Analyzing Evil Remastered: Pinhead/The Hell Priest From The Hellraiser Franchise 

IMO, the best thing about Leviathan is how removed its form from anything that could be considered sensual, being just a stone monolith, that reveals hidden desires, while floating so high in the air

One of the best lines I think in Hellbound is “”Ah Kirsty, so eager to play, so reluctant to admit it”

I love the fact he redid these videos. The fact you cared enough to put this kind of effort in is amazing and I appreciate it greatly

I find the cenobites being morally grey and neutral fascinating. As they’ve been shown protecting innocence and punishing people too. It’s something I find incredibly fascinating

The details this time is insane! And you did not ignore the inferior sequels (their bad qualities are legendary even in horror sequel genres) This IS the definitive cover on Pinhead! Well done!

They arent evil. If you fear oblivion, they are angels, providing you with infinite overwhelming stimulation forever. They are the angels of the anti-nirvana, eternal everythingness.

What we need after horror month, Analyzing Evil: _The Cast of Seinfeld_

The Hell Priest has always been a favorite for me *because* of the intelligence and eloquence that separates him from his cinematic peers. Great episode!

Pinhead was one of few horror villains that actually gave me the creeps in the 80s. If anyone is evil, this is the one. Thanks for the great content as usual

The Vile Eye Rules! I absolutely adore Hellraiser! For me PERSONALLY Frank and Julia are the real villains of the first movie. The sly cheating wife and the creepy deviant dog dick uncle. These two characters are even creepier through the eyes of poor Kirsty. And these people exist in abundance unlike cenobites.

How bout covering Randall Flagg?? Any Stephen King fans up in here?? Happy Halloween. "Baby can you dig yo man, well baby can you?

This character was played - in true Emporer Palpatine fasion by a young actor so that even decades later he seems to have aged not a day. LOVED it!

Hellraisers 1 & 2 are masterclasses of special/practical effects, make up and horror.

Pinhead: you’re suffering will be legendary even in hell 💀💀

I love the line “I have such sights to show you” because not only is it just ominous, but coming from pinhead it’s literally the worst thing ever. Like “oh great what does Mr. Ripped up nipples nail head want to show me”. It is the absolute worst case scenario for hearing that sentence. The only way I could hear that and be equally as upset as pinhead telling that to me would be if a guard was telling me that outside of aushwitz.

As a nice little addendum, the cover for “Book of The Damned” was done by Simon Bisley. Simon’s art is most famously known for being associated with Heavy Metal Magazine, the comic Lobo, Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors and a number of Danzig album covers.

Fun fact: Kentaro Miura's Berserk based the Godhand and Behelits after the Cenobites and Puzzle Boxes respectively.

When Pinhead and Elliot combine it seems like a great depiction of the shadow vs the conscious aka Jungian psychology.

I've never seen Hellraiser but having just heard you talk about it, the lore is my favorite of any horror franchise. Very well done!

You should cover Le'garde/kaiser from fear & hunger. The games are amazing as far as horror/resource managment is concerned and the lore and mythology of these games are among the most interesting I've ever seen

The Cenobites are one of the rare times you can say a group is literally "just doing their jobs" and not being a cover for doing evil things. It really is their purpose. Methods are bad but goal is not. Heck, as shown first movie shows Pinhead is willing too negotiate

all that because Leviathan was an extreme introvert who didnt wanna be bothered

It's always a great time when Vile uploads.

I’m really surprised you haven’t done Count Olaf yet. I would be absolutely excited for that!

The way I've "head-canoned" the Hellbound/Scarlet Gospels dilemma is that the Leviathan was one of Lecifer's comrades. After the descent into Hell the spiritual agony it suffered in the absence of God drove it into asceticism in the (then) deep wilderness. It explored the depths of that agony, eon after eon, transmogrifying it's flesh until it became the being we see in modern times; forgetting it's past, even it's name, blind to almost all happenings around it. Until the Order built it's fortress-labyrinth around it, inspired by it's example.

I really look forward to your re-do of John Kramer especially after the new film. Also, Scream franchise is where you can have a lot of fun covering each Ghostface killers in their own unique videos!

Here's what you really need to know about this franchise. Beyond The Hellbound Heart, Hellraiser 1 and 2, some of the comics and ambiguously The Scarlet Gospel, Clive Barker had nothing to do with any of the rest of it. The lore has been twisted by a multitude of writers, directors and producers and there is no point in trying to find any kind of coherent connection between them beyond the characters. Even with The Scarlet Gospel which was supposedly written by Barker, the lore that was established in The Hellbound Heart and the first two movies was completely discarded. I only consider Hellbound Heart, The first two movies and many of the Epic and BOOM comics as any source of reliable cannon.

Leviathan is like the Higgs Field for hell... and is trying to accelerate the heat death of the universe; so it can sleep in peace. Basically every parent ever is like Leviathan.

