10 Most Messed Up Horror Movie Families
2. The Cotton Family - Hellraiser
The Hellraiser franchise is one of the largest in horror history, with the antics of Pinhead and his Cenobites currently spanning a whopping ten movies as of this writing - with another film and a TV series currently in development.
It's Pinhead and his devilishly delightful crew who are often the poster children of the Hellraiser series, yet the Cotton family also have a pivotal part to play in the early goings of the franchise.
In the first Hellraiser movie, it's the Cottons who are key to introducing horror hounds to what this property was all about. After Frank Cotton disappears, his brother Larry moves into Frank's house and attempts to reconnect with his distanced wife Julia.
When Larry's spilt blood causes Frank to resurrect, we then find out that Frank and Julia had been having an affair - and Julia lures men into bed in order to get more blood to help the full regeneration of Frank.
Finding herself in the middle of this, of course, is Kirsty Cotton, the daughter of poor Larry. Not only does her Uncle Frank kill her father and wear his skin, he also tries to incestuously seduce his niece.
To think, all of the above atrocities don't even make a single mention of the Cenobites. Whatever depravities and horrors Pinhead can be accused of, the Cotton family are just as f**ked up.