J.P. Monroe

 is a supporting character featured in the 1992 film Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth. He was played by actor Kevin Bernhardt. He is the first character featured in the movie.

Biography
J.P. Monroe was an unscrupulous young businessman who lived in Manhattan, New York. When he was younger, he murdered his parents with a gun and used his inheritance to open up a night club called the Boiler Room. In contrast to the club's Gothic heavy metal overtones, it was connected to an upscale restaurant, which featured a live symphony and catered to the city's wealthiest patrons.

In 1992, J.P. went to the Pyramid Gallery where he found an archaic stone pillar, adorned with reliefs of various souls in torment. Intrigued by the piece, he felt it would make an excellent addition to his growing collection and purchased it from it's alleged owner, an apparent Derelict for a handful of dollar bills. He brought it back to the Boiler Room and set it up in his private bedchambers.

J.P. soon learned that the pillar contained not only a Lemarchand puzzle box, but also the imprisoned soul of the Cenobite known as Pinhead. Pinhead was awakened when J.P. suffered a minor injury and his blood splattered across the pillar awakening the Prince of Pain. Pinhead seduced J.P., promising him untold pleasures and new experiences, but in order to do so, he required more blood to sustain him.

J.P. went into the club in search of a fresh victim. He found an attractive blond-haired woman and seduced her, bringing her back to his room where they had sex in front of the pillar. When they were done, the girl walked to the pillar, but as she approached, chains shot out from it, hooking into her flesh and drawing her close. Although J.P. knew the pillar was alive, he sat horrified as he watched Pinhead skin the girl alive and consume her. Her image became one more tormented face decorating the side of the artifact.

A few nights later, one of J.P.'s former girlfriends, Terri, came to the club to make amends with him. J.P. knew that Terri would be a perfect sacrifice for Pinhead and brought her into his room. The two talked and J.P. continued to coax her to come closer to the pillar. She did so and Pinhead attacked. Terri managed to get away however, but Pinhead was not discriminating when it came to his victims. He attacked J.P., killing him when two stout copper pipes speared him through the head. Soon after, Pinhead recovered enough power to break free of his prison.

J.P. was resurrected as one of Pinhead's Cenobites. Along with Camerhead, Barbie Cenobite and CD Head, they stalked the streets of New York creating wanton chaos.

Notes & Trivia

 * Was a chain smoker.