These deep dives are always a pleasure and I'm so greatful you included The Scarlet Gospel as a source of character analysis . Pinhead is one of my favorite villians. One day, could you do Nyarlathotep, the crawling Chaos, please?

Thank you for making these videos. And for redoing videos with more insights, you truly are a gift on here. Thank you again much appreciated

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Once Doug Bradley was gone the movies were just simply not the same.

That lament box would make a great Christmas present for my old boss.

Almost an hour on Pinhead? Yes please and thank you.

AND TO THINK... I HESITATED

Fun fact: Pinhead is called Pinhead because he has pins in his head

ANALYSISING EVIL TIGHTEN FROM MEGAMIND

Love this. Pinhead is my absolute favorite villain.

What a treat! Thank you for taking the time to redo this character, this was a great watch.

What a journey. This was a monumental video I'm glad I got to watch

Hellraiser, only the first, the original, is the ONLY movie that has EVER genuinely scared me. AND does to this day! ❤

Please cover Dracula at some point! I would love to see an Analyzing Evil devoted to Count Dracula!

Bravo! I am speechless. You have outdone yourself, which you seem to do with each video!

Great work as always and there are some noteworthy villains you have yet to cover: Doyle Hargraves - Sling Blade Kevin - We Need To Talk About Kevin President Coriolanus Snow - The Hunger Games Mademoiselle - Martyrs Man in Black - Lost Judge Doom - Who Framed Roger Rabbit Benny - Benny’s Video Joan Crawford - Mommy Dearest Warden Walker - Holes Vern Schillinger - Oz Governor Scott Buxton - RRR Henry Evans - The Good Son The Stepfather - The Stepfather Gordon Mosley - The Gift Arnie Cunningham and Christine - Christine Craig Toomey - The Langoliers Darcy Banker - The Green Room Aileen Wuornos - Monster

Only 6 minutes in and there are too many mistakes. The Scarlet Gospels exist in a different universe which Clive Barker himself has confirmed: novel; film; and novels/comics. That being said, the Hell Priest neither leads Hell, nor is a god. Leviathan rules the films, and the Hell Priest is also a Cenobite in the Scarlet Gospels. However, anyone reading the Scarlet Gospels will come across LUCIFER, the highest god in the novels pertaining to Hellraiser. In the films, Leviathan rules the Labyrinth. In print, Lucifer rules Hell.

You should analyze the Leprechaun from the Leprechaun films one day. Very intersting character. But please, keep the horror movie villains keep coming!

The video, you uploaded it, WE CAME.

Scariest thing about the cenobites is they’re not evil. They give you what you think you want and when you realise you don’t want it it’s too late. Clive Barker really pulled it out the bag with these guys. You have to seek them out so there’s no excuse. Really want a new Barker novel.

Heck yeah! Loved the remaster, can’t wait for the next remastered character, could a potential analysis be on the characters and themes of Killers of a Flower Moon?

YES! Thanks for this man! Your videos have made this month SO much better! Ans this was perfect! Wish you a happy halloween! 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

I do wonder how pain and suffering serve the ends of a being with Leviathan's interests - that is, keeping life as far away from Hell as possible and minimizing it's impact across the span of space-time.

I would also like to see a video on randall flagg

So glad this is a long format video. I'm sure it's more work so thank you. Would love more longer videos too. Awesome content.

This is the best hellraiser content to come out since 2

The Priest isn't evil, he doesn't hurt anyone who secretly doesn't desire it. If anything he exposes the evil people hold within themselves.

The best book I ever read was Imajica by Barker. Over the years I have revisited all the movies and have grown to appreciate them for what they are. The one where the cop ends up in his groundhog day style hell I did not like but, as the years have passed I actually have grown fond of it as it is a bit of a mind bender the thought of going through all that.

Fantastic remaster! You really nailed it. Thank you.

This was a much better analysis. So thorough I’ve learned so much. Really enjoyable I’m glad you’ve decided to revisit some of your older ones. Hopefully you won’t need to soon as they’ll all be of the quality you produced today.

Thank you Vile Eye. We have such sights to see!

Curious to hear your thoughts on the alien from The Thing (1982)

"Who you callin Pinhead? I wanna be Dirty Dan!"

"You opened the box." "We came." "Now you must come with us." Thank you!

The concept of hellraiser is more interesting than the actual movies. It just seems no one is able to make something thats actually watchable.

I think that the final villain to analyze this October should be some iteration of Dracula, or the Frankenstein Monster. Who's with me?

This is why the hellraiser universe is really interesting Pinhead the most iconic villain of horror.

YES! Loved the og video man! Thanks for this and hapoy halloween! 🎃🎃🎃🎃🖤🖤🖤🧡🧡🧡

The Tall Man from Phantasm needs one, this was a good video

what AI do you use to speak?

Great video and perfect timing, I just finished the Hellraiser movies last night!

