10 Hellraiser Ripoffs? - Horror Timelines Episode 40

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

With that rule.. wouldn't "Jumanji" be a family-friendly "Hellraiser" knock-off. lol

[@calumsanderson6741]

*IF YOU DIE IN JUMANJI YOU DIE IN REAL LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@AllOuttaBubblegum123]

At my old local cinema we used to have "horror all-nighters" it would get wild as it was cheaper than getting a room for the night. So all kinds of crazies would be there. One time a guy set himself on fire.

[@ThatFruitBrute]

That sounds amazing!

[@AllOuttaBubblegum123]

@@ThatFruitBrute it was. The theatre was more terrifying than the movies

[@Libracherrypie80]

I would so watch a movie about you watching a movie while the guy set himself on fire watching a movie!

[@matthewmastrella6635]

Jesus lol

[@AllOuttaBubblegum123]

@@Libracherrypie80 the burning pt2 🤣

[@RevokCronenberg]

I'm surprised you didn't include 'Brainscan' (1994) on this list. It is a great 'game gone bad' style movie that is in no way connected to Hellraiser in the slightest - so is a perfect addition to your list. It's got Edward Furlong in it!

[@CorbCorbin]

I always liked that one, with the guy playing the Trickster, really chewing the scenery.

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

Funny, when I think of what defines the _Hellraiser_ saga my first thought is "demonic perverts" so if someone asked me to name Hellraiser knock-offs the first ones in my mind would be the _Wishmaster_ saga and _Event Horizon_

[@ESpr0ducti0n]

I love these lists of ripoffs and "knockoffs", especially since it's a really nice balance of blatent copies and movies that only share the basic premise. I've discovered a lot of new favorites, so many thanks!

[@System_Sega]

As for the cassette tape in Choose or Die. In the UK (where the film is set) Games would be released on cassette tape all though the 80's and into the early 90s, long after the first Nightmate on Elm Street was released. So the Robert Englund phone call does make sense.

[@NefariousKoel]

Yeah, casettes were the standard for music in the '80s. CDs didn't catch on until the beginning of the 90s. He was some years off with that one.

[@tylerrichardson3034]

How did this man not include a Ouija film? They literally play a game that brings in demons.

[@movietimelines]

true. i actually made a conscious decision to not include any ouija movies because 1. i don’t think of it as a game really because it’s not really a game with an objective the players have to reach and 2. i plan on a list of movies involving ouija boards in the near future!

[@Rook525]

I know you said it was pretty just okay, But it made my soul happy just to see Stay Alive here as it's been a movie I've loved since it came out and I spent most of my childhood wishing someone would adapt the game into a real life version, minus the real world soul eviction.

[@Mrashxking]

Im a little shocked Brainscan was not listed.

[@therosebride]

This list was awesome! I also love board games gone wrong as a genre. So much room for variety! Great video Josh. Loved the Beyond the Gates moment XD

[@Ravenite456]

Games that turn evil and start doing supernatural stuff? Where's Jumanji on the list?

[@brybaby89]

Haha, that weird time when Sabrina crossed over with The Sandlot. Ahhh, good times... Spoke too soon. AND Boy Meets World.

[@TexMoto]

Where is Brainscan? That was a great flick.

[@peterdanior4538]

Several of these have a Truth or Dare premise, just with a board game. I know there are at least 3 movies called Truth or Dare, but there might be more

[@movietimelines]

funny you should mention that....lol. (i have a whole video planned about this at some point. there's a bunch that are either called truth or dare, or about playing truth or dare)

[@peterdanior4538]

@@movietimelines that would be an awesome video, I recently watched one of the TorD’s that had Nancy as a guest star

[@TonyGearSolid]

Some of these were just Hellworld, which itself was a random script the studio stamped the Hellraiser brand on in order to keep the movie rights from running out.

[@stewartfennell8926]

horror videogames were available on cassette tapes. I had a Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Jaws and Nightbreed on cassette tape for the Amstrad

[@AllOuttaBubblegum123]

Yeah they were terrible lol.

[@stewartfennell8926]

@@AllOuttaBubblegum123 that's if the games actually loaded! :-)

[@benson8992]

I can't belive the actor who played as tom from my bloody valentine was in game box 8

[@flipx923]

Hellinger should have been on this list.

