Hellraiser: Difference between revisions

* [[Body Horror]]: So much.

* [[Bondage Is Bad]]: A popular misconception of the Cenobites. The first film actually portrays them as amoral, if extreme, [[Sense Freak]] types.

* [[Broad Strokes]]: [[Word of God]] has stated the Boom! Studios comics will essentially be taking this approach to the post-''Hellbound'' sequels.

* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Steven and Emma in ''Revelations.'' {{spoiler|Subverted; it's actually her missing boyfriend wearing her brother's skin.}}

* [[Gainax Ending]]: ''Hellworld'', and all the made-for-video sequels to some extent. Before that, the second film, with many a movie critic complaining that the climax didn't make sense. At the very least, figuring out what the Leviathan Configuration does, and what happened at the end {{spoiler|when Tiffany resolved it}} will take [[Wild Mass Guessing|some guesswork]] on the viewer's part.

* [[Going for The Big Scoop]]: Joey in ''Hell on Earth'', Amy in ''Deader''.

* [[Gorn]]

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: As time went on Pinhead became more and more prone to these.

* [[Hell Seeker]]: There are several characters with this mindset, and for some of them it even kind of works out: they're turned into cenobites, and enjoy it.

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: {{spoiler|Kirsty}} in ''Hellseeker''.

** Also, in ''Hellbound'' we have Lt. Gorman from ''[[Alien|Aliens]]''.

** ''Hell on Earth'' has [[Deep Space Nine|Jadzia Dax]].

** In ''Revelations,'' just before {{spoiler|Pinhead drags Niko away, Ross shoots him, saying that he has more of a claim to Niko's life than anyone. Niko even thanks him with his last breath, as he's now spared an eternity with the Cenobites. Pinhead, annoyed, promptly gives Ross a [[Hannibal Lecture]] explaining that the suffering Niko would've endured is beyond what vengeance would call for, and calls him out for having acted purely out of a selfish need to be the instrument of vengeance himself. To satiate their appetite and claim their debt of flesh, they take his wife as a replacement for Niko.}}

* [[Not So Different]]

* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: ''Hellbound's'' Tiffany (that was a name given to her by the staff) and the Host from ''Hellworld''.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: The actress who played the Female Cenobite in ''Hellbound'' isn't the same one who played her in the original, but it's not that noticeable. In ''Revelations,'' it's ''very'' noticeable that Doug Bradley isn't Pinhead.

* [[Romanticized Abuse]]: The ''Hellraiser'' films have this as a component, creeping most viewers out even further. "We have such sights to show you". The novel version ''The Hellbound Heart'' has the initial description of the female cenobite invoke piercing fetishism.

* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]: The Lament Configuration again, and the pillar in the third film, plus the floorboards and the mattress in the first and second films.

* [[Sense Freak]]: The Cenobites. Albiet to a very, ''very'' extreme degree.

* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: Kirsty in ''Hellseeker''. This was also Frank's reaction to her in the original.

** ''Hellworld:'' A double whammy: {{spoiler|There's nothing supernatural going on at the party, the Host has drugged the protagonists so they'll have potent enough Hellworld-related hallucinations to kill them as ironic payback for his son's Hellworld-inspired suicide. Then, when the Host is idly playing with his son's homemade Lament Configuration, it turns out that it actually ''works,'' and the real Pinhead explains his son simply opened a gate to Hell. The Host pays for doing the same.}}

** ''Revelations:'' {{spoiler|The second Pinhead is Steven, the skin-stealing trick hasn't fooled Pinhead at all, and Niko's bargaining chip is worthless.}}

* [[The Voiceless]]: Every Cenobite (except Pinhead) that appears after ''Bloodline''. Also, Tiffany from ''Hellbound''.

* [[Was Once a Man]]: {{spoiler|The Cenobites.}}