You cannot beat the original, and this is it. Before the movies, before the comics, there was this novella by Clive Barker. A wonderfully crafted piece of literature.

This one is just another typical gore-fest, a detriment common to sequels to good movies. It does manage to maintain much of the original's aura while still adding to the mythos.

Considered the bastard child of the series for a time, it is the first sequel to come close to recreating the atmosphere and themes of the first film. Pinhead's final speech is flawless.

Pinhead becomes a baddie, which is wrong for the plot and the character. The Create-A-Cenobite ending is unwatchable. I don't know what people see in this one aside from some good lines from Pinhead.