| Movie References |
| Basic Instinct | 1992 | |
| 0:56 - Detective Nick Curran wakes up to answer the phone. In the background, his TV is playing HR1. The scene shows Kirsty being chased out of Hell by the Engineer. The original soundtrack has been replaced with a generic horror track of bad music and bad screams. | ![]() |
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| Bride of Chucky | 1998 | |
| 0:41
- Chucky uses a glove compartment to flip nails into Chief Kincaid's face.
CHUCKY
Why's that look so familiar? |
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| Cursed | 2005 | |
| ? - There is a statue of Pinhead (made of wax), shown in the gallery called Tinsel Hollywood. | ![]() |
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| The Dead Hate the Living! | 2000 | |
| ? - When Eibon flashes back to memories of his lost love a Lament Configuration sits on the shelf. | ![]() |
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| Halloween: H20 | 1998 | |
| 0:01 - The nurse's neighbors have a Butterball sitting on their porch. | ![]() |
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| Klass | 2008 | |
| ? - In this Russian fim one of the students wears a Pinhead T-Shirt | ![]() |
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| Lightning Bug | ???? | |
| ? - Ashley Laurence not only plays a role in this film but during a sequence set in a supermarket she picks up a magazine that features Pinhead on the cover. | ![]() |
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| Scream | 1996 | |
| 1:02
- At Stuart's party, Randy asks whether they should all watch Evil Dead
or Hellraiser.
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| Serial Mom | 1994 | |
| ? - A poster of one of Uncle Frank's victims is visible in Chip's room. | ![]() |
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| Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | |
| ? - During the scene where Doctor Octopus demonstrates his invention the score playing is a slightly altered version of the HR2 theme. Christopher Young is credited for "additional music" in the film. | ![]() |
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| Tesis | 1996 | |
| ? - In this Spanish horror film a poster of Pinhead features in the background. | ![]() |
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| Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | 1995 | |
| ? - When the Saint first visits the Man With The Plan, there's a Lament Configuration sitting on the table. | ![]() |
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| Transylvania Twist | 1989 | |
| ? - About half way through, in a village, there is a sign that says 'Transylvania Acupuncture'. A pinhead look-a-like comes out and says to the camera, "I don't care what anyone says (points to his head) but this hurts!" | ![]() |
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| Under Wraps | 1997 | |
| ? - At a Halloween party Bruce says he went into a bathroom and saw 3 Freddy Krueger's, 2 Pinheads and a couple of witches. | ![]() |
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| TV References |
| Battle for Ozzfest | 25 Oct 2004 | |
| In this first season episode during a scene where a band watch a tape a poster of Pinhead can be seen on the wall. | ![]() |
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| Beat the Geeks | ???? | |
| In an episode of this Comedy Central Show a contestant challenges a movie geek who replies "You may as well call me Hellraiser, because your torment shall be eternal." | ![]() |
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 2002 | |
| In the Season
7 episode "Conversations with Dead People" the ex-villain nerds
Jonathan and Andrew get lost in the labyrinth-like school basement.
JONATHAN
It's like Hellraiser
ANDREW
I hate Pinhead |
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| Daddio | ???? | |
| In the episode of Daddio where Chris' boss tries to rope him back into being a salesman and he's finally told no, Chris' wife tells him "Hey, when ya get back, say hi to that guy with all the pins in his head." | ![]() |
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| The Daily Show | 21 Jan 2002 | |
| In a segment
discussing the Enron scandal, host Jon Stewart compares Enron chief Kenneth
Lay to Pinhead.
JON STEWART
Lay is keeping his fourth Aspen home, as that is a timeshare with Pinhead. |
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| Daria | ???? | |
| In the end credits of season ? of MTV's cartoon Daria, the character of Trent is shown dressed as Pinhead. | ![]() |
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| Family Guy | 2007 | |
| In a Season 6 episode Peter says "I'm gonna raise more hell than Hellraiser". It then flashes back to Pinhead having dinner with his girlfriend. He offers her some salt but passes it with the cap unscrewed so that it goes all over her food.
