Ah, the Hellraiser movies, probably my favorite series. I never really thought of the question of Pinhead being a villain or a dark hero, but there is something to that.
In the first 2 Hellraiser films, his character is different than the later films, in which he is a true villain. In the first Hellraiser, he's really just a bounty hunter looking for Frank and doing his job. In the second Hellraiser we find out that Pinhead and the rest of the Cenobites were once human and opened the box just like everyone else and became bound to it. Pinhead even tries to fight against Dr. Channard who is kind of a madman (even for a Cenobite). I think in both these films, but definitely in the second one Pinhead has some humanity and I think could be a dark hero
Btw, Hellraiser 3 sucked! Bloodline was okay, but I thought that 5-8 were really pretty good and rather enjoyed them. I think they really expanded the Hellraiser universe.
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