Pinhead also known as Lead Cenobite or the Hell Priest, among other names and titles is 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”  and fans accepted the sobriquet. The name was then used in press materials, tie-in media, and on-screen in some of the film’s sequels, although Barker himself despises the moniker.