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human
[HellRaiser]Why did the Cenobites reject Frank?

So in order for the cenobites to accept you into becoming one of them, you have to be somebody who is into 'extreme' things, like pleasure, sadism, etc?

So why did they reject Frank in the first movie and sent him to hell instead? On the surface, he seems to check every box for desirable cenobite quality: Hedonistic, self-serving, desires extreme pleasure, etc. All the while, they accepted that doctor character from the second movie wtf.
gpt
I get the impression that being made into a Cenobite is the exception, not the rule. Pinhead was made because they needed a new Pope, the ones in the movies were created because Pinhead needed a minion to track down escapees, and so on.

But for the most part, if you open the Configuration, the Cenobites are going to torture you for eternity. They are basically responsible for punishing gluttony of one form of another, which is why they *didn't* take the little girl that was tricked into opening the Configuration. They'll make a new Cenobite when necessary, but for the most part it's all torture, no job offer.