History Film / HellboundHellraiserII

* TurnedAgainstTheirCreators: Pinhead and his companions, on rediscovering their humanity, turn against Leviathan. A Leviathan controlled Channard ruthlessly murders them for it, but the Cenobites win a moral and existential victory. Freeing themselves and their souls, where Channard remains a slave, and is simply discarded by Leviathan the moment it's convenient.

* BadBoss: Leviathan, in it's treatment of Pinhead and his fellow Cenobites the moment they rediscover the humanity it stole from them, and turn again it. Also discards Channard, who actually enjoys being it's slave, without any hesitation.

* IDieFree: Although Pinhead and his companions are killed by the Leviathan controlled Channard, they remember their humanity and rebel against the Lord Of The Labyrinth. As [[Unishment punishment]], Pinhead is stripped of his powers and forcibly reverted by Leviathan back to the man he once was, Captain Elliot Spencer. Before he dies Elliot possesses a serene, grateful expression and sacrifices his life for Kirsty, finally freed from his eternal torment.

* IDieFree: Although Pinhead and his companions are killed by the Leviathan controlled Channard, they remember their humanity and rebel against the Lord Of The Labyrinth. As punishment, Pinhead is stripped of his powers and forcibly reverted by Leviathan back to the man he once was, Captain Elliot Spencer. Before he dies Elliot possesses a serene, grateful expression and sacrifices his life for Kirsty, finally freed from his eternal torment.

* IDieFree: Although Pinhead and his companions are killed by the Leviathan controlled Channard, they remember their humanity and rebel against the Lord Of The Labyrinth. As punishment, Pinhead is reverted by Leviathan back to the man he once was, Elliot Spencer. Before he dies Elliot possesses a serene, grateful expression and sacrifices his life for Kirsty, finally freed from his eternal torment.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Many fans were disappointed to see series villain Pinhead and his cronies taken out by the new Cenobite, [[spoiler:Dr. Channard]]. Many have written off his easy defeat due to him being weakened and disoriented by learning he was once human, a notion supported by ''Hellbound'' screenwriter Peter Atkins.

* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:The Chatterer's original, human form is briefly revealed in one scene to be a young boy.]]

* InfantImmortality: Averted in a sense. [[spoiler:The Chatterer's original, human form is briefly revealed in one scene to be a young boy.]]

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The ending of ''Hellbound'' calls back to the beginning of the first ''Hellraiser.'' A moving man who had been hired to help move furniture into the Cotton house returns to help empty the Channard Institute. Also the homeless man from ''Hellraiser'' makes an appearance and asks "What's your pleasure, sir?", the same question that had been posed to Frank Cotton.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Early in the film Kirsty sees messages from his father Larry calling out to her, trapped in "Hell" after being killed in the previous movie. This forms at least part of her reason for entering and exploring the Cenobites' dimension. Along the way, this plot thread is just quietly dropped. The reason is that the script for the sequel was already being written when the first film was still in production, and Andrew Robinson, who played Larry, ultimately did not sign on for the sequel.

* VillainOpeningScene: In a way - it begins with the StartOfDarkness for Pinhead, as Major Elliot Spencer is ensnared by Cenobite chains.

* FreudWasRight: Just look at that huge, phallic tendril burrowing it's way into [[spoiler:the Channard Cenobite's]] head.

* EvilIsNotAToy: Probably even more true for this film, where [[spoiler:Dr. Channard's obsession with the Lament Configuration ultimately leads to him becoming horrifically tortured and turned into a Cenobite himself.]] He's horrified at first, but in the end...''And to think, I hesitated.''

** When Frank accidentally stabs Julia in the first film, he states that it's "nothing personal, baby". In the second film, Julia throws that line back at Frank when she quite intentionally (and quite literally) rips his heart out.

* LargeHam: The Channard Cenobite. All his lines were doctor-related and he had a rather strange evil laugh.
-->'''Channard Cenobite:''' Surgery's open, Tiffany. What is today's agenda? Ah yes... ''evisceration!''

* RedemptionDemotion: The movie presents an extremely glaring example. Near the climax, the heroine talks the four main Cenobites of the previous film -- including Pinhead, the series' most popular villain -- into a HeelFaceTurn by reminding them they were once human. Minutes later, they are unceremoniously {{Curb Stomp|Battle}}ed by a newly-converted and thoroughly evil Cenobite. The screenwriter received so much hate mail over this, he wound up invoking WorfHadTheFlu.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Early in the film Kirsty sees messages from his father Larry calling out to her, trapped in "Hell" after being killed in the previous movie. This forms at least part of her reason for entering and exploring the Cenobites' dimension. Along the way, this plot thread is just quietly dropped. The reason is that the script for the sequel was already being written when the first film was still in production, and Andrew Robinson who played Larry ultimately did not sign on for the sequel.

* {{Hell}}: The film depicts a gothic-looking, otherworldly area of Hell (or, at least, a very Hell-like dimension [[FromACertainPointOfView that promises unimaginable sensations]]) called the Labyrinth, where the people who [[SchmuckBait solve a cursed puzzle box]] end up. [[LikeABadassOutOfHell Escape is possible]], and the first two movies focus more on human villains who've returned to the real world and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent need blood]] [[SelfConstructedBeing to restore their bodies]] than on [[TheLegionsOfHell the cenobites themselves]].

* RedemptionDemotion: The movie presents an extremely glaring example. Near the climax, the heroine talks the four main Cenobites of the previous film- including Pinhead, the series' most popular villain- into a HeelFaceTurn by reminding them they were once human. Minutes later, they are unceremoniously {{Curb Stomp|Battle}}ed by a newly-converted and thoroughly evil Cenobite. The screenwriter received so much hate mail over this, he wound up invoking WorfHadTheFlu.

* MobileMaze: The world of the Cenobites is presented as an infinite, every changing dark labyrinth of stone under the control of a floating rotating silver lozenge called Leviathan.

%%* EvilUncle: Frank.

* RageAgainstTheReflection: Skinless Julia.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Many fans were disappointed to see Series villain Pinhead and his cronies taken out by the new Cenobite, [[spoiler:Dr. Channard]]. Many have written off his easy defeat due to him being weakened and disoriented by learning he was once human, a notion supported by ''Hellbound'' screenwriter Peter Atkins.