Detective Joseph Thorne

"Joseph: [being forced to question his morals] I don't understand. Pinhead: Ah, the eternal refrain of humanity. Pleading ignorance, begging for mercy. "Please, help me. I don't understand.""

- Joseph to Pinhead.

Detective Joseph Thorne is the protagonist of Hellraiser: Inferno. He was a police officer, and despite being a protagonist, he secretly plays a villainous role.

He was portrayed by Craig Sheffer.

Childhood
Not much known to Joseph Thorne, he disregarded his parents.

Adolescence
Joseph went to school along with Jay Cho who was odd and silent. While While Jay tried out the basketball team, Joseph and his friends tortured the "sh*t" out of Jay, thus giving him hell.

Job as a detective
Detective Thorne committed many crimes (such as consuming drugs and framing the other cops).

Thorne and the other officers investigates the home of Jay Cho who is killed after solving the Lament Configuration.

Thorne cheats on her spouse, Melanie, with a prostitute named Daphne. Daphne calls him on phone when attacked by The Engineer. Thorne later sees Daphne dead in bathroom.

Death and damnation
During confrontation with The Engineer,Thorne tried to shoot him, but he gets his hand hooked by a chain by Pinhead, who then informs that Thorne would be damned forever. The Engineer then reveals to be the manifestation Thorne's cruelty and he slits the throat of a young version of Thorne. Pinhead skins Thorne's head, killing him in the process.

Thorne finds himself at the police station and upon repeating all over eternity, he shoots himself while the other officers looks it on in shock. Thorne finds himself at the room where he woke up after having a dream with Wire Twins and yells "no!" upon realizing his damnation.