History Film / HellraiserJudgement

* TheCameo: Creator/HeatherLangenkamp, AKA [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Nancy Thompson]] has a brief scene as the landlady.

* OfferingAnotherInYourStead: The Preceptor, a deranged SerialKiller, has already escaped Hell once before when he tries to make a deal with Pinhead by offering him the lives of two adulterers. Pinhead is [[EasyRoadToHell fine with dragging the two off to Hell]], but he cannot just let the Preceptor go, as he is working on behalf of the Stygian Inquisition and does not have the authority to make such a deal.

* SeriesContinuityError: The film ends with [[spoiler:Pinhead getting banished from hell and returned to his human form, something that contradicts the ending to Bloodline where he remained a cenobite up until the 25th century.]]

* BigBad: The Preceptor. [[spoiler: Sean is revealed to be the Ten Commandments killer who is, much to Pinhead’s disgust, protected by heaven and cannot be harmed by even the cenobites.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Although Jophiel and Sean are given their own form of a KarmicDeath, Pinhead is left powerless to stop even worse threats due to being reduced to a human by God and left to rot in a homeless camp.]]

* CelestialBureaucracy: Hell, or rather the Stygian Inquisition within it, is portrayed as very bureaucratic. New arrivals are interviewed by The Auditor, who puts their sins to paper, which are then eaten by another demon (The Assessor), and finally judged by the Jury. If found guilty, the Butcher and the Surgeon finish the sinner off. Pinhead and his Cenobites are part of a different faction of demons (The Order of the Gash) dedicated to pleasure and pain as an end in itself, and only rarely get involved with other matters.

** A more tragic example, [[spoiler: Pinhead ends up with heavy gashes on his face as a human after God exiles him from Hell.]]

* JerkassGod: How does God thank Pinhead for killing a serial killer and a corrupt angel? [[spoiler: He sends him to live the rest of his life as a human.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Jophiel made Sean into a serial killer to punish the guilty, only for the two of them to be killed by Pinhead, who is infamous for killing the wicked or putting them in a FateWorseThanDeath.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Even after Pinhead has punished Jophiel and Sean due to their combined deception and other irredeemable acts, Pinhead ends up losing his powers and is [[CruelMercy forced to live as a powerless human]] as punishment from God. Though considering his past misdeeds maybe this was bound to happen but even so... kind of extreme.]]
* KillerCop: [[spoiler: Sean has been the Preceptor all along, killing sinners while leading the investigation into his own crimes.]]

* ModernizedGod: There's a frank discussion amongst the leaders of Hell how they are supposed to adapt to the shifting technological environment of mankind. While it breeds more sin than ever before, Pinhead concludes that the puzzle boxes are now outdated and once again they must actively go out in search of fresh blood.

* SatanicArchetype: A rare female example, Jophiel is an angelic being who serves as the light to Pinhead’s darkness. She has the appearance of a beautiful woman in white. However, Jophiel is revealed to be a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative angel]] who allows a serial killer to roam freely without consequence. She is also shown to be charismatic, arrogant, and able to manipulate even the Stygian Inquisition and the cenobites.[[spoiler: It is the manipulation trait that ultimately gets her killed.]]

* ShoutOut: [[spoiler:Pinhead’s fate in the ending is likely a callback to ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' where [[EvilMentor Coligostro]] robs Al Simmons of his powers as a Hellspawn and has him live life as a human.]]