I'm a prodigy of the 80's so I see nothing fake about this flick. They did the effects the hard way and I love every bit of it. I love this film, but I don't know if it's the most sadistic. Now, David Hess' Krug character....that's sadistic b/c he could actually exist.

agreed.......i like hellraiser ...i do....but when you are talking about the most sadistic.....it is not......and it (TO ME) is not one of the best....but i can see the appeal and i agree that the fx are cool....just kinda over the top

I dont agree that it was the most sadistic horror flick made.. But I will say it is one of my top 5.. and at that time it was very fresh and original.. we have had a big discussion on hellraiser in the past on this forum and it was mostly fighting.. But IMO hellraiser is a lot better than candyman

I think that at the time of its release there wasnt anything like it, sure the effects arent the greatest but look at the time period. Film making has come a long way. Avenger is right they did things the hard way. Frank was an interesting character but I think that Pinhead just does it for me. I think it is his voice. I wonder if he has a beautiful singing voice.LOL Most sadistic of all time I dont think so but it is quite good.

It's bloody, but not hte most saddistic.

it depends on what classifys as horror i know plenty of horrible films (one guy watched one them suicided) but not all horror and hellraiser isnt the worst anyway.

hellraiser is just boring to me. i hate hate hate inferno. the first one was ok but other than that they were just bad. but i guess it was gory.

I would have to say hellraiser is in my top 10, and I don't know if you would consider it sadistic but STRANGELAND was like well STRANGE, i am somewhat conflicted on whether or not i liked it!

the movie is (more or less) about sadistic characters, but that doesn't make the movie its self sadistic