When the Cenobites offered him a choice between the six configurations, he chose Liminal, the “Sensation” configuration, which he expected would grant him unending bliss. We find out later that Voight sought an audience with the Cenobites because he believed that, through his wealth and influence, he’d experienced all the pleasures life had to offer and yearned for further unknown delights that were eternal. Voight, on the other hand, knew exactly what he was doing when he initially sacrificed innocent victims to the puzzle box, as is evidenced by Joey’s demise at the beginning of the film. And at the end of things, she arrives at an earth-shattering epiphany that changes the course of her life forever…more on that in a bit. Riley, unwilling to take accountability for how her actions affect those around her (losing her brother being the ultimate consequence), leaves a trail of death on her way to confront the Cenobites and unlock the Lament Configuration puzzle box’s final form. Voight and Riley are both driven to the brink of madness by the pain they’ve endured, but the paths to their respective encounters with the Cenobites couldn’t have been more different. “Pain,” of course, is a multi-dimensional word in the Hellraiser universe. The unsavory fates of struggling addict Riley (Odessa A’zion) and monstrous billionaire Voight (Goran Visnjic) we see at the end of the movie act as parables of sorts, illustrating in different ways how one’s obsession with life’s excesses can ultimately lead to an existence defined by pain. Hulu and David Bruckner’s updated take on Hellraiser deepens the lore of the franchise in gruesome ways, setting up inevitable new stories and sights yet unseen in the Cenobite saga. This article contains spoilers for Hellraiser (2022).
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