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Explorers in the further regions of experience. Demons to some, angels to others.
~ Pinhead describing the Cenobites to Kirsty Cotton.

The Cenobites are adherents of their own extradimensional religion known as The Order of the Gash within the Hellraiser universe. The Cenobites are disfigured, sexless, sadomasochistic entities tasked with capturing whoever solved the riddle of the demonic puzzle box known as Lament Configuration and submitting them to extreme physical torture, an act meant to reveal all of the hidden pleasures of intense pain. These beings have been identified as a type of demon, created from the souls of mortals who have given into forbidden hedonistic and often disturbing forms of pleasure.

Characterization[]

Definition of "cenobite" and the origins of the characters[]

Cenobites are described in Clive Barker's novella Hellbound Heart, as well as the eight films based on this universe, as being a type of extradimensional humanoids researching the boundaries of the human nervous system. As such, they do not freely roam Earth (at least not in the original film and novella) and must be summoned by means of the magical puzzle box known as the Lemerchand Configuration, better known as the Lament Configuration.

Depending on human perception, Cenobites have also identified themselves as a type of demon. The word cenobite is Latin for "common life" and has been used since the Medieval Age to describe a form of monastic lifestyle within various monotheistic religions. Cenobites, by this definition, are clerics who have chosen to interact with the outside world while living within a monastery.

Hellraiser cenobites are a religious order who operate in a similar fashion, while they reside within a parallel world they interact with humanity in order to share their convictions. To further demonstrate the religious connotations in The Hellbound Heart, Barker describes the cenobites as the "elogians of The Order of the Gash", the word "elogian" translates from Greek as "generous gift" and is found within the Bible.

Also of note is the fact that the portal through which cenobites enter the human world has been identified as "a schism", another word with religious undertones. As for the cenobites' religion, the Order of the Gash, it is given a rather ambiguous innuendo, as the word "gash" can mean either vagina or a deep scar.

While the exact origins of the cenobites remain a mystery, Clive Barker has revealed in interviews that within the Hellraiser universe, the Cenobites' Religious Order has existed for ages, hundreds, otherwise thousands of years.

Cenobite "birth"[]

As for the means as to which cenobites are created, that is explored within the second and third Hellraiser movies. All throughout human history, specific owners of the Lament Configuration had been transformed into transcendental acolytes by the entity called Leviathan, the God of Flesh, Hunger and Desire.

The exact means through which a human is selected and transformed are explored in the films Hellbound: Hellraiser II and Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth. Both movies reveal that humans who suffer from severe mental trauma or a form of mental psychosis are prone to indulge themselves in unconventional forms of pleasure, and end up leading a hedonistic and often sadistic lifestyle.

For example, in Hellbound, the character Phillip Channard is revealed to had been a mutilator since his childhood. In Hell on Earth, the character of Col. Elliot Spencer (Pinhead) was once a World War I veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and survivor's guilt. Inevitably, people such as them ended up discovering the Lament Configuration, solved the puzzle, and were then dragged into the Labyrinth.

It is there that Leviathan has these people tossed inside chambers in which they receive violent and permanent body modifications consisting of gashes, scars, and lacerations. Various piercings are driven onto the cenobite's bodies, especially their heads. Their red blood in replaced with blue blood, while the skin is bleached. In the novella, the skin is covered up with white ash.

Cenobite attire consists of custom-made black leather body suits, specifically designed as an amalgam of catholic cowls and BDSM leather/latex suits. The clothing is used to cover up genital organs, rendering the cenobite's gender uncertain. Disturbingly enough, these suits are directly attached onto the cenobite's body by means of hooks, chains, wires, and pins.

Once the entire transformation is complete, these human husks are charged with torturing future recipients who have solved the puzzle of the Lament Configuration.

Probably the most interesting aspect of the cenobite transformation is the apparent memory loss that each member exhibits. During the events of Hellbound, neither Pinhead nor his entourage were aware of their human origins until Kirsty Cotton revealed to them a picture of Col. Elliot Spencer, Pinhead's former human identity.

