The female Cenobite with the open neck wound, part of Pinhead’s order, is reborn and rebuilt by the Engineer. As her most visible wound is reopened, she stops the Engineer from completing his task and is banished further down into the depths, with the still-forming Cenobites who aren’t yet ready to ascend. And the Engineer may have unwittingly created an opportunity for a new order to arise…

This is the strongest one-shot in the Hellraiser: Resurrections series so far. It dives deep into Clive Barker’s lore, and though it may be bringing new elements to the table, it’s all very Barker-esque in its style and execution.

The suggestively shaped wounds, the extreme body modification and the fleshy, writhing things…it’s all concerned with the same things that Barker seems to be, especially in terms of the imagery.

The female writer/artist combination of Tini Howard and Jenna Cha give this story a welcome feminist slant, and the ending is absolutely superb. I’m very much looking forward to seeing how the reborn female Cenobite becomes a part of the ongoing narrative, when Boom!’s new Hellraiser series launches.

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