Craven family | |
Continuity: | Hellraiser film series |
Type: | Family |
Status: | Defunct |
Members: | Ross Craven; Sarah Craven; Steven Craven; Emma Craven |
Allies: | Bradley family |
Enemies: | Nico Bradley; Cenobites; Vagrant |
1st appearance: | Hellraiser: Revelations |
The Craven family is a fictional organization featured in the Hellraiser film series produced by Dimension Films and Neo Art & Logic. They appeared in the 2011 direct-to-video feature film Hellraiser: Revelations.
Description[]
The Cravens were an affluent Caucasian family living in the hills of Los Angeles, California in the 2010s. The patriarch of the family was Ross Craven, who was married to Sarah Craven. They had two children. Their oldest child was Steven Craven and they had a younger daughter, Emma Craven. By the year 2011, Steven was around college age, and Emma appeared to be around seventeen or eighteen years of age.
Ross Craven had been secretly carrying on an affair with Kate Bradley. Kate's son, Nico Bradley was Steven's best friend and had been dating his sister Emma.
Steven and Nico, both weary of their personal family issues, decided to take off for Tijuana, Mexico. While there, Nico happened upon a Lemarchand puzzle box. He solved the riddle of the box, which opened a doorway to Hell, summoning the Cenobites. The Cenobites laid claim to Nico and dragged him to Hell. Nico's soul however, found a loophole and was able to communicate with Steven to help him reconstitute his form on the corporeal plane. Nico then killed Steven and skinned him, wearing his flesh so as to disguise himself as his friend.
Nico returned to L.A. and appeared at the Cravens' residence on the night that they just happened to be hosting a dinner with the Bradleys. Believing him to be Steven, they brought him inside while Nico's parents Peter and Kate plead with him about information concerning their own son.
After resting for a bit, Nico seduced Emma, kissing her and fondling her breast. Emma believed that she was actually kissing her brother.
Nico then revealed the truth about what had happened, and how he hated his parents for their affair. He shot Ross Craven in the mid-section with a shotgun and held the others at gunpoint while Ross slowly bled out. He then forced Emma to open the Lemarchand puzzle box to summon the Cenobites. It was Nico's intention to barter for his life by trading his soul for Emma's. While the Cenobites acknowledged the darkness that lied within her heart, it was Nico that they really wanted. Releasing the chains of Hell, they killed Sarah and Kate, and took Nico back to Hell. Ross bled to death, leaving only Emma as the soul survivor. Emma became the caretaker of the Lemarchand puzzle box following this incident. [1]
Members[]
- Ross Craven - Patriarch
- Sarah Craven - Matriarch
- Steven Craven - Son; eldest child
- Emma Craven - Daughter
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Craven surname is taken from Wes Craven, who is a horror genre filmmaker best known for crafting the A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream film franchises.
See also[]
Appearances[]
External Links[]
- Hellraiser: Revelations at Trakt TV
- Hellraiser: Revelations at Wikipedia
- Hellraiser: Revelations at Letterboxd.com
- Hellraiser: Revelations at Themoviedb.org
- Hellraiser: Revelations at the Hellraiser Wiki
References[]
- ↑ Hellraiser film series, Hellraiser: Revelations (2011). Dimension Films and Neo Art & Logic. Directed by Victor Garcia. Written by Gary J. Tunnicliffe.