10 Smartest Decisions In Recent Horror Movies
5. Refusing The Cenobites' Gift - Hellraiser (2022)
Throughout the vast Hellraiser franchise, there are so many characters who have fallen afoul of the series' Cenobites and been swayed by their charms and promises.
One such person who you can not say that about, though, is Odessa A'zion's Riley McKendry of the most recent Hellraiser outing.
A recovering drug addict, Riley's life is thrown upside down when she stumbles across the Lament Configuration puzzle box. After initially solving this puzzle, chaos, carnage and twisted imagery ensues for A'zion's character. And on that front, the biggest shock to Riley is the death of her brother Matt as part of the Cenobites lust for pain, pleasure and general sacrifice.
By Hellraiser's closing moments, Riley has played a part in helping the Cenobites fill their required sacrifices, and thus she is offered a gift by these sinister sorts. That gift? Why, it's for Matt to be resurrected.
Despite the obvious emotional pull that's there to bring her brother back to life, Riley ultimately decides against doing so. While she now has to deal with the grief and loss of her sibling, this character is one who is wise enough to realise that accepting a gift from the Cenobites will eventually come back to bite her on the backside down the line.