PINHEAD
Hah. That's way more than you wanted, huh. | ![]() |
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| Gary the Rat | ???? | |
| In the Season 2 episode "Rat Day Afternoon" Gary calls a kid with pointy hair and piercings 'Pinhead'. | ![]() |
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| Gizmos98 | 1998 | |
| Play's commerical for their Windows 98 utility program used Christopher Young's HR2 music in it. | ![]() |
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| Grey's Anatomy | ???? | |
| In an early episode of Gray's anatomy, they are watching the surgery of a patient who's had an accident with a nail gun. One female doctor is shocked by how many nails are in his head and how deep they've gone in. Another doctor taunts her by hissing "It's Hellraiser!". | ![]() |
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| The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy | 06 Oct 2006 | |
| In the Episode 7 episode "Everything Breaks/The Show That Dare Not Speak It's Name" there is a character titled PinFace who wears a similiar outfit to Pinhead with grids across his face but instead of nails/pins sticking out there are bowling pins. He appears due a protagonist of the show, Billy, opening the Grim Reaper's trunk and finding the " Cubix Rube " which unleashes PinFace when solved. | ![]() |
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| Have I Got News For You | ???? | |
| During an episode of this comedy quiz show based around recent news events the host mentioned problems had occured with clothes stores putting pins into clothes. It was said that some customers were forgetting to remove them before putting on their shirts and an image of Pinhead was then shown. | ![]() |
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| In Living Colour | 3 Feb 1991 | |
| In the season 2 episode "Introducing... Fire Marshall Bill", Jim Carrey plays the titular character who demonstrates dangers in the classroom. He rolls on the floor on tacks that get stuck in his head, saying "but you look like Hellraiser". | ![]() |
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| I, Camcorder | 1995 | |
| In the introduction to the horror movie episode, you can spot the Pillar of Souls and a model of Pinhead holding the Box. Later, HR1 SFX wizard Bob Keen makes an appearence along with a Chatterer I head. | ![]() |
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| Jonathan Creek | 21 Feb 2004 | |
| In the season 4 episode "'The Chequered Box," Creek describes the titular box as "like in Hellraiser". | ![]() |
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| MTV's Best of Cribs II | 200? | |
| In this compliation, a clip is shown from the episode featuring Ice Cube's house where a statue of Pinhead can be seen. | ![]() |
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| MTV's Cribs | 200? | |
| In the episode featuring Ice Cube's house, a statue of Pinhead can be seen. | ![]() |
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| Pretender | ???? | |
| In an episode named "Nip & Tuck" a plastic surgeon claims to be dating a girl from HR2 and that he "designed her butt". | ![]() |
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| Robot Chicken | 11 Sep 2007 | |
| 5:29 - In the Season
3 episode "Slaughterhouse on the Prairie" it shows Pinhead in a barbershop in a segment called "Pinhead's New Look". He is in there to get a "haircut". The barber hammers his pins into the shape of a mohawk which Pinhead says is "perfect". Pinhead was voiced by Seth Green and the Barber was voiced by Tom Root. It was first aired on Comedy Central's Adult Swim.
BARBER
So, what are we doing?
PINHEAD
Surprise me.
BARBER
Hmmm.
PINHEAD Perfect |
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| Salem's Lot | 20 Jun 2004 | |
| In the TV adaptation of Salem's Lot the young main characters has a toy of Venal Anatomica from Clive Barker's Tortured Souls. | ![]() ![]() |
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| Saturday Night Live | 4 Dec 1999 | |
| During the Christina Ricci/Beck show, the animated "TV Funhouse" parodied "Friends" using Christopher Young's music from HR2. | ![]() |
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| MTV's Spring Break | 1996 | |
| Dressed as Pinhead, Doug Bradley was a regular guest during MTV's Spring Break shows. At one point, he was seen screaming "Spring Break rocks!" | ![]() |
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| The Simpsons | 30 Oct 1994 | |
| In "The Shinning," the first story in "Tree House of Horror V," Homer is pulled out of a pantry by several famous movie monsters including Pinhead. | ![]() |
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| Smallville | 26 Feb 2010 | |
| In the season 9 episode "Conspiracy", the villain of the episode, a doctor called Bernard Chisholm, who was brought back to life by the Kandorians, has a grid cut into his scalp very similar to Pinheads. As a result of his resurrection he was driven insane and began kidnapping and torturing the Kandorians. He also said they implanted something into his brain and held up green pins. | ![]() |
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| Step by Step | 199? | |
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In a Halloween episode, someone was wearing a Pinhead mask. |
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| Suddenly Susan | ???? | |
| In an episode of this show where a character has medical needles in their head another character comments "they loved him in Hellraiser 3". | ![]() |
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| South Park | 25 Oct 2007 | |
| In the Season 11 episode "Imaginationland Episode II" Pinhead is seen amongst the evil creatures freed from Imaginationland. | ![]() |
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| South Park | 1 Nov 2007 | |
| In the Season 11 episode "Imaginationland Episode III" Pinhead is amongst the evil creatures freed from Imaginationland. He has an epic battle with Jesus and is eventually decapitated. | ![]() |
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| Za Ginipiggu | ???? | |
| In this Japanese horror series an episode entitled "Android of Notre Dame" features an android whose head has markings very similar to Pinheads. | ![]() |
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