History Characters / Hellraiser

Several generations of men tied to the Cenobites and the Lament Configuration. With one exception, [[IdenticalGrandson All are portrayed]] by Bruce Ramsey.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Clive Barker originally wrote Lemarchand in the novel and subsuquent comics as an evil occultist toymaker who voluntarily created the Lament Configuration to summon demons, as well as creating hundreds of similar nefarious boxes while in league with Leviathan and the Cenobites. ''Bloodline'' portrays him as an unwitting pawn who was tricked into creating one box, with the Duc corrupting it.

* UnholyMatrimony: Hits it off pretty well with the equally depraved Julia, even her betraying him and offering him to Leviathan he still seems interested, as he seems genuinely happy when "Julia" returns to him in the climax.

* NobleDemon: A relatively consistent trait is that while the Cenobites are demons, they follow a set of rules when going after humans. They typically only go after those who have solved the Lament Configuration or have managed to elude them after opening the box and while they are willing to kill others as collateral, they actively spare those who are truly innocent. Also, simply solving the puzzle isn’t enough to get their attention, there has to be a reason or desire behind it. The sole straight forward subversion of this is Pinhead Unbound and his pseudo cenobites from the third movie.

* BerserkButton: Deceiving him or the Cenobites is a good way to make one’s suffering legendary, even in Hell.

* CosmicPlaything: Surprisingly, even the Hell Priest isn’t immune to the whims of Hellraiser’s [[JerkassGod deities]].

* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite his menacing appearance and tendency to gruesomely mutilate those stupid enough to solve the Lament Configuration, Pinhead can be reasoned with to help fight against even worse threats or if the box was solved against the person’s will or they were tricked into solving it, Pinhead can be reasoned with to find the person(s) responsible. While he does mutilate those who solve the puzzle box, most of them are power-hungry humans who had it coming big time.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He can be reasoned with to help against a worse threat or if the summoning was unintended, just don’t ever lie to him.

* DepravedHomosexual: The first Chatterer was once a young orphan named Jim, who's start of darkness began when he framed his mother for murdering his abusive father. After spending several years in an orphanage, he and another boy named Seth became friends and lovers, eventually becoming rent boys at sixteen-years-old. Jim was turned into Chatterer years later after he failed to ensnare Seth's soul for the Cenobites, and spent the night having sex with him, instead.

* TeensAreMonsters: Jim, the boy who would become Chatterer, murdered his father and framed his mother for it; as a teenage, male prostitute, Jim was chosen by the agents of Hell to serve the Cenobites; delivering Lament Configurations to potential victims. Eventually he became a Cenobite himself, after failing to damn the soul of his former friend and lover.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He’s a polite, calm fellow, but he is the first of the Stygian Inquisition that human souls meet and the rest goes [[TraumaCongaLine downhill from there..]]

* CreepyGood: He’s a little unpleasant to look at, but is simply doing his job.

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: A portion of the second movie is dedicated to her finding what she believes is to be her father after she sees a blood note. Unfortunately, it’s Frank and she doesn’t see Larry again. That said, in the original script, it would’ve been for something as Larry would’ve saved Kirsty, but unfortunately Creator/AndrewRobinson didn’t return.]]

* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Has this when she realizes “Larry” is actually Frank and was too late to save her father.]]

* GoodIsDumb: He’s a loving father and clearly loves his daughter. [[spoiler: Though he doesn’t realize that Julia is keeping very dark secrets from him.]]

* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: We don’t see him getting skinned, but it wasn’t a pretty sight evidently.]]

* SupernaturalProofFather: [[spoiler: He’s unaware of what’s been happening and is the only one of the Cottons who isn’t aware of what’s happening in the house. This doesn’t save him from his tragic fate.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Doesn’t recognize the warning signs about Julia and the house until it’s too late.]]

* CainAndAbel: He's the Cain to Larry's Abel. That said, they aren’t actually seen talking on-screen. Although there would’ve been a moment in the sequel where they do.
* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler: Threatens Julia on more than one occasion and tells her she needs to love him more than Larry. It’s actually [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when he backstabs her.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: It takes a bit, but he’s not afraid of death in his final moments.

* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler: Tying with UngratefulBastard, he kills Julia despite all the effort she went through to give him skin and isn’t sorry in the slightest.]]

* SpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler: When Kirsty mourns her father, he insults him to her face. It bites him in the ass when it gets Pinhead’s group to show up moments later.]]

* LackOfEmpathy: Sells out her victims to skinless Frank and doesn’t give a damn, [[spoiler: including her own husband, who was nothing but a kind and loving one towards her.]]

* LightIsNotGood: In the second film, she spends part of her time covered in white bandages which surprisingly don’t end up soiled by blood. She also wears a light blue dress which belies her supernatural monstrosity (though the original ending had her pull an EvilCostumeSwitch by changing the dress's color to black).

* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: The younger villain to Pinhead’s older hero as Pinhead is chronologically an old World War I veteran in contrast with the younger Winter.

* EldritchAbomination: Takes the form of a rhombus emanating a black light (as in ''actually'' black, and not ultraviolet), that forces anyone who it shines down on to face their crimes. His true form — if he has one — is unknown.

* HeroKiller: Was responsible for Channard becoming a cenobite and was therefore responsible for Pinhead’s death and the deaths of three other cenobites.

* BaldOfEvil: As with most Cenobites, she has no hair, and Cenobites are essentially torture demons

The sadistic and psychotic namesake and head of the Channard Institute in ''Hellraiser II''

* DecompositeCharacter: The Duc de L'Isle appears to take on all the villainy of the Phillip Lemarchand of the novel and comics, including being an EvilOldFolks type in league with Leviathan and using Hell's power to make the box the gateway to the Labyrinth and Cenobites. The movie version of Phillip LeMarchand meanwhile was a good toymaker who only created the box as a toy without any nefarious designs in mind, with his creation being corrupted by L'Isle.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Clive Barker originally wrote Lemarchand in the novel and subsuquent comics as an evil occultist toymaker who voluntarily created the Lament Configuration to summon demons, as well as creating hundreds of similar nefarious boxes while in league with Leviathan and the Cenobites. ''Bloodline'' portrays him as an unwitting pawn who was tricked into creating one box, with the Duc De L'Isle corrupting it.
* DecompositeCharacter: The Duc de L'Isle appears to take on all the villainy of the Phillip LeMarchand of the novel and comics, including being an EvilOldFolks type in league with Leviathan and using Hell's power to make the box the gateway to the Labyrinth and Cenobites. The movie version of Phillip LeMarchand meanwhile was a good toymaker who only created the box as a toy without any nefarious designs in mind, with his creation being corrupted by L'Isle.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Clive Barker originally wrote Lemarchand as an occultist who voluntarily created the Lament Configuration to summon demons. ''Bloodline'' portrays him as an unwitting pawn who was tricked into creating the box.

Main baddie of the series, a mysterious figure known as a Cenobite holding the rank of the Hell Priest. Pinhead is an ''extremely'' dry witted bringer of the ultimate pleasure, which just happens to take the form of horrific tortures. Formerly Captain Elliot Spencer of the British Expeditionary Force, his mind was shattered after participating in The Third Battle of Flanders (Battle of Passchendaele). Developing a severe case of [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] and SurvivorGuilt, Spencer buried his grief by seeking out increasingly depraved carnal pleasures. His dark journey would eventually lead him to the Lament Configuration, and his transformation into Pinhead.

* SuperPowerLottery: He's an [[CompleteImmortality immortal]] super-being with a wide range of demonic abilities. He can teleport anywhere through the Lemarchand Configuration, [[ExtraOreDinary create and control metal chains]], [[YourSoulIsMine imprison the souls of his victims]], [[ReforgedIntoAMinion transform humans into Cenobites]], [[{{Telepathy}} search and mess around in your mind]], and [[MindOverMatter manipulate objects mentally.]] The human race would be in serious trouble if he wasn't a neutral force most of the time.

* AbusiveParents: Never elaborated on, but Pinhead implies he was molested by his parents.

* SelfMadeOrphan: Killed both of his previously mentioned abusive parents.

* FallenHero: Once an upstanding, moral, British military officer of World War 1, but he became so deeply traumatized by his experiences in it that he fell into hedonism in an attempt to escape from his pain, and ultimately was claimed by the Box, taken to the Labyrinth and turned into the demonic Pinhead to serve Leviathan.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Like all Cenobites, his motives are very hard for humans to perceive.