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2. Hellraiser II - Hooks, Hooks And More Hooks

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The Hellraiser films are often overlooked when considering the greatest horror movie chracters ever created. Freddy Krueger, Jason Vorhees and Michael Myers are all terrifying, but none are as sadistic or dread-inducing than Pinhead and his associates. Unlike other horror monsters, the Cenobites (Pinheads race), aren't concerned with revenge or mindless slaughter, they're in the butchering game for pure, hedonistic pleasure. The black-clad entities can only enter the realm of Earth through the "Lament Configuration", an ordinary-looking puzzle box that, once solved, gives them access to whoever it was that solved it.

Frank Cotton was once such person. After buying a puzzle box from a dealer in Brazil, he proceeds to solve it, granting the Cenobites access to Earth. They're not just there for a chat and a congratulatory message for solving the puzzle though. Upon solving the puzzle, Frank is riddled with giant hooked chains that rip through him like a knife through warm butter. We later learn that Frank survives, and tries to restore his destroyed corpse by consuming the blood of other people.

Ultimately, he's discovered to be trying to restore himself by the Cenobites and is riddled with chains for the second and last time. Well, we assume he actually dies the second time around: Frank's literally ripped apart by said chains, his remains scattered across the floor as if they were offcuts.

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