Fictional character from the Hellraiser series
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Pinhead 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. 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.