10 Most Nightmarish Horror Movie Monsters

Who or what are the Cenobites? Explorers in the further region of experience. Demons to some. Angels to others. However you want to phrase it, they are the real deal. When it comes to pure, distilled nightmare fuel, none are so authentic as Clive Barker's Cenobites.

The multi-dimensional antagonists of the Hellraiser franchise, these Hell-dwelling demons have a rotating roster, but are typically led by the toothy Chatterer, obese cool guy Butterball and, of course, Pinhead. Not familiar? Boy, do we have such sights to show you. You can probably skip a few of the later sequels though.

Pinhead and the Cenobites are barely even in Hellraiser and its immediate sequels - but they quickly tapped into the cultural zeitgeist. And its easy to see why; these rubber-clad, pain-loving fetish monstrosities are some of the most commanding monsters ever committed to film. Not least Doug Bradley's Pinhead - a chilling sadist, nightmarish demon, inhuman pincushion and true horror icon.