Rick Bota Archives

Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight (1995)

Rating: ★★

Mar 19, 2001Siege Against Demons

Film spinoff from the popular Tales from the Crypt horror anthology tv series but with more gore effects, this is competently done but does nothing to distinguish itself

Director: Ernest Dickerson

Actors: Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett, Thomas Haden Church, …

Category: Horror

19 March 20016 November 2020 by Roog

Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)

Rating: ★★

Nov 22, 2013Sadomasochistic Demons/Reality Games

The fifth Hellraiser sequel and the only one among the last four worth watching. It brings back Ashley Laurence but abandons the Cenobites for a fascinating series of reality bending games

Director: Rick Bota

Actors: Dean Winters, Ashley Laurence, William S. Taylor, Doug Bradley, …

Category: Horror

22 November 20138 July 2026 by Roog

Hellraiser: Deader (2005)

Rating: ½

Nov 23, 2016Sadomasochistic Demons

Seventh and worst of the Hellraiser films. Clive Barker had departed three films ago and the copyright taken by a company that specialises in cheap sequels. This blurs reality and illusion so much it makes no sense

Director: Rick Bota

Actors: Kari Wuhrer, Paul Rhys, Simon Kunz, Marc Warren, …

Category: Horror

23 November 201631 October 2025 by Roog

Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)

Rating: ★

Sep 8, 2020Sadomasochistic Demons

The eighth of the Hellraiser films. By now a long way from Clive Barker's original vision and no more than a haunted house story where the Cenobites occasionally turn up. With a young unknown Henry Cavill

Director: Rick Bota

Actors: Lance Henriksen, Doug Bradley, Henry Cavill, Khary Payton, …

Category: Horror

8 September 202031 October 2025 by Roog