Other Boxes
Other Lemarchand boxes appear throughout the Hellraiser film series. Dr. Channard is depicted as a collector in Hellbound: Hellraiser II; he has several on display in his study. The demon princess Angelique is narrated to have created several in Hellraiser: Bloodline. The Host in Hellraiser: Hellworld also possesses several. Most of the boxes seen in the films are not named or used onscreen, so their powers—if any—are unknown.
At the end of Bloodline, it turns out that the station is a giant puzzle box, designed to produce and contain the "Infinite Light" phenomenon and act as a means of either destroying the Cenobites, or trapping them forever.
At the end of The Hellbound Heart, Kirsty wonders if there are other puzzles that might offer access to paradise instead of hell.
The 2012 film The Cabin in the Woods initially homages Hellraiser by showing a similar spherical puzzle box in an early scene, as one of the many items that might decide which monster plagues the main character. Later, the puzzle box is shown in the hands of a Pinhead-like monster.
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