'80s Horror Movie I Just Saw for the First Time

Hellraiser (three stars total) adds all new meaning to the phrase "skeletons in the closet." I can honestly say it was unlike anything I'd seen before, and I'm not just talking about gore. Demons in black leather I'd seen. A patchwork man I'd seen. Sadomasochism I'd never seen, but I'm referring more to the classy opening credits for a horror movie, the fast back-and-forth editing for flashbacks, a wife's infidelity with her brother-in-law and that brother-in-law's lewd comments toward his niece (a Britney Spears lookalike). The grotesque face morphing scene of the bounty hunter on Critters (1986) couldn't have prepared me for the regeneration of the brother-in-law's skeleton, muscles, blood vessels, nerves and flesh in Hellraiser (1987). The bug-covered homeless people in Prince of Darkness (1987) couldn't have prepared me for Hellraiser's pet shop cricket-eating scene. Not even The Lost Boys (1987) could prepare me for all the '80s hairstyles and the maggots I'd see in Hellraiser's Tudor-style house. The posters and the video case make it seem like the whole movie is about Pinhead but I learned from a reviewer on IMDb that the character only makes an extended cameo in this first movie of the series. I timed his appearances and they add up to just over five of the total 94 minutes.