The past, the present and the future will meet at the crossroads of hell! Spanning several generations, this final bloody entry in Clive Barker’s horror tour de force acts both as prequel and sequel to the original Hellraiser films. Determined to close the gates of hell once and for all, a 22nd-century scientist, whose ancestor freed the demonic Pinhead centuries before, tries to reverse the Lament Configuration!
In 1996, descendant John Merchant (Ramsay once more) is a Los Angeles architect whose latest building design follows subconscious memories of the Lament Configuration. Ageless Angelique arrives from Paris with the puzzle box, with which she summons the sadomasochist "Cenobite" demon known as Pinhead (Doug Bradley). They threaten John's family to coerce him into activating his new atrium as a diabolical gateway. But John has been working on the Elysium Configuration, a cube of reflected light which negates the portal of hell. He dies winning a temporary victory against the fiends.
Back on the space station Pinhead and his minions are afoot, having been conjured by Paul for a showdown. They decimate the disbelieving soldiers, but Paul's own hologram of himself distracts Pinhead while Merchant and Rimmer flee in a shuttlecraft. By remote control Paul activates a modified Elysium Configuration that transforms Minos itself into one huge puzzlebox that engulfs and vanquishes the Cenobites forever.