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A review by beyadob
Hellbound Hearts by Marie O'Regan, Paul Kane
2.0
I honestly don't know what the other reviewers were smoking, but most of the stories in this book were not good. I won't say trash - although many of them were - because some stories had redeeming qualities.
It's like they focused mostly on the pain and suffering the Cenobites bring, with the writers engaging in orgiastic detail on the types of tortures the Cenobites can dish out. Barker's Hellraiser story was compelling because it focused on human emotions and desires and how they play out in the real world. The Cenobites are mostly in the background in his story, taking on an almost symbolic nature in the context of the characters' sufferings.
The stories in this collection throw this out the window. Instead, they offer shallow, hollow people who are damaged beyond repair and somehow come across the Cenobites, thus accepting their fate. That's pretty much almost all the stories right there. However, some of them are quite interesting to read, but they are far too few to atone for this pitiful collection.
It's like they focused mostly on the pain and suffering the Cenobites bring, with the writers engaging in orgiastic detail on the types of tortures the Cenobites can dish out. Barker's Hellraiser story was compelling because it focused on human emotions and desires and how they play out in the real world. The Cenobites are mostly in the background in his story, taking on an almost symbolic nature in the context of the characters' sufferings.
The stories in this collection throw this out the window. Instead, they offer shallow, hollow people who are damaged beyond repair and somehow come across the Cenobites, thus accepting their fate. That's pretty much almost all the stories right there. However, some of them are quite interesting to read, but they are far too few to atone for this pitiful collection.