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In Sister Cilice, the story that I wrote for the Hellbound Hearts anthology, I explored the sexual frustrations of a woman who was never allowed to be herself and who was so demoralized by her world that summoning the Cenobites was a relief and an escape for her.
Interview with Author, Actress and Performer Barbie Wilde 2010
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Cenobites, that is Monastic, living under a Rule or Abbot.
The Life of Our most Holy Father S. Benedict c. 540-604 1898
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Today, the plotline has been largely forgotten as side characters -- essentially, demons from Hell called Cenobites -- are the what have settled in people's minds and which have become increasingly the basis for the following films.
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The movie introduced viewers to a race of demons called Cenobites, most notably one nicknamed Pinhead - who became one of the most enduring horror characters of the decade - who was summoned using an antique puzzle box.
Slice of SciFi 2008
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Cenobites, meaning of term, 425; origin of, in the East, 57; habits of early, 58; aims of, 60.
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Alfred Wesley Wishart 1899
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When it opens it takes him to “the far reaches of existence” where he is tortured and pleasured by Pinhead and his Cenobites one of whom is a bald woman with an open tracheotomy scar and another looks a hell of a lot like George Steinbrenner with sunglasses on.
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As well as that there are also the talents of two of the Cenobites from Hellraiser here, with Doug Bradley and Nicolas Vince having voiceover roles.
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But the fundamental area this movie succeeds in is, oddly enough, where all the other movies have failed: the thematic intent of the Cenobites.
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It's able to put us in the right mind frame before we step through the doorway to the world of the Cenobites once again.
Halloween Scores & Soundtracks; Hellbound: Hellraiser II 2008
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But the Cenobites remain delightfully eerie (and sexy) creations, as does the "Lemarchand configuration."
Sometimes you sulk, sometimes you burn... stsisyphus 2008
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