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The Cenobites are demons who appear in the works of Clive Barker
, including the novella The Hellbound Heart
and the eight Hellraiser
films.

The term "cenobite" is an archaic Latin word meaning simply "a member of a communal religious order"; for information on historical cenobites, see cenobitic.

The Cenobites all have horrific mutilations or body piercings. The best known of the Cenobites in the Hellraiser films is Pinhead, who appears in all eight films and is played by actor Doug Bradley
. Pinhead's mutilation consists of pins that have been hammered through his flesh into his skull in a grid pattern and six open wounds on his lower torso with the flesh peeled back. Other Cenobites have much more severe mutilations.

Originally enforcers for Leviathan, Lord of Hell, Cenobites were charged with retrieving anyone who solved the Lament Configuration, a.k.a. the Lemarchand Box
, a 3"x3"x3" puzzle box, which if solved opens a gateway between our world and Hell, highly sought after by the greatest of hedonists for its promise of unparalleled pleasures. They were then directly responsible for the pleasure/pain torture of said individual.

Originally believed to have always been Cenobites since the creation of Hell, it was revealed that each of the four original Cenobites had once been human, who had themselves unlocked the Lament Configuration.

The Cenobites in each film are:

Hellraiser (1987)

  • Pinhead - Lead Cenobite, The Angel of Suffering, The Dark Prince of Pain
  • Female Cenobite
    - Sister Nikoletta
  • Butterball - Laslo
  • Chatterer
    - The Angel of Suffering
  • The Engineer - (note - not actually a Cenobite but a demon that stalks Hell's corridors. The Engineer is a Cenobite in the original novella.)
  • Puzzle Guardian - (note - the tramp that follows the girls around is also not actually a Cenobite but a demon that protects the Lament Configuration. These were explored further in the EPIC comic series)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

  • Pinhead - Captain Elliot Spenser, The Angel of Suffering, The Dark Prince of Pain
  • Female Cenobite
    - Sister Nikoletta
  • Butterball - Laslo
  • Chatterer
    / Chatterer II
    - The Angel of Suffering
  • Channard Cenobite - Philip Channard becomes a Cenobite in Hellraiser II
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)

  • Pinhead - Captain Elliot Spenser, The Angel of Suffering, The Dark Prince of Pain
  • Barbie Cenobite - Richard "Rick" Bloodstone
  • CD Cenobite - Jimmy "See-Dee" Hammerstein
  • Camerahead Cenobite - Daniel Erwin "Doc" Fisher
  • Pistonhead - JP Monroe
  • Dreamer - Terri
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

  • Pinhead - The Angel of Suffering, The Dark Prince of Pain
  • Angelique - The Princess of Torment
  • Siamese Twin #1 - Security Guard #1
  • Siamese Twin #2 - Security Guard #2
  • Chatter Beast
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)

  • Pinhead - The Angel of Suffering, The Dark Prince of Pain
  • Wire Twin #1 and Wire Twin #2 - Leviathan's Sisters of Tormented Pleasures
  • Torso
  • Faceless Killer - aka "The Engineer" aka "Joseph Thorn" (note - not actually a Cenobite but a being representing Joseph's desires)
Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)

  • Pinhead - The Angel of Suffering, The Dark Prince of Pain
  • Stitch - Gabrielle
  • Surgeon - Deacon Vranian
  • Bound
  • Chatterer III - The Angel of Suffering
Hellraiser: Deader (2005)

  • Pinhead - The Angel of Suffering, The Dark Prince of Pain
  • Chatterer III - The Angel of Suffering
  • Little Sister
  • Stitch - Gabrielle
  • Bound II
  • Spike - (cut from film)

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