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I also like the storyline to the first but I feel it's a bit overly simplistic in comparison. I think that the second one is leagues more creative and builds on the lore introduced in the original while also still managing to do something so incredibly different, as all good sequels should. But it's apples and oranges. I won't begrudge anyone for preferring the first. I just happen to go to the other shop.
I love the idea of this psychologist who's secretly obsessed with the occult, using his patients as lab rats in order to solve the lament configuration while still totally avoiding any negative consequences. It's an ingenious plan, and really it's only his mislaid trust in Julia that lets him down. Perhaps the effects don't hold up as well as they do in the first, but you have to give them credit for the sheer scope of imagination on display in Hellbound.
I haven't, but now that I've heard of it, I'll be sure to track it down! Thanks. I only really like the first two, Bloodline and maybe Hellworld (for the cheesiness of it all).
Oh, it's the same for me. I know that the sequel is beloved, I just don't find it to be as interesting as the first one.
Thanks for the suggestion @StarLord . Haven't seen it yet. Will seek it out.