Doctor Channard, having been transformed into a cenobite, begins regretting his previous reluctance, meaning that he was still aware of his former human self. Subsequently, cenobites revert back to their initial human form after being killed by one of their own.

In the Hellraiser reboot, a Cenobite is born when the owner of the puzzle box completes the configurations and sacrifices and chooses the "reward" of power. When Roland Voight, who had originally chose the gift of sensation from Leviathan, convinced Pinhead to exchange the apparatus that caused him endless pain for a new gift. He was freed from the device, but was dragged into the Cenobites' realm. He was then given the power he craved by being transformed into a Cenobite.

Usual Traits of a Cenobite[]

Although there is no official explanation detailing what is and is not a Cenobite several defining features of this species have been presented throughout the Hellraiser franchise. First of all, these entities bear the appearance of horribly scarified human beings. All cenobites possess strong wounds and mutilations over their entire body: an outward manifestation of the sadomasochistic nature of these creatures. Interestingly, each member of The Order of the Gash is identified by their unique head scarification and piercings.

Cenobites dress in skin-tight leather bodysuits that reveal a fair amount of flesh while still keeping them gender ambiguous. Many of these demons also carry weapons or instruments of torture with them, some may even have such devices permanently molded into their bodies via unnatural mutation, for example Doctor Channard, who's tentacles can grow knives and scalpels.

Cenobites are often nicknamed by their outward appearance: some of the more famous are - Pinhead (named after the self-inflicted pin mutilation over his head), Butterball (a horribly obese Cenobite) and Chatterer (named after his horrific facial deformity that leaves him with exposed teeth and gums).

Every cenobite's deformity and mutilation, as well as choice of weapon (or lack of) is individual. However, their leather clothing seems to be a standard uniform for all members of The Order of the Gash, whether it be by choice or part of mandatory remains unknown.

In the 2022 reboot, while they are still sadistic monsters who enjoy feeling and causing pain, they no longer wear leather suits. Instead, they are essentially naked with their flesh flayed and manipulated to cover their bodies like clothing. Another change is that they are much more willing to bargain with their victims.

Usual Personality of A Cenobite[]

Within the first film, a Cenobite was portrayed as a neutral being that was neither good nor evil—as they had quoted themselves they were "demons to some, angels to others" and they were immensely intelligent and brainy creatures who (while repulsive) also displayed an unsettling grace.

However, when opposed, the Cenobites were not above using terror to pursue their prey and they were always portrayed as sadomasochistic—meaning that they enjoyed both inflicting pain and receiving pain. Athough not truly malevolent, the Cenobites of the first film were nevertheless merciless forces of nature.

The Cenobites changed their personalities drastically in the sequels and become more and more like the stereotypical Western portrayal of demons, being obsessed with world domination and apocalyptic-styled torturing of humanity as a whole (in direct opposition to a Cenobite's nature in the novel and first film, where they only wished to torture the one who summoned them).

Modus Operandi[]

Once summoned, it is a Cenobite's duty to take the person who has solved the Lament Configuration puzzle to the Labyrinth/Hell in order to receive their "reward" of an eternity of torture that would reveal to them all of the different levels of pain and ecstasy that the Cenobites know of. Trying to flee from a Cenobite only makes things worse as they are programmed to hunt down any mortal foolish enough to do so and have been known to become more vicious and dangerous if people oppose them (as was the case with Pinhead's famous line: "Trick us and we shall tear your soul apart!").

Cenobites are different from a lot of demons in fiction by the fact they have human origins—almost all Cenobites started existence as a human being but became transformed into Cenobites upon losing their sanity and soul to depravity. This goes some way to explaining why Cenobites appear in humanoid form and why they have a special interest in torturing others.