[@TonySamedi]

Glad to see Uncanny Annie mentioned, I liked that one. I miss Hulus whole "horror movie a month" thing, it was fun while it lasted. Stay Alive kinda annoys me, because as someone from New Orleans, we actually HAD a crazy plantation owning psycho woman who tortured and murdered people and allegedly haunts places, and they didn't use her. Why use Bathory when Delphine Lalaurie was RIGHT THERE! That being said, I appreciate the movie some because it was (IIRC) the last movie shot in Pre-Katrina New Orleans. At least some of the cast actually did help post-K, and worked in relief efforts (I know Sophia Bush did, I think some of the others did as well)

[@DarknessManiac]

13:30 Man. I was rooting for you. I really was. Til you said his music sounds the same ( ._.) I trusted you!

[@movietimelines]

i LOVE Gary, though. i have almost all his albums. but i have to admit that he’s not very varied. lol.

[@DarknessManiac]

@@movietimelines his earlier through the late 80s-early 90s for sure. BUT. His last few albums since the mid-2000s have been so dark and atmospheric. They're incredible!

[@jasondyer722]

I absolutely loved Stay Alive. It was a great movie! Great video!

[@jesusruiz1387]

I totally got that shirt right after I saw you wear it the first time 😂😂😂

[@jackwells8107]

Not quite an evil board game, but Ready or Not was close. I'm more shocked that you didn't include Brainscan in this list - it's probably my all-time favorite 'game gone wrong' movie. I do think you were stretching like hell to get this definition of 'Hellraiser rip-offs', but I'm really not sure how else you could define them. I mean, if you watch the original, not even the Hellraiser sequels really qualify, since the Ceonbites went from 'demeons to some, angels to others' to straight up monsters pretty fast.

[@havenwhiplash4192]

The biggest thing that Stay Alive did is coining the phrase "You die in the game, you die in real life!".

[@samwill7259]

"Oblong iron-or-steel construction implement head" OC do not steal.

[@Soapcloud705]

You had me at Topenga.

[@Chrisordie]

Games that turn evil as you play them? So like Monopoly then.

[@movietimelines]

or Risk. i've never had a game end peacefully.

[@peterdanior4538]

I remember Stay Alive & Curs

[@LordBitememan]

Damn, thought this would be the kind of list where The Void might make it.

[@the_void]

Thanks for these! Watching through 31 horror films in Oct. (I know amateur hour for I’m sure how many movies you have to watch for these videos) & one of the prompts is “games gone wrong”. I was leaning towards “We Are All Going To The World’s Fair” on my list but now I’m considering bumping it for one of these.

[@movietimelines]

I’d bump it. i enjoyed “World’s Fair” and this may be a tiny spoiler but it’s not much of a horror movie, and definitely not really a game. it’s worth a watch though, but i have to say I’m not sure it fits that theme.

[@the_void]

@@movietimelines you mean the internet lied to me! Shock! Horror! Thanks, I do appreciate the recommendation! Definitely saved me just shy of 90 minutes where’d I’d have to resign myself to “well I guess that technically counted”.

[@BadBeepBoy]

The writers of 'Gamebox 1.0' when on to write the 'Sonic the Hedgehog' movies... they finally got that epic gamer cred

[@thegillmanedits]

Necromentia is a movie that is not only ambitious as hell for an indie but was very clearly influenced by Hellraiser. Check it out.

[@movietimelines]

i'll check it out!

[@Haplo699g]

Loved Ragewar (as I knew it at the time), that outfit Gwen was in in the Wasp segment definitely diverted my maturity away from healthy! LOL Stay Alive could have been a great movie but, studio interference torpedoed the hell out of it.

[@GinaLovesKitties]

I love Stay Alive! This video was so much fun. A couple more obscure ones worth mentioning, for those interested in the evil games sort of sub genre: Kill Theory, from 2009, which is similar to Game of Death but is more centered around the players having to kill each other. And a really obscure one that I don’t know anyone else who’s seen it lol called The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond, also from 2009, which is heavy on the evil game concept, and is cheesy fun (and features Mircea Monroe, which was enough to get me to watch it, despite the overly wordy title lol) I enjoy these movie rip-offs lists a bunch!

[@johnwolffe9590]

Hey James ,thanks for this video.Do you think you can redo the Hellraiser timeline?

[@luismoro5720]

I’m amazed you didn’t include Brainscan with Edward Furlong and Frank Langella.

[@12Tecpatl]

Great video concept! Do you think you could do one for horror movies where evil comes from the internet?

[@Illstatefishing]

Was fun seeing you in KOH Trivia!! I just rewatched the first three movies, should I continue? Haha

[@binsoku6]

There was a horror film I remember seeing at Dollar General last year, but I can't remember the title. It's another cursed board game, but it had a celtic origin and they unleashed a killer from the game?

