Vince's story, "Look See", claimed that the novella version of Chatterer was a handsome young actor who specialised in off-colour humour.

A hugely successful, albeit corrupt, actor (who among other things slept with underage girls and framed rival actors and his enemies for being communists in order to ruin their careers), Chatterer eventually found the box and sensing his dark heart, mutilated his face to match his inner self and as he was brought into the Order of the Gash.

[3] Like his fellow Cenobites, Chatterer's body has been subjected to an extreme form of body modification and ritual scarification; in Chatterer's case, his face has been severely disfigured and his lips have been peeled back to permanently expose his teeth, which he can only click together as a means of communication.

He is a member of the entourage of lead Cenobite Pinhead, accompanying him whenever he is summoned via the box and acting as the group's enforcer, physically attacking and restraining potential victims, often by shoving his hand in their mouths.

Torso is portrayed by Chatterer III actor Mike Jay Regan, and, as his name suggests, has the lower half of his body missing.

Its features were so heavily scarified – the wounds nurtured until they ballooned – that its eyes were invisible and its words corrupted by the disfigurement of its mouth.

Unlike other members of Pinhead's entourage from the first two Hellraiser films, Chatterer has made appearances in most of the later entries in the series.

Midway through the series, Pinhead betrays him (along with the rest of his fellow Cenobites) to Kirsty Cotton as part of a plan to retake his own former humanity.

[citation needed] The Chatterer's origin was revealed in the 2017 short story "Prayers for Desire" written by Nicholas Vince and illustrated by Clive Barker, published by Seraphim Incorporated in the graphic novel Hellraiser Anthology Volume 2.

[19] As a pre-teenage boy, Jim frames his mother for the murder of his abusive father and is sent to an orphanage, where he and the other adolescents are taught that they will be useless to society.

There, he engages in a homosexual relationship with a boy named Seth and regularly prays to the God of Love for affection.

After turning sixteen, Jim joins Seth in becoming a prostitute, in which his physical appearance would often be complimented by his clients, to his disgust.

That night, Seth leaves without opening the Configuration and Jim's desire is granted as he is forcibly disfigured by the jealous God of Pain and Pleasure.

[6]: 22  Vince suffered an injury to his jaw during filming of Hellbound during a scene where Chatterer was to be impaled with several hooks.

[24] Shock Till You Drop called Chatterer an iconic character that is "simply a badass and incredibly terrifying".

Save for Michael Myers in the first Halloween film, a lot of times these horror movie villains become culturally impactful because we (the audience) decide they are".