Pinhead (Hellraiser)

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Pinhead (also known as Lead Cenobite or the Hell Priest, among other names and titles) is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Hellraiser franchise. The character first appeared as an unnamed figure in the 1986 Clive Barker novella The Hellbound Heart. When Clive Barker adapted the novella into the 1987 film Hellraiser, he referred to the character in early drafts as "the Priest" but the final film gave no name (he is credited as "Lead Cenobite" and only has approximately eight minutes of screentime). The production and make-up crew nicknamed the character "Pinhead"—derived from his bald head studded with nails—and fans accepted the sobriquet, although Clive Barker himself purportedly despises the nickname. The name was then used in press materials, tie-in media, and on-screen in some of the film's sequels, despite Barker's dislike of the moniker. Pinhead is one of the leaders of the Cenobites, said to be humans who were transformed into demonic creatures devoted to the...

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