And then, back to Hell, with Frank’s soul in tow…. Once undone, the Cenobites show up to not only grant his wishes, but make sure he regrets ever having longed for something more. Having found the box, he squats in his deceased parents’ home and attempts to solve it. Having scouted the globe for new and aberrant pleasures, he sets himself on a quest for the Lemarchand Configuration, a puzzle box that opens the dimensional doorways into the Unknown. He wants what he wants and he cares not whom he hurts. Barker added much more detail in so few words than I ever saw on-screen.įrank Cotton is an asshole. Little details that were changed for the movie (Kirsty being Rory’s daughter, for example) now seem just an irritant, after reading the story this time around. I can’t remember Hellraiser or any of the sequels (which of course, I own) mentioning the Order of the Gash, only referring to the demons as Cenobites. I’ve been trying to remember the nuances of the movie, but since reading this book, little pieces of what I thought I remembered have been fleeting. In fact, if anything, The Hellbound Heart, the short novella that started it all, has been bumped up my favorites ladder. I figured re-reading this after seeing Hellraiser over 100 times would be a stale waste of time. I thought it may be difficult to re-read a story I enjoyed so long ago when the movie version has been on repeat in my house for the better part of 2 decades.
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