In the 2022 reboot, while Cenobites are essentially still driven to ensnare and torture those who have solved the puzzle box, their reasons are slightly altered. They act like collectors, claiming those who have been marked by the box as sacrifices for Leviathan, then granting the owner of the box their chosen "reward". This makes them more mission oriented, as they only chase after the marked individuals, completely ignoring anyone who has not been marked. In contrast those who have been marked will be hunted down relentlessly, even if the one chosen is in fact one of their own.

Powers and Abilities[]

Each Cenobite has a vast array of supernatural powers due to his or her connection to Hell as well their own unnatural mutation—as mentioned above, many Cenobites also carry their own unique weapon or instrument of torture as well.

Cenobites are shown to be being capable of appearing instantly in almost any location and are able to track down whoever summoned them, even over great distances—they can proceed to drag this individual back to Hell, but seem to lack the ability to freely roam back and forth from Hell without the Lament Configuration.

More powerful Cenobites, such as Pinhead, have been shown to have near-limitless powers at their disposal to the point they could even transform humans into Cenobites upon death, as was seen in Hellraiser III when Pinhead created a small army of new Cenobites from his victims.

All Cenobites would appear to have great knowledge of both pain and pleasure, making them masters of both physical and psychological torture—this coupled with their supernatural abilities serve to make Cenobites arguably amongst the most frightening and dangerous of all demons in fiction.

Humans can vanquish the Cenobites by resolving the Lament Configuration, which will banish the Cenobites back to Hell, or by possessing or using magical and holy weapons or artifacts as shown in the comic when several Cenobites are killed by holy weapons. Conventional weapons are useless against Cenobites unless it is used by another Cenobite. The best example is that Cenobites are shown to be immune to firearms, but firearms used by a Cenobite can easily kill others Cenobite.

List of Cenobites[]

Throughout the Hellraiser franchise, several Cenobites have been introduced, each with a unique look and motivation depending on their respective sources.

The Hellbound Heart/Hellraiser (1987)[]

The first and original Cenobites make their debut in Clive Barker's novella The Hellbound Heart and subsequently in its movie adaptation. There are very few changes made between the book's description and the movie's interpretation. While the novella describes the Cenobites as being sexless (their mutilations having made their gender uncertain and their voices being indistinguishable), the movie is far more explicit as to each member's gender, mostly due to the actors playing each character. Also of note is the fact that only two out of the original four Cenobites, namely Pinhead and The Female, are capable of speech within the first and second movies. The most notable difference between the novella and the movie series is the clothing, which varies superficially between the two incarnations of these characters. Within Hellraiser and its comic books, the Cenobites are clad in black leather body suits that reveal key disfigurements to each individual members via openings. Whereas in the novella, the leather clothing is merely used to conceal each individual member's genitals with the exception of The Female, who is bare naked.

As follows, there are four Cenobites within the book and movie, plus the enigmatic monsters known as The Engineer and The Puzzle Box Guardian.

