Sometime later, Rory Cotton (Frank's brother) and his wife Julia move into his later mother's home (and the last place Frank was seen alive). A price must be paid for anyone who calls upon them and for Frank, that price is his soul. The Cenobites, former humans turned into disfigured creatures, are released from the box. However, pleasure is the last thing Frank receives after solving the box. It begins with Frank Cotton, a pleasure seeker searching for the Lemarchand Configuration, which is a puzzle box that's supposed to open up a gate to another realm full of carnal pleasures. The Hellbound Heart is a dark twisted fairy tale with lots gore. This was probably right after I first saw the edited versions of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II on cable. I'm going to take a wild guess that I'd purchased the book at Barnes & Noble during my teenage years (a.k.a. For the life of me, I cannot remember when I first read The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, which is the novella that inspired the classic horror film Hellraiser (and its many sequels).
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