Random Cenobites From The 'Hellraiser' Films By Nastiness (15 items)

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  (#15) Camerahead Cenobite

  • Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

  When Pinhead needed to make "pseudo" Cenobites from his targets in order to serve him on earth, he used the raw materials he had on hand. Not quite exhibiting the same fiendish creativity he had shown in other films, these "pseudos" mostly just incorporated some aspect of what they had done in life - such as the TV news cameraman who ended up with a camera in his face and utters dumb quips like "ready for your closeup."

  Appearances: Like all the other "pseudo" Cenobites, Camerahead appears in Hellraiser III .

  Origins: Daniel "Doc" Fisher was a cameraman for the same news agency where Hellraiser III 's protagonist Joey worked, and he was coming down to help her with a story when he ran afoul of Pinhead and was transformed into Camerahead.

  What Makes Them Nasty: Well, the camera in his face seems to shoot something that causes explosions. That's kinda nasty.
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  (#1) Chatterer

  • Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation

  A fan favorite, the Chatterer Cenobite has a particularly grisly appearance and a hauntingly tragic implied backstory. His face appears to be a featureless mass of scars except for his teeth, which are exposed by wires that pull his lips back into an eternal chattering grin. His origins are perhaps even more disturbing than his appearance. In Hellbound: Hellraiser II we get a glimpse of what the Cenobites were before they became what they are, and it is revealed that the Chatterer was a little boy who had solved the puzzle box and found himself at the mercy of the Cenobites.

  Appearances: The original Chatterer Cenobite was only in Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II, where he was slain by Dr. Channard, but several similar-looking Cenobites have shown up in later Hellraiser sequels including Hellseeker, Deader, and Hellworld, as well as the 2022 reboot. 

  Origins: In the movies, we're given very little insight into Chatterer's origins, other than that he was a young boy before becoming a Cenobite.

  What Makes Them Nasty: In later films, it is revealed that the Chatterer Cenobite was especially favored by Leviathan for his ability to remake others into Cenobites, often in his own image, thus leading to the creations of other Chatterer-like Cenobites, including the Torso, "one of the most brutally altered former humans" among all the Cenobites.
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  (#10) Siamese Twins

  Formerly twin security guards, Mark and Michael Norrington had the misfortune of walking in on a conversation between Pinhead and Angelique. After that, they were transformed into the Siamese Twins Cenobite because Pinhead sensed they never wanted to be apart. The flesh of their faces are melded and twisted together, so that one face looks happy and one looks sad, reflecting masks that are used to represent drama.

  Appearances: The Siamese Twins Cenobite shows up in Hellraiser: Bloodline, along with Angelique and the Chatterer Beast.

  Origins: Twin brotherrs who became security guard partners, Mark and Michael Norrington were afraid of ever being separated - so when Pinhead transformed them into Cenobites, he made sure they never would be.

  What Makes Them Nasty: When the Siamese Twins Cenobite encounters Captain Edwards on the Space Station Minos, they separate briefly into two individuals and then reattached with Captain Edwards in-between them, crushing him gruesomely.
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  (#3) Angelique

  While most of the Cenobites were once human, Angelique was a demon, the princess of hell and the daughter of Leviathan. When she was summoned to earth by  Duc de L'Isle, she possessed a female corpse and was later transformed into a Cenobite by Pinhead. As a Cenobite, she wore a slinkier-than-usual leather outfit and had the top of her head peeled open, exposing her cranium.

  Appearances: Angelique appears in Hellraiser: Bloodline where she is attempting to put an end to the descendants of Phillipe Lemarchand, a French toymaker who created the Lament Configuration.

  Origins: Angelique is unique (so far as we know) among Cenobites, in that she was never human. Her human body was part of a ritual to summon the demon princess Angelique, who was the daughter of Leviathan. 

  What Makes Them Nasty: Angelique spent 400 years trying to destroy the bloodline of Phillipe Lemarchand so they could never complete his dream of creating a sort of anti-Lament Configuration, know as the Elysium Configuration. If that's not enough, in a deleted scene from the movie, she creates several pseudo-Cenobites which lure in and knock off Lemarchand's best friend. They then present Lemarchand with a drum made from his friend's face.
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  (#14) CDhead

  Generally regarded by fans as a real low point in Cenobite design, when you mention Hellraiser III to casual horror fans, they'll usually respond with some variant of, "Is that the one with the CDhead Cenobite in it?"

  Appearances: Thankfully, CDhead only appeared in Hellraiser III , along with the other "pseudo" Cenobites created by Pinhead.

  Origins: He was the DJ at the nightclub that Pinhead attacked, slaying everyone inside. To transform him into CDhead, his own CDs rose up and went after him.

  What Makes Them Nasty: Looking like something that was designed exclusively to sell action figures in the '90s, he ejects CDs from himself and throws them at people. Beyond that, we've got nothing.
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  (#13) Dreamer

  When Pinhead needed minions on Earth, he created a crew of "pseudo" Cenobites, including the Dreamer Cenobite, who was formed from a homeless girl named Terri who had always longed for the ability to dream. When her boyfriend (who became the Pistonhead Cenobite) tried to sacrifice her to Pinhead, she instead overpowered him, but Pinhead made a deal with her, offering to give her the ability to dream. She took him up on his offer and, well, in her own words, "you wouldn't believe what I can dream of now..."

  Appearances: The Dreamer "pseudo" Cenobite shows up in Hellraiser III, when Pinhead uses some of his victims to create new minions to serve him on Earth.

  Origins: A homeless girl named Terri who had drifted from place to place and fallen in with JP, the owner of the Boiler Room club who discovered Pinhead after the events of Hellraiser II, Terri befriended Joey, the protagonist of Hellraiser III, only to be lured back to her boyfriend's side after a misunderstanding. JP tried to sacrifice her to Pinhead, but Terri got the upper hand and ultimately made a deal with Pinhead in exchange for being able to dream.

  What Makes Them Nasty: We guess it's hard to represent "dreaming" as a theme for a Cenobite, so instead the Dreamer looks a lot like the Female Cenobite from previous films, only with a lit cigarette - which she uses to burn people - in the hole in her neck.

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