Hellraiser (2022) With 2022's 'Hellraiser' airing on Hulu, Pinhead is officially in the Disney family.

Is Pinhead a princess?

'Hellraiser' Director David Bruckner and Jamie Clayton Talk Pinhead, Cenobites, and Remaking the Franchise. Plus, Pinhead is now a Disney Princess!

Is Hulu Hellraiser a girl?

Trans actress Jamie Clayton, the actor behind the Hell Priest/Pinhead, is a woman and uses feminine pronouns, as is the Hellraiser 2022 Pinhead.

Why is Pinhead now female?

The original book that it's based on, The Hellbound Heart, was suggestive of a female Pinhead, and the comic books also explored the idea. There's also plenty of fan art, wonderful works that all theorized the possibility of Pinhead as a woman. So it only felt appropriate to us.

Is Hellraiser lgbtq?

Hellraiser has since become a queer horror classic for numerous reasons, according to Riley Wade of Horror Obsessive. The work's gay author/director has been hailed as a master of the counter-cultural “splatterpunk” literary genre.

Pinhead Is a Disney Princess? The 'Hellraiser' Cast and Director Sound Off

Is Freddy Krueger A Cenobite?

Freddy is a member of the Cenobite council and the rival of Laughing Jack. He is also the most feared and dreaded enforcer of Zalgo, even more so than Pinhead. Freddy is played by Robert Englund.

Is Pinhead evil or broken?

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.

Was Pinhead a good guy?

While Pinhead isn't a villain in the first two Hellraiser movies — he's a neutral representative of Hell — he switches to being an unequivocal, full-blown bad guy in Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth.

Who is the god in Hellraiser?

According to Hellraiser lore, the Leviathan is a god who is responsible for creating Pinhead and his pain-loving colleagues. It is likely this deity who is responsible for Voight's transformation and it is also likely that they are turning him into a new Cenobite.

Are Cenobites actually evil?

Usual Personality of A Cenobite

Athough not truly malevolent, the Cenobites of the first film were nevertheless merciless forces of nature.

Has Pinhead ever died?

Hellraiser's Pinhead is seemingly eternal in the movies, but in Clive Barker's 2015 novel The Scarlet Gospels, the iconic villain was killed off. Amusingly enough, it was never the plan for Pinhead to become such a pop culture presence, or for him to even be called that.

What is pinheads weakness?

The most straightforward is to reverse the Lament Configuration. In doing so, it will send him back to his world. Pinhead also abides by a strict code, and if a person summons him because they were forced, he won't go after the victim.

Who would win Pinhead or Jason?

Pinhead from Hellraiser

Being a masked serial killer who can't die is one thing. Being an immortal hell monster from another dimension is another and a deadlier threat. Once the puzzle is solved and the cube is unlocked, Jason wouldn't stand a chance against the horrific force known as Pinhead.

Why does Hellraiser have nails in his head?

The use of nails and pins evolved out of one of Barker's short stories called The Forbidden, which featured a board hammered with nails at specific intersections of laid out squares. This aesthetic would resurface for the Pinhead character years later.

Is Michael Myers a Cenobite?

According to an interview in the book Taking Shape II, the Michael Myers (AKA The Shape) cenobite would have had his mask permanently affixed to his skin and had his arms replaced with knives.

Is Edward Scissorhands a Cenobite?

Edward, then, is a Cenobite, which is why he has scissors instead of hands, he's so pale, and he wears black leather clothes that look very similar to the ones the Cenobites usually wear.

Is Candyman a Cenobite?

Candyman is a Cenobite. Both stories which Hellraiser and Candyman are based off of are by Clive Barker. Each character only causes mayhem when they are summoned. To top it off all they know after their deaths are pain and pleasure.

Who would win Michael Myers vs Pinhead?

So depending on the timeline, the two competitors wouldn't be evenly matched. Even if Michael kept his immortality powers, they are still severely uneven. Even when taking a look at their actual abilities, Pinhead clearly comes out on top.

Who would beat Pinhead?

While talking with Dread Central in 2020, Englund was asked who might win in a hypothetical Freddy Vs Pinhead fight. The actor explained Freddy would probably win since everybody - even monsters like Jason or Pinhead - have to sleep.

Who is the strongest Hellraiser?

Do Cenobites still feel pain?

Cenobites were once human, having transformed to their current state in their pursuit of gratification. Cenobites are so removed from their former humanity and so dedicated to exploring physical experience that they no longer distinguish between sensations of pleasure and pain.

Who is pinheads love interest?

Merkova is a cenobite that appears in the Hellraiser comic series, primarily the ones about the Harrowers, she is the cenobite love interest of Pinhead, as shown in the series they care very deeply about each other.

How did Pinhead become Pinhead?

Upon solving the box in the early 1920s, Spencer was given both the pain and pleasure he was looking for, and subsequently transformed into Pinhead, as depicted briefly in the opening of Hellraiser 2.

What did Pinhead say at the end of Hellraiser 4?

As the hologram dissipates, Pinhead sees Merchant and Rimmer on an escape pod on the ship's screen, when the former activates the Elysium Configuration. Anguished beyond belief, Pinhead proclaims, “I cannot die.

Who kills the Cenobites?

So far the only beings that can injure or kill a Cenobite are the Cenobites themselves, supernatural creatures, or a high-tier deity such as Leviathan's sister or Leviathan himself, in case any Cenobites upset him. In the movie version when a Cenobite dies, they return to their human form.