Clive Barker on The Good, the Bad, and the Light in the Dark by Phil Stokes, at the Write On! talk at Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, 11 November 1998 This film is the first to name the villain "Pinhead" in the credits. Clive Barker intended Pinhead and his entourage to die in this film, leaving Julia Cotton to become the villain of future Hellraiser stories, but the studio wanted to return Pinhead to his villainous roots in a sequel. Clive Barker did not work on the stories for the subsequent films. In the BOOM! Studios comics and the novel The Scarlet Gospels, the Hell Priest decides to seek out greater power and enlightenment, deciding in the process that all other Cenobites and all demons, even high-ranking demon lords such as Abaddon or demonic deities such as Leviathan, are beneath him and expendable. He gains all the magical knowledge in the world and uses it to massacre his fellow Cenobites and later Hell's generals.

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Pascal Laugier Writes B-D Regarding That Pinhead' Make-Up". Bloody-disgusting.com. 5 February 2009 . Retrieved 26 January 2012. Other tales of the Cenobites and Spencer as the Hell Priest are presented in the BOOM! Studios anthology comic book mini-series Hellraiser: The Beastiary (2015). The BOOM! Studios mini-series Hellraiser: The Road Below (2014) reveals Kirsty's first solo mission as the "new Pinhead" following her transformation into a Cenobite.In the first straight-to-DVD sequel, Pinhead and the Cenobites torment a corrupt detective who becomes ensnared in their web. Pinhead says this line to the detective, reminding the audience once again of his fascination for "the flesh," one of many reoccurring motifs for the character. Games Without Frontiers by Brian J. Robb, Fear, No.6, May/June 1989. [12] An early Pinhead design by Clive Barker. The figure comes with 2 interchangeable heads and both open and closed Lament Configuration puzzle boxes Pinhead sneeringly directs this line towards the corrupt detective, who at this point is begging for some form of mercy. While he reveres suffering and pain, he clearly thinks very little of humanity. That's possibly because he had a past life as a mortal, something which he thoroughly resents. Published by Marvel Comics' Epic Comics imprint in the 1990s, the original Hellraiser comics follow the canon of the movies rather than Barker's original novella, referring to the lead Cenobite as Pinhead. A spin-off miniseries was entitled Pinhead. [30] In these comics, Pinhead is depicted as the latest incarnation of the cenobite spirit Xipe Totec, an entity derived from Aztec mythology. In the storytline "The Harrowing", Pinhead is revealed to have been romantically involved with a cenobite named Merkova, who was killed by the disciples of Morte Mamme, the sister and rival of Leviathan. [31] Morte Mamme then selects a group of humans to act in opposition to the Cenobites, calling them the Harrowers. The team stars in the spin-off comic Clive Barker's The Harrowers, which ran for six issues from 1993-1994. In the Pinhead/ Marshal Law crossover, it is revealed that Pinhead's human incarnation, Captain Spencer, took part in the Battle of the Somme. [32]

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During filming of the first Hellraiser film, actor Doug Bradley discussed the character with Clive Barker. Both agreed, as the novella indicated, that Pinhead was once human, though when he had lived and died was undecided. Bradley later concluded that while the Cenobites have been active for centuries, Pinhead was originally a person belonging to the 20th century, telling Fangoria: "To me, Pinhead is the chief Cenobite of the 20th century". [12] This idea was expanded on in the second Hellraiser film, when the movie incarnation of Pinhead was said to have originally lived as a World War I officer named Elliott Spencer. [13] Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections—they may also appear in recommendations and other places. GeekyZone is a UK retailer based in Leicestershire. All of our items are shipped from our showroom location. Bloodline was beset by numerous problems during production, leading the film's director to request his name be removed and credit given to Alan Smithee. The later films in the franchise were all direct release to home video or video on demand. In addition, those films are chronologically set between the third and a fourth film. Hellraiser from chapter seventeen of Sacred Monsters: Behind the Mask of the Horror Actor by Doug Bradley, 1996Freeland, Cynthia A. (2013). The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror. Routledge. ISBN 978-0367318741. Pinhead, lord of the Cenobites, is named for his bald head studded with nails. a b "More Books Still To Come...?". Clivebarker.info. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007 . Retrieved 26 January 2012. There are a few things that we need to make sure of before you return an item to us. Please ensure the item meets the following criteria: a b c d e f g " Hellraiser III script, from The Internet Movie Script Database". IMSDb . Retrieved 26 January 2012.

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Pinhead appears in the action adventure sandbox game Terraria as an enemy in the game's Solar Eclipse event. He has been renamed to "Nailhead" and possesses the ability to launch nails at the player. Gary Tunnicliffe, who was responsible for the Pinhead makeup in the last four films, improvised a new design for Pinhead called Project Angel: Recreating an Icon, the photos of which he published in Fangoria.Paul T. Taylor, who portrays Pinhead in Hellraiser: Judgment, described the character as "twisted and intelligent". Finding Pinhead's mannerisms and demeanor to be unique among horror icons, Taylor tried to capture that in his performance: "It's about the stillness. He's already so terrifying that when he makes a move, it means something. He's very economical and when he speaks, he's so eloquent". Taylor also incorporated the uncomfortable make-up and costume into his presentation of the sadomasochist, stating that "Pinhead's always in agony so he likes it. I feel like I was in character the whole time, and I don't mean that in some sort of artistic, lofty way. I mean I maintained the demeanor the whole time because I had to". [42] Origins [ edit ] The 2018 novella Hellraiser: The Toll, plotted by Barker and written by his assistant Mark Alan Miller, bridges the gap between The Hellbound Heart and The Scarlet Gospels. In the novella, the Hell Priest is also known as the Cold Man. [18] a b Collis, Clark (1 September 2022). "Get first look at Jamie Clayton's Pinhead (and a brand new Cenobite!) in new Hellraiser". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2 September 2022. In the film franchise, Pinhead's role has varied with each installment. In the script for the original film, Barker describes Pinhead and the other Cenobites as "demons" in his notes; the character himself, however, upon capturing Kirsty Cotton, describes himself and his fellow Cenobites as "explorers in the further regions of experience. Demons to some; angels to others". [45] Hellbound: Hellraiser II expands the lore of the Cenobites, depicting them as denizens of Hell, here a maze-like dimension ruled by an entity called Leviathan. Here, the Cenobites subject their quarry to emotional and psychological torture. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth portrayed Pinhead as a purely evil demon of chaos, a result of the loss of his human side in the previous film. In Hellraiser IV: Bloodline, he is presented as a megalomaniac bent on world domination; [22] beginning in Hellraiser: Inferno he acts as a judge, punishing those who open the box for their sins and forcing them to face their personal demons. In Inferno, he uses the title "Engineer", [5] a name derived from an apparent Cenobite leader in Clive Barker's original novella. [15]