40 Years Later, It's Officially A New Era For Hellraiser

Image via Film Futures Published Oct 27, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT Patrik Walker is an Emmy Award–winning writer who covers all things Comics & Superheroes. His work can also be found at the Dallas Cowboys, The Sporting News, and CBS Sports, among other outlets. One of the most respected names in his field, he is also a diehard enthusiast of all things comics, anime, gaming and movies — thriving in spaces where discussions involving those or similar topics reign supreme. Sign in to your CBR account He has eternity to know your flesh. It has been far too long since the world was blessed with the bone-chilling terror led by Pinhead in the Hellraiser franchise, but lately that's been changing more and more. The Hellraiser reboot in 2022 introduced the Cenobites to a brand-new generation of horror fans, a new take on the iconic Clive Barker anthology that changed everything in the 1980s. And here we all are, nearly 40 years after the first Hellraiser movie turned stomachs and fueled sleepless nights in 1987, and the franchise is not only a live-action classic, but it's working to become one in the comic book space as well — many already viewing it as such. An end of an era is coming though...