Appearances Pinhead (Hellraiser)

cover of pinhead #1 (dec. 1991). art jim sanders iii.

pinhead first appears in clive barker s novella hellbound heart (1986), in appears in story s beginning, , portrayed sexually ambiguous follower of engineer :

its voice, unlike of companion, light , breathy-the voice of excited girl. every inch of head had been tattooed intricate grid, , @ every intersection of horizontal , vertical axes jeweled pin driven through bone. tongue decorated.

the character appears in various hellraiser comics , received own comic miniseries, entitled pinhead, published marvel comics epic comics imprint. in comic book series, pinhead depicted latest incarnation of cenobite spirit xipe totec, entity derived aztec mythology. in harrowing storyline, pinhead revealed have been romantically involved cenobite named merkova, killed disciples of morte mamme, sister , rival of leviathan. in pinhead/marshal law crossover series, revealed pinhead s human incarnation, captain spencer, took part in battle of somme.

captain spencer has cameo appearance in novel bloody red baron kim newman, in working agent of diogenes club. suffering shell shock, spencer invalided out of army after hammering nails own skull (in introduction newman s collection original doctor shade , other stories, neil gaiman claims kim newman original inspiration pinhead ).

in 2011, barker began writing series of hellraiser comics boom!, taking place sometime after events of hell on earth. pinhead reunited in hell cenobite entourage first 2 films (including chatterer, female, , butterball), comes mourn futility of own existence. deciding wants permanently return human form , seek spiritual salvation, begins sending anonymous clues kirsty cotton locations of artifacts summon cenobites can destroy them. after kirsty locates , opens box, pinhead , fellow cenobites appear her; but, rather kill her, pinhead instead betrays fellow cenobites , , kirsty kill them together. of september 2011 issue, unclear whether pinhead attempting coerce kirsty taking place leader of cenobites, or whether plans return human form involve romantic interests towards her.

he appears in scarlet gospels, in confronts harry d amour. in 1998, clive barker stated novel marks death of pinhead, , hopes definitive.

1 of things m trying in story d amour , pinhead is, want kind of make pinhead feel fucked. want people make fools of him breathes last , no hope of resurrection. no sequels. swear way s going - have plotted - way s going total, complete optimistic film producer in hollywood never dream of resurrecting him! m going off him, , want audience say, . .

barker, did not name pinhead , vowed rename character in scarlet gospels . novel referred character hell priest , title held in hell.

scarlet gospels revealed pinhead hell priest ; religious authority figure in hell. plot in novel established hell being mixture of medieval europe/ancient greece , hell priest being powerful figure in community, ruling on hell in absence of lucifer, abandoned hell shortly after fall grace. having secured known sources of magic on earth on lengthy period of time, hell priest reveals harry d amour has been secretly killing off rivals in hell assume complete control on realm. kidnaps harry s friend norma , uses hostage visit forbidden section of hell lucifer said reside. hell priest s goal meet satan , gain enlightenment encounter. however, finds lucifer, dead in crypt armor. hell priest removes , dons lucifer s armor, inadvertently raising him dead. lucifer mortally wounds hell priest, manages kill norma , blind harry before dying. remains destroyed when unseen force annihilates hell following satan leaving realm earth following battle.

the upcoming novel hellraiser: toll mark alan miller bridges gap between hellbound heart , scarlet gospels, hell priest identified cold man. in novel, calls upon first witness plan scarlet gospels, before chose harry d amour.

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in movie series storyline, pinhead born elliott spencer , opened lament configuration after becoming disenchanted human life service in world war i. other cenobites, lost memory of human identity following transformation , serves deity leviathan abducting others solve lament configuration , torture them in labyrinth realm called hell.

in hellraiser (1987), kirsty cotton unintentionally summons pinhead , cenobites, spared on condition lead cenobites uncle, frank cotton, had escaped them. after reclaiming frank, cenobites turn on kirsty, manages banish them realm.

in hellbound: hellraiser ii (1988), pinhead regains memories of original self when kirsty shows him photograph of spencer. pinhead briefly leads fellow cenobites in battle newly created channard cenobite, seemingly killed after being reverted human form.

in hellraiser iii: hell on earth (1992), learned spencer s reversion human form caused negative attributes of himself manifest independent entity, takes form of pinhead. without human influence, pinhead unbound laws of cenobite hell manifests on earth after being trapped in form of intricately carved pillar writhing figures , distorted faces etched surface. using nightclub owner j.p. monroe, pinhead feeds on enough humans gain freedom engages in indiscriminate killing spree on earth, transforming of victims cenobite army. spencer manages escape limbo , stops pinhead re-merging him before restored entity banished cenobites reality.

in hellraiser: bloodline (1996) pinhead allies himself demon princess angelique, in order force john merchant (a descendant of inventor built lament configuration) create unsealable gateway hell. future segments of film reveal pinhead destroyed in year 2127 dr. paul merchant, descendant, uses space station complete elysium configuration , capable of closing hell s gateway good. pinhead , other cenobites trapped inside , destroyed along box.

in hellraiser: inferno (2000) pinhead appears under guise of police psychiatrist doctor paul gregory, assuming true form near end inform protagonist detective joseph thorne has been in hell duration of film, , being punished corruption , various misdeeds in life.

in hellraiser: hellseeker (2001) pinhead serves role similar 1 fulfilled in inferno. kirsty married trevor, corrupt insurance agent plots have killed in murder-for-money scheme, using lemarchand s box cleanly kill kirsty without evidence pointing himself, mistress, or conspirators. pinhead appears @ end of film inform trevor, had amnesia throughout film, has been dead , trapped cenobites time; pinhead had appeared kirsty, pleased @ prospect of reunion, kirsty struck deal him: left alone in exchange killing trevor , conspirators, giving cenobites victims souls.

in hellraiser: deader (2003) pinhead appears several times reporter amy klein after tinkers box, central relic of cult investigating. after amy captured group s leader, winter, learns descendant of puzzle creator phillip lemarchand, , believes birthright control box and, thereby, cenobites. however, neither nor of followers have been able open it. amy opens box, rather submit winter, pinhead instead kills him , followers attempting control it. subject being taken cenobite realm having opened box, amy instead chooses commit suicide.

pinhead appears fictional character in hellraiser: hellworld (2005). in film box , cenobites have become basis successful mmorpg called hellworld. although pinhead seems attack guests @ hellraiser-themed party, revealed hallucination of 5 guests have been drugged , buried alive party s host, blames them not preventing hellworld-addicted son s suicide. in film s climax, host discovers hellraiser mythos based on fact, , son had come possession of real lemarchand box. opening causes real pinhead appear, praising boy s ingenuity before ordering pair of cenobites kill host.

in hellraiser: revelations (2011), pinhead physically portrayed stephan smith collins, fred tatasciore providing voice.