returns
Hellraiser: Hellseeker is #6 of 11 in release order and #6 of 11 in chronological order in the Hellraiser.
The story
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.
Hellraiser: Hellseeker recap
Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002) follows Trevor Gooden, who survives a car crash that seems to have killed his wife, Kirsty Cotton, and cannot trust his memory. Rick Bota directs, with Dean Winters as Trevor and Ashley Laurence returning as Kirsty for the first time since Hellbound. Police divers find both car doors open but no body. A month later Trevor wakes in hospital with a head injury and learns he is the main suspect in a murder case. Two detectives, Givens and Lange, keep questioning him but never appear together. Scenes he lives through turn out to be imagined, and he watches his friend Bret kill himself. It follows Hellraiser and Hellbound, picking up Kirsty years later, and is the first sequel to bring her back.
Hellraiser: Hellseeker ending explained
Hellraiser: Hellseeker ends with Trevor finding the body in the morgue is his own. Pinhead (Doug Bradley) explains that Trevor plotted with Bret to have Kirsty reopen the box so they could take her money. Kirsty traded five souls for her own: three of Trevor's mistresses, Bret and Trevor, whom she shot as he drove. He has been in Hell since the crash, and Kirsty walks away with the box.
Where to watch Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Hellraiser: Hellseeker is streaming on Philo and MGM Plus in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 5.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes 0%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Hellraiser: Inferno, before Hellraiser: Deader.
- Chronological order: after Hellraiser: Inferno, before Hellraiser: Deader.
What to watch before Hellraiser: Hellseeker
In release order, the essentials before Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002) are Hellraiser (1987), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992), and Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996). Hellraiser: Hellseeker itself is optional in the Hellraiser order.
Cast
- Dean Winters as Trevor Gooden
- Ashley Laurence as Kirsty Cotton
- Rachel Hayward as Dr. Allison Dormere
- Sarah-Jane Redmond as Gwen Stevens
- Doug Bradley as Pinhead / Merchant
- William S. Taylor as Det. Mike Lange
- Ken Camroux-Taylor as Dr. Ambrose
- Trevor White as Bret
- Michael J. Rogers as Detective Givens
- Jody Thompson as Tawny
- Kaaren de Zilva as Sage
- Dale Wilson as Chief Surgeon / Surgeon Cenobite
Directed by Rick Bota.