A review by kratositaly
Clive Barker's Hellraiser Omnibus Vol. 1 by Juan Manuel Tumburús, Leonardo Manco, Mark Alan Miller, Stephen Thompson, Ibraim Roberson, Jordie Bellaire, Clive Barker

3.0

Earlier this year, I became a fan of Clive Barker, THE HELLBOUND HEART, and the HELLRAISER films. I decided to check out this omnibus that collects the five volumes of Barker's 2011 return to the series, a legacy sequel of sorts that picks up 25 years after the 2nd movie. The first two volumes are quite strong, with terrific artwork, disturbing imagery, and a compelling narrative of Kirsty Cotton hunting down cenobites and Lemarchand boxes, with Pinhead trying to become human for a nefarious purpose. However, this REALLY loses focus in the second half, and ends up being messy, dull, banal, and nonsensical. Worth it for the first two parts and the art, otherwise it was ultimately a disappointment.