  1. Pinhead, originally a nameless figure within The Hellbound Heart, is the de facto leader of Cenobites, although in the novella this title is used by The Engineer. Pinhead is easily recognized by his chalk-white skin and elaborate head mutilations consisting of a completely shaved head with a grid sliced over his entire face (tattooed in the book). Decorative iron pins are driven inside his skull at the intersections of the grid's vertical and horizontal lines. Within the movie series he is portrayed as being highly intelligent, articulate, and resourceful. His weapons of choice are several pairs of telekinetically wielded hooked chains, with which he tears his victims apart with. He also carries surgical-esque knives. There are a few key difference between his portrayal within the book and movie. While in the novella Pinhead is described as being an "it" largely do to his mutilations having stripped him of his sexual identity, within Hellraiser he is obviously a man. Moreso, in the novella Pinhead's voice is described as being feminine, in contrast to the more deep and articulate male voice within provided by actor Doug Bradley.
  2. The Female Cenobite/Deep Throat, as her name suggests, is the only "female" among the original four Cenobites. The name Deep Throat has only been used by the first movie's crew. The novella simply describes The Female as having undergone elaborate mutilations to her pubis and is the more sexual of the four Cenobites, while in the movie she retains a rather androgynous appearance. While in the book she cheerfully expresses her desire to bring people to the Cenobites' world, in the movie she retains a more neutral and plain demeanor. As with Pinhead, she has chalk-white skin and a shaved head with large cheek bones. Her throat has been cut vertically open, giving her a rather raspy voice. This laceration is constantly kept opened thanks to a pair of semi-circular cheek piercings. Her head is also covered with various loosely attached metal wires. Deep Throat uses hooks as her main source of attack.
  3. Chatterer is the de facto "muscle" of the group, bare-handedly restraining the Cenobite's victims once they have reached their destination. He is the third Cenobite to appear within The Hellbound Heart. Chatterer is recognized by his constantly grinning teeth, the result of his entire lips' skin having been peeled back, as well as for his extremely swollen eyes. Because of these changes he is incapable of speech, communicating through his eponymous jaw clicks. Within the Hellbound Heart, Chatterer is perfectly capable of human speech and he only grins once he retracts his lips, exposing his teeth akin to a baboon.
  4. Butterball is the fourth member of the Cenobites, but the first within the novella. He is obese as the name suggests and has two other distinguishing features: his sewn shut eye sockets hidden underneath a pair of round sunglasses and his teeth that have been filled into razor blades. In the novella, his eye piercings are connected to a set of dangling chains. He is also missing both of his outer ears. Within the Hellraiser movies, as is the case with Chatterer, Butterball is also incapable of speech, other then a few screams and grunts.
  5. The Engineer is the fifth and lead Cenobite, whose physical appearance differs significantly between the novella and the first movie. The Hellbound Heart version of the Engineer is presented as being a seemingly ordinary humanoid creature, but with intense white light emanating from its body as it travels between dimensions; the movie version of The Engineer is a giant, phallic-shaped monstrosity which patrols the halls of the Cenobite realm. The Engineer does not engage the victims alongside the other Cenobites; instead it attacks travelers who make it inside the Cenobites' home dimension. The novella's version of this being is also the one who selects the next guardian of the Lament Configuration, handing the box over to the survivors of the Cenobite attacks.
  6. The Puzzle Box Guardian, as with The Engineer, differs substantially between the novella and the Hellraiser movie series. In Hellraiser, while not explicitly stated as being a Cenobite, the guardian is in fact the only creature allowed to freely interact with humans on Earth. The guardian is a shape-shifter, of sorts, first appearing under the shape of an elderly shop keeper who sells the Lament Configuration for high prices. Later on, the guardian takes on the form of a hairy vagrant stalking the victims of the puzzle box. His third and final form is that of a skeletal flying dragon, which saves the box from harm and brings it back to be sold once again. In the Hellbound Heart, however, the guardian is merely a survivor of the Cenobite attacks, having been entrusted with securing the Lemerchand's Configuration by The Engineer.

Hellbound: Hellraiser II[]

Aside from the first four Cenobites and the Puzzle Guardian, a new Cenobite makes his appearance in Hellbound, Doctor Philip Channard. Channard was initially a skilled human neurosurgeon and psychiatrist who ran his self-titled institute for the mentally disturbed, while he himself appears to be either crazy or psychotic.

As a human being, Channard was obsessed with researching the human mind and discovering the Cenobite's origins. He is eventually transformed into a Cenobite after visiting their world along side Julia Cotton, one of Leviathan's unlikely servants. As a Cenobite, Channard's mutilations include pale ghostly skin and barbed wire covering his shaved head. He also has tentacles protruding from his hands which can conjure up various items and knives from their tips. Unlike the other Cenobites, Channard is bonded to Leviathan via a phallic tentacle attached to his head.

Chatterer's appearance is altered, though the scene was cut from the film, removing the scarred tissue from his eyes and removing the wires holding his lips back. This new appearance is dubbed Chatterer II.

Butterball, Female, and Chatterer II are each killed by Channard during the movie's climax. Pinhead is the only Cenobite to survive the massacre at the hands of Dr. Cannard, fusing himself with one of the torture pillars within The Labyrinth.

