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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

Doug Bradley
Doug Bradley
(9 films)
See more : Wikipedia

Filmography of Pinhead (10 films)

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Hellraiser: Revelations, 1h15
Directed by Víctor García
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Steven Brand, Nick Eversman, Fred Tatasciore, Sébastien Roberts
Rating27% 1.3661251.3661251.3661251.3661251.366125
Steven Craven and Nico Bradley run away from home and travel to Mexico. They film themselves engaging in several days' worth of drunken partying. The boys later disappear. The Mexican authorities return their belongings to their parents, including a videotape made by Steven that apparently documents their final moments.
Hellraiser: Deader, 1h28
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Doug Bradley, Kari Wuhrer, Paul Rhys, Marc Warren, Linda Marlowe
Rating45% 2.253222.253222.253222.253222.25322
Investigative reporter Amy Klein (Kari Wührer) is sent to Bucharest at the behest of Charles (Simon Kunz), her boss and apparent friend, to investigate the origins of a video tape apparently depicting the ritualistic murder—and subsequent resurrection—of a member of a cult calling themselves "The Deaders". In Bucharest, Amy tracks down the return address of the VHS and discovers the corpse of a girl, named Marla, who had sent the tape holding a puzzle box, the Lament Configuration. Amy returns to her hotel and solves the puzzle of opening the box which causes Pinhead (Doug Bradley) to appear and says to Amy 'Don't think for a moment that you are not in danger'. She then visits some of the Bucharest subculture on a train where she meets Joey, who warns her about her the Deaders and notices that Amy has a 'self destructive thing'.
Hellraiser: Hellworld, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Doug Bradley, Lance Henriksen, Katheryn Winnick, Christopher Jacot, Henry Cavill, Khary Payton
Rating42% 2.110932.110932.110932.110932.11093
The film introduces a circle of youths who are addicted to playing Hellworld, an online computer game based on the Hellraiser series. The film opens at the funeral of Adam, one of the friends who was obsessed with the game and ultimately committed suicide after becoming too immersed in the game. The remaining five friends blame themselves for not having prevented Adam's suicide.
Hellraiser: Hellseeker, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Doug Bradley, Dean Winters, Ashley Laurence, Rachel Hayward, Trevor White, Sarah-Jane Redmond
Rating50% 2.500892.500892.500892.500892.50089
Trevor Gooden (Dean Winters) survives a car accident that apparently kills his wife Kirsty Cotton-Gooden (Ashley Laurence) when their car plunges off a bridge into the river below. Trevor manages to escape with his life, but even though police divers find both car doors open there is no sign of Kirsty.
Hellraiser: Inferno, 1h39
Directed by Scott Derrickson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about religion
Actors Doug Bradley, Craig Sheffer, Nicholas Turturro, James Remar, Nicholas Sadler, Michael Shamus Wiles
Rating54% 2.7489252.7489252.7489252.7489252.748925
Joseph Thorne is an intelligent yet corrupt Denver police detective who regularly indulges in drug use and infidelity during the course of duty. At the scene of what appears to be a ritual murder, Thorne discovers a strange puzzle box, which he takes home in order to indulge his fascination with puzzles. After solving the box, Thorne begins to experience bizarre hallucinations, such as being seduced by a pair of mutilated women and being chased by a creature with no eyes or legs. Thorne also makes a connection between the murder and a killer known as "The Engineer," who is suspected of having kidnapped a child. Thorne goes in search of the Engineer, who in turn begins murdering Thorne's friends and associates, leaving behind one of the child's fingers at every crime scene.
Hellraiser: Bloodline, 1h26
Directed by Joe Chappelle, Kevin Yagher
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Doug Bradley, Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Kim Myers, Adam Scott, Charlotte Chatton
Rating51% 2.5523452.5523452.5523452.5523452.552345
In the year 2127, Dr. Paul Merchant, an engineer, seals himself in a room aboard The Minos, a space station of his own design. As armed guards attempt to break through the door, Merchant manipulates a robot into solving the Lament Configuration, destroying the robot in the process. The guards break through the door and apprehend Merchant, who agrees to explain his motivations to their leader, Rimmer.
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, 1h33
Directed by Anthony Hickox
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Doug Bradley, Terry Farrell, Paula Marshall, Kevin Bernhardt, Ashley Laurence, Anthony Hickox
Rating55% 2.7518352.7518352.7518352.7518352.751835
The revelation of his own former humanity in Hellraiser II has resulted in the Cenobite named Pinhead being split into two distinct entities: his former self, World War I British Army Captain Elliot Spencer, and a manifestation of Spencer's id, which takes on the form of Pinhead. While Spencer ends up in limbo, Pinhead is trapped, along with the puzzle box, amongst the writhing figures and distorted faces etched into the surface of an intricately carved pillar — the Pillar of Souls.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II, 1h37
Directed by Tony Randel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham, Ashley Laurence, Imogen Boorman, Doug Bradley, Nicholas Vince
Rating63% 3.1999453.1999453.1999453.1999453.199945
Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence), the protagonist from the previous film, has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital, still haunted by visions of the unspeakable horror that destroyed her family. Interviewed by Doctor Channard (Kenneth Cranham), and his assistant, Kyle MacRae (William Hope), she tells her account of the events depicted in the first film, and pleads with them to destroy the bloody mattress her murderous stepmother, Julia Cotton (Clare Higgins) died on. Despite her frantic urging, MacRae is the only one who seems to believe her.
Hellraiser
Hellraiser (1987)
, 1h34
Directed by Clive Barker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, BDSM in films
Actors Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Sean Chapman, Ashley Laurence, Oliver Smith, Doug Bradley
Rating68% 3.4499453.4499453.4499453.4499453.449945
In Morocco, Frank Cotton buys a puzzle box from a dealer. In a bare attic, Frank solves the puzzle, and hooked chains emerge from it to tear into his flesh. Later the room is filled with swinging chains spattered with the remnants of his body. A black-robed figure picks up the puzzle box and returns it to its original state, restoring the room to normal.