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Deep Throat was once a very beautiful woman before she discovered the forbidden temptation of a Puzzle Box. Sensing her worth, she was transformed into a Cenobite, and eventually rose to the exalted position of High Priestess of Hell. Open/Deep Throat is a member of the Gash of the High Priest Pinhead.

Physical Appearance

Open/Deep Throat, High Priestess of Hell

Open/Deep Throat, High Priestess of Hell.

Like all Cenobites, she is clad in a black leather outfit and is mutilated. She is shaved bald, with a nail piercing horizontally through her nose. A wire juts out symmetrically from both cheeks, arcing downward before it branches into three smaller segments on each side. These smaller wire segments pull back the edges of a deep incision on her throat, revealing a hideous gash, causing her to have a whispery voice.


In the sequel four of the wires holding her throat open have been removed, leaving just one frame. When she is killed at the end of the second Hellraiser film, she reverts back to her original human form, revealing that she had once been a pretty brunette woman.

Books

"The Hellbound Heart"

Although Clive Barker's original novella features a discernibly female Cenobite, she bears little resemblance to Deepthroat's appearances in other stories:

"It was the fourth Cenobite, the one that had never spoken, nor shown its face. Not a he now saw: but she. The hood it had worn had been discarded, as had the robes. The woman beneath was gray yet gleaming, her lips bloody, her legs parted so that the elaborate scarification of her pubis was displayed. She sat on a pile of rotting human heads, and smiled in welcome."

"Sister Cilice"

Written by actress Barblie Wilde, the short story describes how Sister Nikoletta who grew up with many "sinful" desires, thanks to which her parents forced her to become a nun. Seeking refuge she busied herself in her convents library of ancient texts where she translated a latin incantation to summon the Cenobites. She gladly accepted what they were offering, and was given her distinctive throat mutilation by a male Cenobite who "used" it before being taken to Hell.

Comics

High Priestess of Hell

They say that her name is unmentionable. The horrid name, like her actions, is so vile it must forever remain unspoken. Those unfortunate enough to have discovered her true name have never returned to utter it. Therefore, she is referred to as merely Open/Deep Throat.

She is the fierce virgin demon in the Order of the Gash, with a heart of tar so black that it is incapable of love and sympathy. Incredibly violent, she is all but uncontrollable, even by Pinhead. Left-handed, impatient and relentlessly cruel, she wields sharp razors of both steel and tongue. To know her is to suffer the full tortures of Hell for eternity.

She remains one of the most elusive of the Cenobites, a far cry from her sister, Abigor, the extrovert, preferring to wield her power with a subtle grace that few in hell could manage. She is the High Priestess of Hell, symbol of the moon, of water, and of the power of woman.

Resurrection

Over twenty years after death, it is revealed in the comic Clive Barker's Hellraiser - Pursuit of the Flesh, Part 1, that Open/Deep Throat and Chatterer were resurrected by Pinhead.


The Films

Hellraiser

Open/Deep Throat made her debut in the first Hellraiser film, where she arrived with Pinhead and Chatterer after Kirsty solved the puzzle box. She was sent back to hell when Kirsty solved the box again.

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Open/Deep Throat in her human form.

Open/Deep Throat in her human form.

Open/Deep Throat returned in Hellbound: Hellraiser II, appearing (with other Cenobites) when Kirsty and Julia entered hell through the puzzle box. Before "experiencing her flesh", they allowed Kirsty to wander around for a while. When Kirsty encounters them again, she shows Pinhead a picture of his human form, reminding him and the others that they have not always been Cenobites. Open/Deep Throat and the others are later sealed in the Pillar of Souls by Dr. Channard.

Portrayal

Open/Deep Throat was portrayed by two different actresses, Grace Kirby the original Hellraiser, and Barbie Wilde in Hellbound.

Appearances

Comics

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