johnnyzombie

See I believe that world of the cenobites isn't hell. Or heaven. It's just another world. It definately is religious though, they worship the diamond god in the sky and the word cenobite by definition is a zealot of a religious order.

I prefer to look at it as that they are just a different culture. They punish the 'evil' in ways that inflict upon them the extremes of their sin.

On the other hand when has 'pinhead' ever lied? He is honest to the point of a fault. He went back on his word in the first movie based solely on the rule that the person who opens the box must have a desire and that desire was unfulfilled (her desire was to save her father. Her bargain was only giving pinhead back a soul that already belonged to him).

So in essence what is hell? the lies and conspiracy and world filled with those who have sinned... or the world where those who have committed those crimes are punished and only the just and enlightened walk free?

See. What I love is that it's totally up to interpretation of those who see it.

Or you can just look at it as a horror movie. (oh and i just didn't like the idea in phantasm that they were aliens. I mean WTF?)

Oh I agree with phantasm. See I refuse to believe the tall man is an alien. Aliens dont look that weird lol.

But at face value that first movie makes your eyes hurt and makes no sense. Scary? Sure. But meh. I hear the follow ups are way better and we're just getting ready to sit down and watch those this week.