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Real name Capitaine Elliott Spencer, Lead Cenobite, L'ange de souffrance, Le prince noir de la douleur
Pinhead is a fictional character from the Hellraiser series, mostly serving as the main antagonist. His name is derived from a sobriquet given to him by the crew of the first Hellraiser film. Nearly thirty years later, Clive Barker gave him the proper designation Hell Priest in his sequel to The Hellbound Heart, The Scarlet Gospels.
Pinhead is one of the leaders of the Cenobites, formerly humans but transformed into creatures which reside in a extradimensional realm who travel to Earth through a puzzle box called the Lament Configuration in order to harvest human souls. His origins and the nature of the Cenobites vary depending upon the medium: While the character began as an amoral entity blindly devoted to the practice of experimental sadomasochism, later depictions have portrayed him as explicitly evil and even demonic in origin.
The character's appearance in 1987's Hellraiser marked a significant departure from the standard 1980s depiction of horror movie villains, who tended to either be completely mute, or provide glib commentary while killing their victims. Rather, Pinhead was depicted as quiet yet articulate and intelligent, drawing influence from classical cinematic depictions of Count Dracula. Biography
À l'origine, Pinhead était le capitaine Elliott Spencer (1893-1930), un explorateur et vétéran de l'armée britannique qui a combattu pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Il a vécu en Extrême-Orient. Spencer est un homme plein de compassion et d'empathie pour ses semblables. C'est un homme charismatique qui est apprécié. Mais la bataille de la Somme le transforme. Il perd foi en l'espèce humaine.
Sa transformation en Pinhead, alias « Lead Cenobite » (« L'ange de souffrance » ou « Le prince noir de la douleur »), s'est faite à la suite de l'ouverture d'une boîte puzzle démoniaque : Le Cube de Lament (« The Lament Configuration »). C'est une porte entre notre monde et celui des cénobites, des créatures infernales.
Pinhead est aussi l'incarnation d'un esprit cénobite Xipe Totec, une entité dérivée de la mythologie aztèque.Played by the actors