Starring Bruce Ramsay and Doug Bradley

Production difficulties hampered this anthology horror film, which still delivers enough punch that Hellraiser fans might find it a good time waster. After the big-budget awesomeness of Part 3, however, seeing this film attempt to accomplish more than it could afford is a little depressing. It's set in both space, the past and the present.

A guy in a space station uses a Terminator-like robot to open the puzzle box we're all familiar with. A police team wearing what looks like riot-gear helmets comes in and stops him. It turns out he's the commander of a space station. During his interrogation by a beautiful cop, he tells the story of his family. Turns out his ancestor was a toymaker in historic France who was commissioned by a wealthy Satanist to create the very first box. The aristocratic devil worshipper summons a demon babe he thinks he can control. As it turns out, she gets the upper hand, then continues harassing all the toymaker's descendants, who are played by the same actor (Ramsay). One is an architecht/artist, who's created a building based on the designs of the puzzle box. The other is the space captain.

First off, there isn't enough Pinhead (Bradley) in this film. He played a central role in the third film, which is one of the reasons that was such a success. For much of "Bloodline," the main villain in this film is the demon bitch from hell. Even when Pinhead does show up, he's reduced to things like kidnapping a wife and child to convince the architect to build a giant puzzle box. His best line: "Do I look like someone who cares what God thinks?"

Ultimately, it's obvious this film tried to do too much with too little. Director Kevin Yagher had his name removed from the film, which is credited to fictional filmmaker Alan Smithee.