Hellraiser is a British-American horror media franchise that consists of eleven films, as well as various comic books, and additional merchandise and media. Based on the novella The Hellbound Heart by English author Clive Barker, the franchise centers around the Cenobites, which includes the primary antagonist named Pinhead. The overall plot of the franchise focuses on a puzzle box, the Lament Configuration (aka Lemarchand's box). It opens a gateway to the Hell-like realm of the Cenobite lifeforms. The Cenobites are an order of former humans who have become demonic monsters who harvest human souls to torture in their sadistic experiments.