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth[]

After surviving his apparent death at the end of Hellbound, Pinhead is trapped inside The Pillar of Souls, a large rectangular statue formed from various trapped souls. Unlike in the previous two movies, Pinhead had somehow detached himself from his human alter ego, Elliott Spencer, and begins killing indiscriminately. After being released from his bondage, he reveals his new powers of bending reality and creating Cenobites from certain individuals he either captures or slays. His new entourage consists of:

  1. Pistonhead, originally a New York nightclub owner named J.P. Monroe. He is recognizable due to the massive piston shoved into his shaved head. He utilizes iron rods as weapons.
  2. Dreamer, originally a young woman named Terri and former lover of J.P. Monroe. She willingly allows Pinhead to transform her in hopes of discovering her own dreams. As a Cenobite, Dreamer's head is shaved clean, the flesh on her hands peeled back, has a lit cigarette sticking out off her neck, and can singe people with the tip of her fingers.
  3. Camerahead, initially a television cameraman named Daniel "Doc" Fisher. He has a camera placed inside his right eye socket, which can be used to either fire at people or knock them dead with the lens' zoom feature. Unlike other Cenobites, Camerahead is the only one with partial hair on his head, notably a goatee.
  4. The CD Cenobite was the DJ of J.P. Monroe's nightclub before being killed by Pinhead. He has four CDs piercing the surface of his shaved head and a small black leather mask partially obscuring his face. He uses CDs as shuriken style weapons which he pulls from a slot in his chest.
  5. Barbie was originally a cocktail mixer and bar tender of J.P. Monroe's nightclub before being killed by Pinhead. He is rather humorously named after the barbed wire surrounding his shaved head. His method of killing is breathing fire and he carries a cocktail mixer filled with gasoline.

Hellraiser IV: Bloodline[]

Pinhead returns once again as the main antagonist within the fourth installment of the movie series, this time accompanied by a completely new entourage.

  1. Angelique is a century-old female Cenobite, summoned to Earth by means of black magic far before the Lament Configuration had been created. She first appears as a beautiful woman under the apparent control of the 18th-century warlock Jacques. After killing her master and traveling to New York, she makes an alliance with Pinhead, the then-new leader of the Cenobites, in order to take over the world. In the year 2127, she has adopted a more iconic Cenobite look, a shaved head with iron hooks exposing her cranium. She has the power to induce illusions in her victims in order to lure them into a deadly trap.
  2. The Siamese Twins are a duo created by Pinhead during the early 1990s. Originally the identical twin brothers who would later become the Siamese Twins were security officers working at the newly constructed building of architect John Merchant, descendant of Philip Lemarchand. After discovering a hidden hallway on the northwest wing of the building, the two came across a meeting between Angelique and Pinhead and are then subjected to Cenobite transformation. Their heads are connected sideways to one another after having their faces fused together into a spiral shape. The torsos and abdomens of the two are also stitched together sideways. But the most bizarre aspect of the two is their unique method of torture and killing. The twins can detach at will only to reattach themselves by fusing with their victim in the middle.
  3. Chatter Beast is a therianthropic dog-shaped Cenobite based on the original Chatterer's likeness. Appearing as a massive and overly muscular hound with completely hairless skin and oddly human-like hind legs and back, Chatter Beast acts as the team's "strongman", subduing the victim and then devouring them. As with Chatterer, the Chatter Beast's has swollen eyes and prominent jaws which click repeatedly. The beast's only article of clothing consist of black leather belts around its neck and a harness/corset.

Hellraiser: Inferno[]

Aside from Pinhead making his reappearance as the main antagonist, Inferno introduces three new Cenobites, as well as a new Engineer.

