The Hellraiser franchise is a British-American horror series, based on Clive Barker's novella The Hellbound Heart. It centers around the Cenobites, beings from a Hell-like dimension summoned by the Lament Configuration puzzle box, with the iconic Pinhead as the primary antagonist. The franchise includes eleven films, comics, prose works, and more, exploring dark, sadistic themes of pleasure and pain. The latest film was released in 2022, with a TV series in development at HBO.
Clive Barker's original adaptation of his Hellbound Heart novella, Hellraiser, remains a tightly-paced genre classic, despite its narrative flaws.
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