In our view, 'Hellraiser' from 1987 is almost stubbornly uninterested in modern identity politics. Characters are cast and written for their role in the gruesome story, not to check any demographic boxes. The plot focuses on horror, desire, and consequence rather than contemporary ideological concerns.

While the film deals heavily with themes of morality, temptation, and pain, it doesn't go out of its way to undermine religion, family, or masculinity. Its challenging content is more about pushing horror boundaries than rewriting cultural norms. There is some subversion in how it deals with themes of pleasure and pain, but hardly a woke crusade.

Alternative worldviews aren't mocked or made into strawmen, mostly because this film is too busy traumatizing everyone equally. There's no ideological uniformity; if anything, Hellraiser is more nihilistic than didactic. No one here is preaching modern values, and every character faces very real, often grisly consequences.