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The Hellbound Heart
1991 HarperPaperbacks cover
Author
Clive Barker
Cover artist
Kirk Reinert
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Genre
Horror, gothic fiction
Published
November 1986, Dark Harvest, HarperPaperbacks
Media type
Print (hardcover), audiobook
Pages
186
ISBN
978-0-913165-13-3
Followed by
The Scarlet Gospels
The Hellbound Heart is a horror novella by Clive Barker, first published in November 1986 by Dark Harvest in the third volume of its Night Visions anthology series.[1] The story features a hedonist criminal acquiring a mystical puzzle box, the Lemarchand Configuration, which can be used to summon the Cenobites, demonic beings who do not distinguish between pain and pleasure. He escapes the Cenobites and, with help, resorts to murder to restore himself to full life. Later on, the puzzle box is found by another.
Along with introducing Barker's Cenobites, the story was the basis for the 1987 film Hellraiser (written and directed by Barker) and its franchise. One Cenobite in particular, nameless in the original novella but nicknamed "Pinhead" by the production crew and fans, became a popular villain among horror movie fans. This character appeared in later Barker prose with the official names "the Hell Priest" and "the Cold Man".
The original novella was re-released as a standalone title by HarperPaperbacks in 1991, after the success of the first film, along with an audiobook recorded by Clive Barker and published by Simon & Schuster Audioworks in 1988.[2][3] The story retains the gory, visceral style Barker introduced in his anthology series The Books of Blood.
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