The film was made in 2001 in Vancouver, British Columbia and released straight to video in the United States on October 15, 2002.

Trevor manages to escape with his life, but even though police divers find both car doors open there is no sign of Kirsty.

One month later, Trevor wakes up in a hospital and realizes that his wife is missing, but because of a head injury his memory is uncertain and he cannot distinguish between fantasy and reality.

Writer Michael Lent gained attention for a spec script he had written and was invited by the Weinstein brothers to pitch on the fifth installment of the Hellraiser franchise.

Rix hunts for his own identity; pursued by the police and the Cenobites, he has a chance to be new person or be caught by his past and the literal demons who seek to claim him.

[3] After the relative success of Hellraiser: Inferno in 2000, Dimension Films hired Carl V. Dupre and Tim Day to write a sequel, and Rick Bota direct.

Although it initially appeared Ashley Laurence would not be able to reprise the role, Doug Bradley informed her of the film and she agreed to return.

[7] FilmThreat said it "rarely does it cross the mediocrity line from TV movie to feature film" and "all the cutbacks prove to make "H6" neither interesting nor involving".

[8] Richard Scheib of Moria stated how "Hellseeker would have worked much more effectively if it were not a Hellraiser film, one suspects", rated it two and a half stars out of five.

[9] Scot Weiber of eFilmCritic stated: "Though a marked improvement over its two immediate forefathers, Hellseeker suffers from the same maladies as the cheapies that came before: muddled storytelling, turgid pacing, unconvincing acting performances, and an overall sense of filmmakers simply not trying all that hard".