  1. The Wire Twins are a pair of identical twin Cenobite women who torture their victims together. Unlike previous female entries on this list, the Wire Twins are deliberately more alien in nature, their head cavities being longer, tattooed with strange symbols, with their noses and ear pavilions having been chopped off. The eye sockets of both twins appear to have been sewn shut. They each have several wires sticking out of their chins and a single thin ponytail hanging from the top of their otherwise shaved heads. Both twins dress in matching black leather dominatrix bodysuit which expose their slashed open stomachs and have long serpentine tongues. As for their preferred method of torture, the Wire Twins can insert their hands inside the victim's skin while at the same time pleasuring them by massaging the muscles.
  2. Torso has been identified as being either a clone or an extremely modified version the original Chatterer. This particular cenobite is missing his entire lower body, forcing him to crawl with his hands in order to move. His skin is chalk-white and his face is nearly identical to that of Chatterer's and does not wear any sort of outfit.
  3. Faceless Engineer is exclusive to Inferno as its origins and history are tied directly those of the movie's protagonist, Joseph Thorne. This Engineer appears under the form of a slender and glabrous humanoid with no face, aside from a large grinning mouth with an elongated tongue. This Engineer tortures its victims to death with the use of a cat-o-nine-tails whip with hooks at each end. After killing the victim, the Faceless Engineer leaves a child's finger behind, branded with a scorched Chinese character.

Hellraiser: Hellseeker[]

Following Pinhead are several new Cenobites.

  1. Surgeon, as his name applies, uses surgical tools attached to his body by chains. He has a metal apparatus attached to his head that covers his eyes and holds open his lips, exposing his teeth, and has open chest wounds similar to Pinhead's.
  2. Stitch has the flesh on her skull sliced, stretched out, and stapled onto the opposite sides, covering her eyes and nose but leaving her mouth exposed. Her leather suit is slightly more revealing then most and has a belt made of her own intestines, on which she carries bloody knives.
  3. Bound is a female Cenobite with tight leather straps covering her eyes and mouth and held in place by metal wires that slice into her skin.
  4. Chatterer III is a Cenobite made in the image of Chatterer because Leviathan favored Chatterer's design. Like his namesake, his lips have been pulled back and held in place by hooked wires exposing the signature chattering teeth, though the damage is not as severe. His eyes have also been covered by burned and scarred tissue.

Hellraiser: Deader[]

Accompanying Pinhead is Stitch, Bound, Chatterer III, and two new Cenobites.

  1. Little Sister is a silent Cenobite whose head resembles that of the Wire Twins, except with a small metal rod protruding from her nose with five wires on each end that cut into her eyelids.
  2. Spike is bizarre looking even for a Cenobite. He has a large golden spike impaled through his head, completely removing his face. He was cut from the film.

Hellraiser: Hellworld[]

Pinhead, Chatterer III, and a new Cenobite appear.

  1. Bound II is a male version of the first Bound, with the same deformities as his predecessor.

Hellraiser: Revelations[]

Pinhead, this time played by a new actor, is accompanied by two new Cenobites.

  1. Chatterer IV is a female version of the classic Chatterer with the signature exposed chattering teeth. She also sports a ponytail of wires and markings tattooed on the side of her head.
  2. Pseudo-Pinhead was once Steven Craven, whose skin was stolen by his former friend Nico Bradley after he escaped from Hell. He then opened the box and became Pinhead's follower and apparent disciple. As a Cenobite, his head is initially skinless, but he has squares of flesh from victims secured with nails in a pattern similar to Pinhead.

Hellraiser: Judgment[]

Pinhead, with a new chest design, and Chatterer appear with a new pair of Cenobites.

  1. Stitch Twins are two Cenobites that resemble Stitch.

Hellraiser (2022)[]

  1. The Chatterer
  2. The Weeper: A Cenobite with its eyes removed that sheds tears of blood, with its forearms split open.
  3. The Asphyx: A Cenobite with a sheet of flesh fastened over their face preventing them from breathing and their arms bound by wires in a praying position.
  4. The Gasp: A Cenobite with the skin on her neck peeled open, causing her to gasp, who acts as Pinhead's second in command.
  5. The Masque: A Cenobite that is headless, with the flesh of its face held in place by a metal frame.
  6. The Mother: A visibly pregnant Cenobite.

