Reception
Released December 1988 in the US, Hellbound would gross $12,090,735 (USA) and £980,503 (UK). Critical response was initially mixed, many critics citing stronger violence and an incoherent plot. Flimsy props and sets have also been criticized, as well as praised for their scope and design for such a low-budget picture.
Critics later commended the film on strong visuals that echo and match Barker's own original. Browning's bed scene gained a lot of notoriety and was released in full on the uncut version of Hellbound on the Special Edition Lament Configuration boxset and the movie is widely regarded as the strongest of all the sequels and the closest in spirit of the original. Canadian actor William Hope, who starred previously in Aliens, called his experience on Hellbound his favourite of any movie he has worked on. The movie has a 47% Rotten status on Rotten Tomatoes based on 19 reviews.
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