Newest Hellraiser movie wasn't too bad I didn't mind the female Pinhead. That movie was needed for franchise that started out good but then ended up being like a train derailing into a fuel tank farm.

Actually, Homo Neanderthalensis wasn't the ancestor of Homo sapiens. They were actually a highly intelligent subspecies of human that we now know actually bred with the sapiens who settled in Europe & the Middle East.

Was a bit dissapointed when the whole lore turned into just hell, etc. What I really liked about the first movie is that the whole box and the cenobites seemed to be a mythology that had nothing to do with the hell/haven stuff and was something totalyl different.

Pinhead is my favorite horror hero. He punishes those who have asked for it and if they don’t, they can deal their way out if opening the puzzle accidentally. Evil suggests they just kill to kill, no matter the reason why they chose to kill. Pinhead is just doing his job and does it well. The horror doesn’t come from the monsters but humanity. Yeah, Clive Barker is my favorite horror writer. 😉

Absolute magnum opus of a video, well done!!

I like to think that the new film takes place after the end of The Scarlet Gospels when the Priest inhabits a new body and is operating by new rules since the destruction of hell.

Yes yes and yes I can’t thank you enough for this remastered video of one of the most powerful/iconic horror movie villains in comic and movie history happy Halloween 🎃 to you !

This was a superb listen. Your pronunciation of words and overall presentation was a pleasure to hear. I love the hellpriest and you did this great Justice.

I'd say a lot of fans of The Strain would love a breakdown of Thomas Eichorst and/or The Master

Who you calling pinhead? - Patrick Star

I always had a headcannon that HellRaiser Bloodlines led to Event Horizon

The first two movies were amazing. Everything else sucked. They turned pinhead into just another brainless slasher.

Pinhead is easily Doug Bradley’s most iconic role besides The Sith Emporer from Star Wars The Old Republic MMO.

Hell YEA!!! I've been waiting for this one!

“I’m Dirty Dan.”

I compare pinhead more to Darth Vader, a being doing the bidding of a more powerful entity!! Like Vader pinhead was carrying out the plan of his master!!

Cover Det. Shane Vendrell from The Shield 😎👌

Great episode! An analysis on Lord Freeza from DragonBall Z would be fun.

Ok, that was _Deeeeep!_ Deep, yet not straight down. Many twisted & Vile pathes along the way! \m/

Hell yeah (no pun intended). I was hoping we’d see a remaster for the Pinhead video

I think "Cancer Man" (Aka "The Chain Smoking Man) from the X-Files. Dudes a legend. And I love your work! Thank you for your dedication to your work!

How about covering Grindelwald from fantastic beasts?

me personally, i always hated the idea that the labyrinth is hell. i liked the original two movies and the book implying that the cenobites and where they come from is its own thing. you enter heaven by dying, having lived a life of resisting wants and gain eternal pleasure and enlightenment. you enter hell by dying, having lived a life giving into wants, and are refused enlightenment and pleasure for never ending pain and restraint. the labyrinth doesnt kill you at all, instead making you something in between, and they restrain you, and inflict your desires to such a degree that its painful, until it turns into pleasure and enlightenment. the labyrinth can be described as A HELL but not THE hell. it doesnt match any description of hell, or heaven. even the divine comedy, the first two levels arent THAT horrible. 3 and down is more traditional hell but just two extremes, but they ARE a punishment, the labyrinth is legitimately NOT a punishment, as no matter how much we dont like it, the cenobites arent trying to "hurt" people. they hate emotional torment. not even just the "no tears" quote, their WHOLE thing is they are the alternative that LIVING beings seek when life feels worthless and the afterlife isnt desired. they say as much, just not in those exact words. thats what makes them so horrifying to me, they want to HELP you. they just dont understand its not help. although, judging by franks conflicting recollections, Julia's willingness, and the fact that ALL cenobites are once-humans. (which neither angels or demons are, were, or ever will be human.) its much more interesting, and to me, far more horrifying AND beautiful to think that the cenobites arent good or evil. malevolent or benevolent. angel or demon. heaven or hell. right or wrong. they are all of them, to the fundamental core, their own thing

For the Christmas season, could you analyze The Grinch (Jim Carrey and Benedict Chamberact in their own respectable videos) Krampus Ebenezer Scrooge from Christmas Carol Pitch aka Boogy Man from Rise of the Guardians

"There is no good. There is no evil. There is only flesh, and the patterns to which we subject it."

Always considered her to be lawful neutral, interested to hear your take

How about Warwick Davis's leprechaun video

The little girl/vampire from Let Me In

Very comprehensive analysis of the Hell Priest. I would like to see an analysis of the denizens of Midian from Nightbreed.

Hell raisers was literally the inspiration for the god hand in berserk. Goated

Also, i know videogames arent your main thing but i would love you to take a look at Krellian from Xenogears.