If you’ve seen the 1987 horror movie Hellraiser, you probably remember the Butterball Cenobite: one of the minor demon characters charged with dragging people to Hell. If you can’t conjure an image of his likeness from memory, he looked like this: Please Click Me. To me, the wildly surreal portraits comprising Christian Rex Van Minnen’s recent exhibit, Coniuncto look like they could be Butterball’s contemporary relatives, albeit with tattoos and jewel-toned gummy candies hovering over their mutant visages. At the very least, this series of paintings encourages wildly imaginative extrapolation, and that’s what good art is all about!
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Hell Raisin
HA! Hell Raisin, Get It? Whether you’re a fan of the Hellraiser franchise and its infamous Pinhead Cenobite, or simply posses a nostalgic fondness for the California Raisins, this shirt will speak to you — and it’s just in time for summer!
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Yes, It Exists: Winnie The Pooh Hellraiser Mash Up
Winnie The Hellbound Pooh (Photo By Gail)
I spotted this drawing on the wall at Sacred Tattoo and was immediately charmed / repulsed by its depiction of the lovable Winnie the Pooh characters morphed into the Cenobites from the Hellraiser film series (based on characters created by the great Clive Barker). Very Clever! I was able to find variations of this drawing on the Internet but couldn’t find an artist’s name, so it f anyone knows who created this please leave it in the comments so I can give him credit.
And…it’s a tattoo as well! (Image Source)
Hellraiser Pinhead Cactus
This Pinhead Cactus photo took 5th place in Worth1000.com’s Tree of Life contest. It’s kind of sad to realize that this was 100% Photoshopped, because it would be pretty cool if someone had groomed a real cactus to actually look like this!
Bad Idea Tattoo Of The Day: Hello Kitty as Pin Head from Hellraiser
Yes, what you see is real, and this new level of wrong is a thing that exists. Happy Halloween, Bitches!