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Hellraiser (Franchise)
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Hellraiser is a series based on Clive Barker's novella "The Hellbound Heart". The novella has a novel-length sequel, The Scarlet Gospels by Barker himself, but the movies based on the novella have garnered the most attention. The first film, an adaptation of the original novellas, has inspired many film sequels, only one of which (the second) had any direct involvement by Barker himself. It has also spun off into countless comic books, some of which have had input from Barker.The series has at its heart a puzzle box known as the Lament Configuration, which when properly solved summons the Cenobites, a cadre of sadomasochistic Humanoid Abominations. The icon and representative of the series is the only recurring Cenobite after the second film, the iconic Pinhead, played by Doug Bradley. He was given a choice, when filming the first movie, to play either the Cenobite or a workman who showed up for all of ten seconds. Bet he's happy he went with the Cenobite. The Scarlet Gospels kills off the the character of Pinhead, though it doesn't share a continuity with anything else in the series bar the original novellas.A "reimagining" of the franchise languished in Development Hell before finally being produced in 2021, featuring Barker as a producer, David Bruckner (The Ritual, The Night House) as director and Jamie Clayton portraying Pinhead; the film was released on Hulu in 2022.Because it's a Clive Barker production, expect much Body Horror and gleefully fetishistic Fan Disservice.Original novella: "The Hellbound Heart" (1986)Films of this series include: Hellraiser (1987) Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992) Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996) (The last theatrically-released entry.) Hellraiser: Inferno (2000) Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002) Hellraiser: Deader (2005) Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005) Hellraiser: Revelations (2011) Hellraiser: Judgement (2018) Hellraiser (2022)Comic books of this series include: Clive Barkers Book Of The Damned A Hellraiser Companion Clive Barker's The Harrowers Clive Barker's HellraiserOther media include: Dead by Daylight — Pinhead was added as a Killer in September 2021, with an additional cosmetic option to play as the Chatterer. | |
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The entire conception of what the Cenobite realm is changes significantly. In the first film, the realm is never directly called "Hell." The idea that it's a Hell-like place is arguably hinted at in the title and some of the dialogue, but it's never given as the realm's official name. The realm is simply an alternate dimension featuring monstrous creatures that torture people and reconstruct their bodies indefinitely; furthermore, the victims enter the realm voluntarily (even if they don't realize what they're getting themselves into), while alive. There is no suggestion that it's a place where people's souls go after death, and the central theme of the realm isn't punishment but sadomasochism. The Cenobites describe themselves as "explorers in the further regions of experience: demons to some, angels to others." This sentiment is echoed by Frank when he says the puzzle box opens "doors to the pleasures of Heaven or Hell" and that "The Cenobites gave me an experience beyond the limits: pain and pleasure, indivisible." Only by the second film do the Cenobites start to refer to the realm as "Hell," and as the series continues, the realm begins to more closely resemble the traditional Western concept of Hell. For example, in Hellraiser: Hellseeker we see that a character we know is in the Cenobite realm also has a corpse on Earth—implying his physical body never entered the Cenobite realm, only his spirit or soul did after he died. The first film never suggests the Cenobite realm isn't part of the physical, material world or that the victims didn't bring their actual physical bodies there. More broadly, the later films deal heavily with the theme of people paying for their sins, whereas the theme of sadomasochism is largely set aside. | |
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