Hellworld Host

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Hellworld Host
The Host
Aliases:	The Host
Franchise:	Hellraiser film series
Notability:	Main character
Type:	Antagonist
Gender:	Male
Location:	New York City, New York
Relations:	Adam
Status:	Deceased
Born:	1940
Died:	2005
Introduction:	Hellraiser: Hellworld
Final:	Hellraiser: Hellworld
Actor:	Lance Henriksen

The Host is a fictional party host and a central antagonist featured in the Hellraiser film series. Played by veteran genre actor Lance Henriksen, he was the main villain in the 2005 sequel film Hellraiser: Hellworld.

Biography

This otherwise unidentified individual was a middle-aged man from New York, who had a teenage son named Adam. Adam got involved in an online video game called Hellworld, which had an insidious influence upon players, often making them obsessive and even insane. The Host was largely an absentee father who, but for a single birthday, had little to no involvement in his son's life. When Adam committed suicide as a result of the Hellworld game, the Host blamed Adam's friends, whom he believed were responsible for corrupting his boy with this game.

Although the Host didn't even attend his own son's funeral, he still wanted revenge against Adams's friends: Chelsea, Allison, Derrick, Mike and Jake. To this end, he learned all he could about the Hellworld video game and rented space at a former insane asylum, which he converted into a pseudo-party spot. He hosted a Hellworld party and anonymously sent invitations out to dozens of people. He secretly manipulated Jake into making sure that Mike, Derrick, Allison and Chelsea all received invitations.

The Host arranged to have his targeted victims drugged with a chemical cocktail that would cause massive euphoria and hallucinations. Once his victims fell unconscious, he buried them alive in five separate coffins laid next to each other side by side. He drilled a piece of PVC pipe into each coffin so that they could breathe. He wanted them to suffer first before ultimately killing them. He also supplied them with Nokia brand cell phones so they could communicate with each other, as well as with him. The victims did not know that they were drugged and all shared the same mass hallucination of being at the party. Through methods unknown, the Host likewise seemed to have awareness of what they believed they were experiencing.

After revealing his scheme to Chelsea and Jake, the Host left them to die. Leaving town, the Host rented a room at the Clark Hotel where he drank vodka and lamented the loss of his son. He discovered a Lemarchand puzzle box inside the room - the same sort of prop from the Hellworld game that he had staged at different locations at the party. This particular puzzle box however, was not a prop. Solving the riddle of the Lament Configuration, the Host inadvertently summoned the Cenobites, which included the Lead Cenobite, the Banded Cenobite and the Melted Face Cenobite. The Lead Cenobite dryly said "Welcome the Hell", at which point the Banded Cenobite and the Melted Face Cenobite used bladed weapons to dismember him and cut him in half.

Notes & Trivia

• The character of Hellworld Host was created by director Rick Bota and writer Joel Soisson based on concepts originally developed by Clive Barker.
• In the film, this character is identified only as The Host.
• Actor Lance Henriksen received seventh billing in Hellraiser: Hellworld. The cast were credited by order of appearance.
• The Host is the fifth and final character to die in Hellraiser: Hellworld. He is the only character who is killed by the Cenobites.
• The Hellworld Host was a smoker and a drinker.

Appearances

• Hellraiser: Hellworld

See also

Hellraiser Hellraiser films Hellraiser characters Hellraiser cast & crew

Hellraiser image gallery Hellraiser image category Hellraiser miscellaneous Hellraiser comic book issues

External Links

• Hellraiser: Hellworld at AMG
• Hellraiser: Hellworld at IMDB
• Hellraiser: Hellworld at Trakt.TV
• Hellraiser: Hellworld at Wikipedia
• Hellraiser: Hellworld at the Hellraiser Wiki

References

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This article relates to the works of Clive Barker.

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