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Hellraiser is a series of horror films exploring the themes of sadomasochism and morals under duress. The first film is based on the critically acclaimed novella The Hellbound Heart
by Clive Barker, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the first film. As of 2006, there have been seven sequels.

The films

Hellraiser (1987)

The basic plot of the film revolves around a puzzle box which, when properly manipulated, summons the Cenobites, who supposedly take the user of the box away into their world of endless sensuality.

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

Directed by Tony Randel. Filmed in Technicolor.

Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, Kirsty Cotton. As she lies in a psychiatric hospital, Kirsty is haunted by the sight of the unspeakable horror that destroyed her family. The only person who believes her story is a young, kind assistant of Doctor Channard, named Kyle MacRae.

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)

Directed by Anthony Hickox.

After the confrontation in Hellbound: Hellraiser II, the Cenobite 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 is bought by the rich and spoiled J.P. Monroe (Kevin Bernhardt), owner of a famous club called The Boiler Room. An ambitious young television reporter, Joey Summerskill (Terry Farrell), slowly begins to learn about Pinhead and the mysterious puzzle box. She is introduced to the pain the box can bring when she views a teenage club-goer being ripped apart by the box's chains in a hospital emergency room. She tracks the box and a young woman named Terri (Paula Marshall) to The Boiler Room, from which Terri and her boyfriend had stolen the puzzle box.

Three songs were recorded by Motörhead for the film's soundtrack - "Hellraiser", "Hell on Earth" and "Born To Raise Hell".

Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

This film tells the story of the original creator of the Lament Configuration, a toymaker named Philip Lemarchand, commissioned by a Duc de L'Isle, a wealthy Aristocrat, master of the dark arts who wished to open a gateway to Hell in order to enslave a demon. It presents the story of the later Lemarchand/Merchant bloodline and their unconscious bond with the Lament Configuration, a plot to create a new design, the Elysium Configuration, able to close the gateway opened by the first box and banish the Cenobites.

Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)

Hellraiser: Inferno is more of a psychological thriller take on the Hellraiser series. The plot is about an intelligent cop who lets greed and corruption completely destroy his life and all of the people in it.

Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)

Dean Winters plays Trevor, who survives a car accident that apparently kills his wife Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence), when their car plunges off of 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.

One month later, Trevor wakes up in a hospital and realizes that his wife is missing, but because of a head injury, his memory is uncertain and he cannot distinguish between fantasy and reality. Trevor finds himself the prime suspect in a murder case, and has two homicide detectives on his tail. Many strange events befall him, until the Cenobite Pinhead shows him reality. The film brings back Ashley Laurence as Kirsty Cotton, who appeared in first three Hellraiser installments.

Hellraiser: Deader (2005)

Directed by Rick Bota. It was released in the United States on June 7, 2005.

A female reporter for a London newspaper is sent to Bucharest to investigate an underground suicide cult who can bring back the dead. She is quickly drawn into their dark world and soon can see no way out other than to join them.

Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)

Pinhead returns in the eighth Hellraiser film to terrorize five friends who are computer hackers that have opened a virtual Lament Configuration on a website called Hellworld.

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