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| rdfs:comment | - The Lament Configuration, also known as the LeMarchand Configuration is one of the most notorious puzzle boxes in the world as it held the power to open a gate way to a domain of Pain, mostly referred as Hell. Once this gate is opened, the Cenobites come to claim their prize and drags the unfortunate victim to hell. The puzzle box is a key element in the Hellraiser series.
- The Lament Configuration, also known as the Puzzle Box and "The Box", and alternatively known as a "Lemarchand's box" and "Lemarchand's Configuration", is a magnificant magical puzzle box with intricate designs appearing in the Hellraiser franchise as the key plot element. Supposedly built to bring enchantment and endless sensual pleasure to all who possess it, but in truth, it is a cursed item from the Hellraiser series of books and films, in all incarnations the Lament Configuration acts as an interdimensional gateway for the demons known as the Cenobites and their leader, Pinhead, to enter the human world in order to torture whoever had opened it. Subsequently, the puzzle box also acts as a prison of sorts for the unfortunate recipients of the cursed Item.
- Fictionally, the boxes were created by Philip Lemarchand, who is mentioned in The Hellbound Heart (the novella upon which the movie Hellraiser was based) as a maker of mechanical singing birds. He first appeared as a character in the Epic Hellraiser comics series and was portrayed as an older man, though still a creator of toys and singing birds. This version, created with the support of Clive Barker, was a mass murderer who used human fat and bone in the construction of his boxes. He was aided by a material given to him by the Cenobite known as Baron.
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| Users | - Phillip Lemarchand, Baron, Duc De L'Isle, Frank Cotton, Kirsty Cotton, Julia Cotton
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| type of villainous item | - Magi-Tech, Dimensional Travel, Torture
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| abstract | - Fictionally, the boxes were created by Philip Lemarchand, who is mentioned in The Hellbound Heart (the novella upon which the movie Hellraiser was based) as a maker of mechanical singing birds. He first appeared as a character in the Epic Hellraiser comics series and was portrayed as an older man, though still a creator of toys and singing birds. This version, created with the support of Clive Barker, was a mass murderer who used human fat and bone in the construction of his boxes. He was aided by a material given to him by the Cenobite known as Baron. The film Hellraiser: Bloodline, written several years later, portrays the character as much less morally reprehensible. In this version, Le' Marchant is a young ingenious toymaker known for his intricate mechanical designs. The character Paul Merchant says in the film that the Lament Configuration was commissioned from Lemarchand by the Duc de L'Isle in 1784.
- The Lament Configuration, also known as the LeMarchand Configuration is one of the most notorious puzzle boxes in the world as it held the power to open a gate way to a domain of Pain, mostly referred as Hell. Once this gate is opened, the Cenobites come to claim their prize and drags the unfortunate victim to hell. The puzzle box is a key element in the Hellraiser series.
- The Lament Configuration, also known as the Puzzle Box and "The Box", and alternatively known as a "Lemarchand's box" and "Lemarchand's Configuration", is a magnificant magical puzzle box with intricate designs appearing in the Hellraiser franchise as the key plot element. Supposedly built to bring enchantment and endless sensual pleasure to all who possess it, but in truth, it is a cursed item from the Hellraiser series of books and films, in all incarnations the Lament Configuration acts as an interdimensional gateway for the demons known as the Cenobites and their leader, Pinhead, to enter the human world in order to torture whoever had opened it. Subsequently, the puzzle box also acts as a prison of sorts for the unfortunate recipients of the cursed Item. The concept of the Lemarchand's box was envisioned by writter Clive Barker for his novella and movie adaptaion, while the movie version's visual esthetics were designed by Simon Sayce, one of the movie's lead creative instructors.
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