Leviathan's Cube

Lore & Background

The artifact appears in the 2022 film Hellraiser as a mechanical puzzle box discovered by recovering drug addict Riley McKendry and her boyfriend Trevor in an abandoned storage warehouse. When Riley solves the puzzle at an empty park, the Cenobites appear and demand another sacrifice. The box changes shapes after each configuration is completed. Roland Voight, a hedonistic millionaire investor, art collector and socialite, had previously completed all of his sacrifices using the box, but instead of receiving a gift, a contraption was attached to him that randomly twists his nerve endings. The box's blade must cut a victim to mark them for sacrifice.

Reader's Guide

The puzzle box has 6 configurations, each requiring a victim to be marked for sacrifice by its blade. When a victim is cut by the blade, they are marked for sacrifice. However, as demonstrated by Voight, the reward can only be exchanged and not revoked. When solved, the Cenobites appear and demand sacrifices. The box can be used to trap Cenobites, as Voight did when he completed the final configuration. The box can also unlock steel doors that bar the Cenobites from entering. The box resumes its cube configuration after the Cenobites accept a choice.

Did You Know?

• Leviathan appears above Voight's mansion when the final configuration is completed.
• The box resumes its cube configuration after the Cenobites accept Riley's choice of the Lament Configuration.