At the house, the host of the party ( Lance Henriksen) takes them on a tour of the many layers of the home, after which they are picked off one-by-one by the host or Pinhead. Five friends mourning the death of one of their fellow players-who committed suicide after becoming obsessed with the game-receive in-game invitations to a party at the Leviathan House. Taking place in the 'real-life world', in which the Hellraiser franchise has spawned a successful MMORPG. Afterward, Joey submerges the box into freshly laid cement at a construction site. Joey manages to reunite Spencer and Pinhead, fusing them back into one entity, and is able to use the puzzle box to send Pinhead back to his dimension. Pinhead is eventually resurrected, and begins creating new Cenobite followers in an effort to establish Hell on Earth. A television reporter, Joey Summerskill ( Terry Farrell), begins to learn about Pinhead and the puzzle box, which leads her to Monroe's night club. Monroe (Kevin Bernhardt), who begins assisting Pinhead in his resurrection. The pillar is purchased by a night club owner, J.P. While Spencer is trapped in limbo, Pinhead is trapped, along with the puzzle box, in the surface of an intricately carved pillar, a relic of the Cenobite realm.

The revelation of Pinhead's humanity has resulted in a schism, splitting him into two separate parts: his human self, World War I veteran Elliot Spencer, and Pinhead, now a living embodiment of Spencer's id. Main article: Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth Goyer, Keith Levine, Clive Barker, and Marc Toberoff Goyer, Ben Collins, and Luke Piotrowskiĭavid S. The franchise was rebooted with an eleventh film, which was released on Hulu in October 2022, as well as a television series continuation in development at HBO. He has stated that he signed away the story and character rights to the production company prior to the release of the first film, not realizing the critical and financial success it would be.

The Cenobites are an order of former humans who have become monster who harvest human souls to torture in their sadistic experiments.īarker created the franchise and served as writer/director of the original film. It opens a gateway to the Hell-like realm of the Cenobite lifeforms. The overall plot of the franchise focuses on a puzzle box, the Lament Configuration. Based on the novella The Hellbound Heart by English author Clive Barker, the franchise centers around the Cenobites which includes the primary antagonist named Pinhead. Hellraiser is a British-American horror media franchise that consists of eleven films, as well as various comic books, and additional merchandise and media.

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