Popular Media portrayals[]

Due to the cult following that Hellraiser has garnered, the Cenobites have become an icon of modern horror fiction. Pinhead and the Lemarchand Configuration have become the subjects of various cameos, lampoons, and mentions in other works.

Due to the cult following that Hellraiser has garnered, the Cenobites have become an icon of modern horror fiction. Pinhead and the Lemarchand Configuration have become the subjects of various cameos, lampoons, and mentions in other works.

  • The first episode of the seventh season of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy features an army of demons that were called upon by the villain Pinface, a Pinhead parody with bowling pins sticking out of his head. Pinface and his entourage could be summoned using a magical Rubik's Revenge.
  • Ugly Americans, a dark comedy animated series, has an episode in which succubi harvest the souls of human beings in order to fill the contents of a Satanic puzzle box, a demonic practice which is religious in nature. Callie Maggotbone, one of the main characters, and a succubus are given a puzzle box which can reshape itself in a manner akin to the Lament Configuration.
  • In an episode Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, namely "The Hodag of Horror", a magical puzzle box with a similar design to that of the Lament Configuration accidentally summons an unseen apparition, emanating a blue radiance and offering the box's owner great pleasures. The creature's voice resembles that of Pinhead's.
  • The Cabin in the Woods is a 2012 dark comedy horror movie which plays homage to several iconic villains from horror cinema, the Cenobites being alluded to twice:
  1. The Buckner Family are an amalgam of various iconic horror movie monsters and villains, specifically those found in the slasher genre. According to the movie, while they were still alive, the Buckner Family were practitioners of a pain worshipping religion. This disturbing faith's practices included the Buckners torturing themselves in order to achieve enlightenment.
  2. Hell Lords are one of the many monsters which could be summoned by the main characters in the cabin's basement. These creatures are directly based on Cenobites, having been severely mutilated, wearing black leather body suits, and torturing their victims. Fornicus, the de facto leader of the hell lords, is reminiscent of Pinhead. Hell Lords are summoned via a puzzle globe based on the Lament Configuration.

Trivia[]

In Tortured Souls, a short novel by Clive Barker published in installments attached to a series of action figures produced in collaboration with Todd McFarlane, appears a group of creatures very similar to the Cenobites due to their bodies devastated by terrible mutilations and black leather clothing with a dark fetish look. At the head of these creatures is Agonistes, a powerful demon who is said to have been created by God and who is responsible for the creation of these beings. Since the mythology of the Hellraiser novels is different from that of the films (the existence of God is mentioned in Tortured Souls and Hellraiser novels, while there is no mention of Leviathan), many fans have speculated that Agonistes may actually have been the first Cenobite of the literary timeline, or at least that he created the Order Of Gash in his image and likeness.

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Cenobites
Pinhead (1987 & 2022) | Chatterer | Butterball | The Female | Leviathan | Angelique | Hell Priest | Puzzle Guardian

Hellraiser
Frank Cotton | Pinhead | Julia Cotton | Puzzle Guardian

Hellbound
Phillip Channard | Pinhead | Julia Cotton | Leviathan

Hell on Earth
Pinhead | Pistonhead | Camerahead | CD | Barbie | Dreamer

Bloodline
Pinhead | Angelique | Siamese Twins | Duc De L'Isle | Chatter Beast

Inferno
The Engineer | Joseph Thorne | Wire Twins | Torso

Hellseeker
Trevor Gooden | Surgeon | Stitch | Bound | Chatterer

Deader
Winter LeMarchand | Little Sister | Spike

Hellworld
The Host | Bound II

Revelations
Nico Bradley | Pinhead | Pseudo-Pinhead | Chatterer

Judgment
Sean Carter | Jophiel | The Stygian Inquisition | Pinhead | Stitch Twins

Reboot
Roland Voight | Trevor | Pinhead | The Gasp | Chatterer | The Weeper | The Asphyx | The Mother | The Masque

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