[@ericbock6724]

I think you may be referring to "13 Demons" I don't know any of the stars names but the production company is Cinedigm. Hope this helps

[@binsoku6]

@@ericbock6724 yes! That was it!

[@phoebusmeticulous1790]

What about Cube?

[@rosssuperking0008]

Great Video. 🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍

[@BRipMan13]

Surprised "The Black Waters of Echo Pond" wasn't in this list.

[@forestoldboy]

Good list and a few fun movies but you should of included 'Needle' from 2010 😎👍

[@michaelwebster-clark9865]

Curious whether a Z-grade movie I saw on Prime Video about a Werewolf knockoff game about witches becoming real will crop up, I'm not even sure whether I saw it or it was a dream

[@matthewganong1730]

I remember watching Game of Death randomly on Shudder one time and thinking it was pretty damn good.

[@henryescat1104]

"13 Demons" I love this movie...

[@K-Wad]

"Monster Dave" Somebody read the books....👍

[@DuckAvenger]

Great video! I was wonder if you would consider running man as a movie for this category

[@hamzadawud]

The casts of some of these movies alone make me want to watch them, lol.

[@marduk17]

I found a movie on prime video a few years ago named "Deseo, Deseo" (I wish, I wish) that is also like Uncanny Annie and a bit of Wishmaster.

[@laidbackjesus]

Where can I get that shirt?

[@brokesmoke101]

9:35 at least it WAS until Barbarian came out

[@412emilio]

I don’t think most of these are hellraiser rip offs at all. This lists are my favorite and this one was a letdown:( I’m sure there are way more actual rip offs of hellraiser than this. I actually don’t think anyone would ever describe hellraiser as “a game goes wrong” to begin with

[@lorenzo82404]

Great list of ripoffs, what do you think about the movies Videodrom (1983) and Dreamscape (1984). There's also a scene in Dreamscape were the actor/villian in the movie David Patrick Kelly, has kinda Freddy Kruger's blade fingernails. Well, should they be included to the too?

[@CGTuTsol]

For the first time I have actually seen the overwhelming majority of the films on a ripoff list. I actually really enjoyed Beyond the Gates, but I do agree that at some points it kind of slogs along. Also, I'll always love Stay Alive no matter how bad it is.

[@traashghost]

I know this video is more under the theme of evil games but for next time: Hellinger (1997), Hellmaster (1992), Roh (1989), and maybe End of the Wicked (1999)

[@Sean-eo8ns]

“Stay alive” is a terrible movie that will always been a great watch when I have nothing else to do lol

[@VonWenk]

Would Witchboard count?

[@BennyLlama39]

Uhh... are we absolutely *sure* those guys are pro video game testers? I mean, around the 3:05 mark, they look like they're 12 or 13 years old. 😀

[@wesleypugh6860]

Sidenote .. Bunk wasn't the one that said shidddddd .... i caught that reference 😁

[@hmmokay.4807]

Interesting vid, surprising no 1994 Brainscan

[@frichickenishabrown6344]

Needle 2010 and Wish Upon 2017 should be on this list.

[@morphman86]

Gatlopp is an excellent film, I'm glad it made the list.

[@EmberMcLain87]

despite all the hate it gets i absolutely love stay alive. had the dvd in my teens, and even had it on my i pod. oh lord the 12 12 12 girl is here. just when i thought i'd gotten that out of my mind. curse you.

[@EonEsper-Kriz]

Stay Alive was a good one. 😁

[@grahamgreene779]

BUNK doesn't say shiiiii . . . That's CLAY DAVIS! Played by Isiah Whitlock Jr. He also does the line in 25th hour and a few other places as well i'm sure.

[@movietimelines]

oh, damn. you're right! i guess it's been too long since i watched the Wire.

[@grahamgreene779]

@@movietimelines shhhhhhhhiiiiittt . . . no worries!

[@WheeledHamster]

The first one is more Jumanji than Hellraiser.

[@randomreviews4278]

Gatlopp is great it’s on tubi

[@pr0t34n]

TIL Hellraiser is basically more-violent-Jumanji

[@pikapal91]

Honestly, you could have put any of the Hellraiser sequels after part 4 as a ripoff to Hellraiser. They’re converted scripts to other movies to work in Pinhead, and the puzzle box.

[@kaysebain1004]

I really like beyond the gates thought it was pretty good glad you put it on here once I started watching I was like...wonder if he'll put beyond the gates ? Lol

[@nahtblis]

I would call inferno through hellworld all hellraiser ripoffs

[@kiramead4133]

I’d say movies like Wishmaster Also find myself pondering if Hellraiser as a film can be considered not necessarily a ripoff but more of a descendant of Phantasm.

