The wasted potential of the Hellraiser movies

[Mad Dog McMutt]

I feel like out of all the movie series to ever exist the Hellraiser films were the biggest waste of potential. The first 2 were great and the 2 after that were ok, but everything after that was pure garbage. Most of the movies after the 4th one were actually different scripts with Pinhead shoehorned in just so the company could keep the license. The cenobites were way more frightening than any other horror movie icon because they liked to focus in on pain and torture. The idea of a puzzle box unlocking these torture creatures from another dimension was just pure genius. What a shame this franchise just went down the gutter in the creativity department. The latest movie seems to misunderstand everything the previous movies established. They are taking the hell thing too literally. How could nobody come up with a decently creative written story with this franchise? Does anybody else feel this way?