We Re-watched Hellbound: Hellraiser II...It's a PERFECT Horror Sequel! | Ft. Robert Brian Taylor

Is Hellbound: Hellraiser II the best sequel in horror history? With Hellraiser back in the cultural spotlight this year — Halloween Horror Nights' 2026 and the long-awaited Hellraiser Revival game both dropping this fall — we figured it was the perfect time to revisit the film many fans consider the series' high point. Film critic Robert Brian Taylor (Collider) joins The Cinema Psychos Show to make the case for Hellbound, arguing it does exactly what a horror sequel should: expand Clive Barker's world without breaking its rules.

We break down how Hellraiser 2 deepens Julia's transformation into one of horror's most compelling villains, sends Kirsty Cotton into the Leviathan's labyrinth, and expands the mythology around Pinhead and the Cenobites first introduced in the original 1987 Hellraiser.

🩸 WHAT WE COVER

• Why Hellbound expands on Clive Barker's world instead of repeating it

• Julia's rise as the series' central villain

• Kirsty's journey through the Leviathan's labyrinth

• Doug Bradley's Pinhead and the Cenobites' expanded role

• Ranking Hellbound against the rest of the Hellraiser franchise

CHAPTERS:

Introduction [00:00]

A birthday descent into Hellbound [01:23]

Why the Hellraiser franchise keeps losing its way [03:10]