[@thefourmoodgroups2589]

Hell yeah, Zork!

[@torarinvik4920]

Cant wait for the next 80s project video.

[@movietimelines]

coming in 2 weeks, with another episode coming VERY shortly after.

[@torarinvik4920]

@@movietimelines NICE!

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

The only one I've seen is Stay Alive. I kinda like it. It's not great but it is a fun time, as horror movies go. Another one that may fit this category is Brainscan. Edward Furlong, Frank Langella and T. Ryder Smith make this film worth a watch.

[@movietimelines]

i love Brainscan. i have a whole Failure To Launch video on it.

[@ultramk2698]

I'm sure it's due to nostalgia, but my favorite movie of this type is probably Brainscan. I never compared it to Hellraiser, but now that I think about it, it sort of works (activating the game conjures the presence of a creepy entity (Trixter, who is a little like Pinhead meets the singer in King's X) that temps the player to kill).

[@matthewmartin4394]

First thing to come to my mind was Jumangi

[@kevindobson3701]

You gonna add Hellraiser 2022 ?

[@5ftOfRage]

I have seen uncanny Annie,stay alive, Choose Or Die & beyond the gates. I actually kind of liked stay alive and choose or die.

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

In a way I feel like a lot of these could have been pitched as a sequel before the sequels got out of hand and were just random horror ideas that barely sound like a Hellraiser yet my criteria for it is cursed puzzle or puzzle box not board game or video game but if you add those Jumanji would quality as a kid friendly Hellraiser knockoff

[@vandjack17]

I'm surprised Ready or Not didn't make it onto this list - especially since the plot is closer to Hellraiser's pre-Cenobite arrival scenes and the end *REDACTED FOR SPOILERS*

[@movietimelines]

i toyed with having it on here, but i wanted to go for games that were supernatural events stemming from playing it? as opposed to Ready or Not, which had supernatural consequences, but not from the game itself? it was splitting hairs, but i went with it.

[@vandjack17]

@@movietimelines Makes sense - either way, I'm just glad it will bring more attention to Beyond the Gates! Underrated film!

[@brendenesguerra8488]

Do the cartoons Martin Mystery and The Grim Adventures Of Billy and Mandy count as Hellraiser rip-offs, I mean the cube in the Martin Mystery episode "It Came From Inside a Box" sure looked a lot like the Hellraiser cube, and an episode of Billy and Mandy did feature a character that sure looks a lot like Pinhead.

[@JosephSaltal]

What about "Truth Or Dare"?

[@chunguschungus]

Games hardly have anything to do with Hellraiser outside of Hellworld it's much more hell/sadomasochism.

[@EntertainmentGym]

Evil games? How about Brainscan?

[@movietimelines]

i didn't include it here because i covered it in my Failure to Launch series and wanted to showcase some different things! fun flick.

[@TheGreatDevlin]

Ripoffs to some. Masterpieces to- ... No, just crap lol. Although, I love the awfulness of Stay Alive. Middle of the day SciFi Channel movie, double creature with Cursed.

[@jazcc]

Oh man this is good

[@GoryRory]

Love Stay Alive. My best friend and I have watched that at least 200 times.

[@5ftOfRage]

There is a movie called virtual Deathmatch it was really bad.

[@waynebutler7030]

ghost game 2005 and brainscan 1997.

[@emilyhorror5294]

Watched death game!!!! It was great thank you

[@austinpopdan4190]

...Was there a game in Hellraiser?

[@peterdanior4538]

The box is technically a game. And in one of the horrible later sequels (maybe 8) a bad video game version of Hellraiser is the main plot

[@roostthecockatiel5227]

Can do a video about Godzilla ripoffs and clones

[@movietimelines]

gotcha covered kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3fdgGyZaZd2r5o

[@stevepearce3254]

Isn’t the “ Shiiiiiiiit “ the politician in The Wire and not Bunk ?

[@movietimelines]

it is. i goofed.

[@ultramk2698]

Still works. Not a direct quote, but dude's from The Wire, and you said a favorite line from The Wire. Close enough.

[@devilwoman02]

I watch stay alive and I own it I really enjoyed it and thought it was awesome 😎

[@stephenthurmond2639]

You forgot 1994 brainscan lol

[@matthewmartin4394]

correction: Jumanji

[@taylordudley3673]

Atmosfear!

[@HotspurHero]

Pretty sure Bruce lee died during enter the dragon, before it was released anyways. He stopped making game of death to do enter the dragon, after which he would’ve finished game of death but we all know what happened.