There are people who seek out and enjoy unusual things; everyone can have different tastes, and the rest will say—just to look good—that they don’t judge, but subconsciously, their first thought does judge—and quite a bit. Now imagine all of the above applied to sexual preferences. If we could know a person’s first thought or reaction to different forms of pleasure, it would completely expose their dark and bizarre fantasies—both in and out of bed 😈😈
Hellraiser is a 1987 film that firmly plays with the premise above, navigating the line between the angelic and the demonic. It’s not at all sexually explicit, but I think that, as a concept, pleasure is very much present in shaping its brand of horror.
It has an atmosphere that I perceived as satanic; its practical, monstrous elements are among the most compelling aspects of the film. In fact, at times it reminded me of Lovecraft’s Cosmic Horror, but in this case it’s a subtle erotic horror, since it isn’t explicit as such—it’s more of a story that tries to tell us that suffering is like pleasure.
Hay gente que busca y gusta de cosas raras, a cada quien le pueden gustar diversas cosas y el resto dira, para quedar bien, que no juzga pero inconscientemente el primer pensamiento si que juzga y bastante. Ahora imaginen todo lo anterior aplicado a los gustos en el acto sexual, si pudieramos conocer ese primer pensamiento o reaccion de una persona ante distintas formas de placer, nos delataria por completo sus fantasias turbias y bizarras en la cama y fuera de ella 😈😈
HellRaiser es un film de 1987 que juega firmemente con la premisa anterior para pasearse entre lo angelical y lo demoniaco, no es un film para nada explicito en lo sexual pero pienso que como idea, el placer esta muy presente para plantear su modo de horror.
Tiene una atmosfera que percibi Satanica, sus elementos monstruosos practicos es de lo mas atractivo que plantea la pelicula, de hecho me recordo por momentos a Lovecraft con su Terror Cosmico pero en este caso es un Terror Erotico Sutil ya que como tal no es explicito, es mas una historia que trata de contarnos que el sufrimiento es como un placer.
It does this because, based on these concepts I picked up from the film, the story develops its creatures known as Cenobites—they are the ones who truly bring this movie to life and give it its identity with their terrifying appearances, clad in black leather.
Anyone who sees them can immediately associate them with diabolical elements and summoning rituals, where these very creatures help give the story personality and individuality so they don’t come across as just another run-of-the-mill demon from the world of cinema. For people with very unusual, exotic, and dangerous tastes, these beings could even be seen as angels.
I think it’s valid to see them this way because we always mistakenly assume that angels are good, when in reality they’re often the ones who carry out God’s cruelest commands. Perhaps you, as a viewer, might see them that way too—it’s up to you to watch the film and judge the Cenobites’ behavior, along with their bizarre way of presenting their ideas, and above all, who they really are 👻👻
Here’s a trailer for the film so you can get a better idea of everything I just mentioned. The easy part is simply seeing them as demons… the hard part is actually understanding what they really are 😐😐
Lo hace asi porque con estos conceptos que percibi del film, la historia desarrolla sus criaturas llamadas Cenobites, ellos son quienes dan vida e identidad de verdad a esta pelicula con sus looks terrorificos cubiertos en cuero negro.
Cualquiera que los vea, inmediatamente los puede asociar a elementos diabolicos, a rituales de invocacion donde las mismas criaturas ayudan a darle una personalidad e individualidad a la historia para que no queden como otros demonios ordinarios mas del mundo del cine, ya que para otras personas de gustos muy raros, exoticos y peligrosos, estos seres podrian ser vistos como Angeles.
Pienso esta valido verlo asi porque siempre pensamos erroneamente que los Angeles son buenos, cuando en realidad muchas veces son ellos los que ejecutan las ordenes mas crueles de Dios, tal vez tu como espectador pudieras verlos asi tambien, queda en ti ver el film y juzgar el comportamiento de los Cenobites junto con su forma bizarra de plantear sus ideas y sobre todo el que son 👻👻
Te comparto un Trailer del film para que tengas una mejor idea de todo lo que acabo de mencionar, la parte facil es verlos simplemente como demonios.... lo dificil es entender en realidad que son 😐😐
I want to point out that the screenplay goes to great lengths to give meaning to the film’s everyday elements; there’s a very present family conflict that gets buried in the darkness of the Cenobites—metaphorically speaking, that is. I say this because once the film starts unleashing its monstrous creatures, those so well-written family conflicts end up being just window dressing haha 😅😅
I’ll admit that the family conflict isn’t vital to the outcome, but it does heighten the viewer’s interest at the beginning of the film because I felt it was very well developed; the screenwriters’ effort really paid off in keeping the movie entertaining.
Ashley Laurence as Kirsty is one of the best parts of the film, along with the sinister presence of the Cenobites. The way the creatures scare her and she goes crazy with fear is wonderful to watch 😃😃
One thing worth noting is that in the Latin American dub, the voice actress who brings Kirsty to life is the same one who voices the protagonist in A Nightmare on Elm Street—I recognized her and loved it because I’m very familiar with that Latin American dub voice.
The downside is that the Cenobites didn’t strike me as dangerous at all when it came down to it; in fact, they seemed fragile and were very easy to defeat.
Quiero destacar que el guion hace un esfuerzo enorme por darle sentido a lo cotidiano de la pelicula, hay un conflicto familiar muy presente que queda hundido en la oscuridad de los cenobites metaforicamente hablando, lo digo asi porque ya cuando el film empieza a desatar sus criaturas monstruosas, esos conflictos familiares tan bie. Escritos quedan de adorno jaja 😅😅
Critico que el conflicto familiar no es vital para el desenlace, pero si que enriquece el interes del espectador al inicio del film porque lo percibi muy bien planteado, el esfuerzo de la parte de guion dio sus muy buenos frutos para mantener entretenida la pelicula.
Ashley Laurence como Kirsty es de lo mejor en el film junto con la presencia tenebrosa de los Cenobites, el modo en que las criaturas la asustan y ella enloquece del miedo, me parece maravilloso de ver 😃😃
Un elemento a destacar es que en doblaje Latino quien da vida a Kirsty, es la misma voz de la protagonista de Freddy Krueger, la reconoci y me encanto porque estoy muy familiarizado con esa voz de doblaje latino.
El elemento a criticar es que los Cenobites no me parecieron para nada peligrosos a la hora de la verdad, de hecho los percibi fragiles, fueron muy faciles de vencer.
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